Our resident teacher, Geshe Thubten Sherab, is joined by a team of some thirty FPMT and other teachers, facilitators, and meditation leaders from around the world, these days exclusively via Zoom.
Supporting Curriculum
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Our Supporting Curriculum expands on and deepens the students’ knowledge gained in the Heart Curriculum.
SC1 Our Heart Lamas
SC2 Dharma Toolkit
SC3 Vows and Commitments
SC4 Lamrim: The Sutra Path
SC5 The Tantric Path
SC1 | Our Heart Lamas
From time to time we will use the published words of our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, as the basis for teachings.
SC2 | Dharma Toolkit
These informal 90-minute modules provide practical information on how to perform certain recommended practices fundamental in our tradition.
SC3 | Vows and Commitments
In these modules we learn the intricacies of the three levels of vows that are crucial for the development of buddhahood: those of individual liberation, the bodhisattva, and tantra.
Pratimoksha vows
Bodhisattva vows
Tantric vows and commitments
Fifty Verses of Guru Devotion
Six-Session Guru Yoga Practice
SC4 | Lamrim: The Sutra Path
The modules here, which will change from time to time, will expand on in particular the topics covered in HC3 Discovering Buddhism.
SC5 | The Tantric Path
From time to time we will have commentaries on the various deity practices, such as Yamantaka, Vajra Yogini, and Heruka Chakrasamvara, as well as on practcies such as Guru Puja, tsog offerings, etc. We will also hold empowerments into various deities.