Santa Barbara, CA 93101
The Course: Dependent origination explains the process by which all phenomena and our experiences of them come to arise, be and cease to be. Contemplating and understanding this process is fundamental to knowing how to exit the cycle of unwanted painful experiences and their incessant reoccurrence.
Text: Students may wish to reference chapter 4 of "Gateway To Knowledge" by Mipham Rinpoche.
Teacher: Dharma Mitra (Khenpo Tsering) received his education from several different Buddhist masters and scholars. Some of his close teachers were, and are, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, Professor Sempa Dorje and Khenpo Chodrak Tenphel Rinpoche. Dharma Mitra was blessed with the title of Khenpo by both Karmapa and Shamar Rinpoche at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI). Shamar Rinpoche then sent him to Kalimpong along with his other Khenpo friends to teach at the newly inaugurated Shri Diwakar Vihara, Buddhist Institute for Higher Studies. He was given the responsibility of headmaster of that institute. In 2006, Shamar Rinpoche brought him to the US to teach at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers in America. Since that time, he has been one of the main teachers at KIBI as well as at the Bodhi Path centers in the Americas. In 2007, he was given the main responsibility to arrange the study courses at KIBI. Dharma Mitra is known as Khenpo Tsering among his many close students, and he resides at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in San Luis Obispo, when he is in the US.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Anyone with need may register as a scholarship recipient.
Online and in person: Class zoom link will be sent out before the course starts. Please sign up in a timely manner so that the volunteers have sufficient time to send you the link before class. In-person class will be at the Santa Barbara Bodhi Path center at 102 W. Mission - those attending in-person should plan to arrive prior to 9:30am and be free of covid symptoms. Masks are optional at our center.
Details: Pacific Time: 9:30am - 1pm. There will be a short 'snack' break internally to the course but students should plan on eating lunch after 1pm.
The Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers a high quality curriculum of instruction in Buddhist meditation practice and philosophy. The Center was founded in 1997 at the direction of Shamar Rinpoche. Since then, hundreds of students have come to learn and practice in a modern, non-sectarian environment focused on authentic Buddhist teachings taught and practiced by authentic teachers. We are a diverse community of practitioners encompassing all ages and levels of practice. Dawa Tarchin Phillips is the resident teacher, and we regularly host visiting teachers.
The Course: Dependent origination explains the process by which all phenomena and our experiences of them come to arise, be and cease to be. Contemplating and understanding this process is fundamental to knowing how to exit the cycle of unwanted painful experiences and their incessant reoccurrence.
Text: Students may wish to reference chapter 4 of "Gateway To Knowledge" by Mipham Rinpoche.
Teacher: Dharma Mitra (Khenpo Tsering) received his education from several different Buddhist masters and scholars. Some of his close teachers were, and are, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, Professor Sempa Dorje and Khenpo Chodrak Tenphel Rinpoche. Dharma Mitra was blessed with the title of Khenpo by both Karmapa and Shamar Rinpoche at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI). Shamar Rinpoche then sent him to Kalimpong along with his other Khenpo friends to teach at the newly inaugurated Shri Diwakar Vihara, Buddhist Institute for Higher Studies. He was given the responsibility of headmaster of that institute. In 2006, Shamar Rinpoche brought him to the US to teach at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers in America. Since that time, he has been one of the main teachers at KIBI as well as at the Bodhi Path centers in the Americas. In 2007, he was given the main responsibility to arrange the study courses at KIBI. Dharma Mitra is known as Khenpo Tsering among his many close students, and he resides at the Bodhi Path Buddhist Center in San Luis Obispo, when he is in the US.
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Anyone with need may register as a scholarship recipient.
Online and in person: Class zoom link will be sent out before the course starts. Please sign up in a timely manner so that the volunteers have sufficient time to send you the link before class. In-person class will be at the Santa Barbara Bodhi Path center at 102 W. Mission - those attending in-person should plan to arrive prior to 9:30am and be free of covid symptoms. Masks are optional at our center.
Details: Pacific Time: 9:30am - 1pm. There will be a short 'snack' break internally to the course but students should plan on eating lunch after 1pm.