Santa Barbara, CA 93105
PERCEPTION
April 5 & 6, 2025 9am-1pm with an internal break
Our human perceptions help us navigate through daily life, but how do perceptions arise and how do we determine their accuracy and reliability? During this course you will learn about Buddhist theory of perception and how it can help you to make better decisions and take better actions, which reduce suffering and bring about liberation.
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.
Online and in person: Class zoom link will be sent out the night 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 3815 State Street g129.
Details: Pacific Time: 9:00am - 1pm with an internal break.
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.
PERCEPTION
April 5 & 6, 2025 9am-1pm with an internal break
Our human perceptions help us navigate through daily life, but how do perceptions arise and how do we determine their accuracy and reliability? During this course you will learn about Buddhist theory of perception and how it can help you to make better decisions and take better actions, which reduce suffering and bring about liberation.
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.
Online and in person: Class zoom link will be sent out the night 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 3815 State Street g129.
Details: Pacific Time: 9:00am - 1pm with an internal break.