A Guide to Transforming Adversity into Sustainable Peace
Join us for a talk with Venerable Geshe Lobsang Dawa on transforming adversity into sustainable peace. A Q&A follow the talk. This event is a collaboration between the Vajrasattva Foundation and Mia.
Venerable Geshe Lobsang Dawa is a nonsectarian Dharma Master born near the sacred Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal. He received his early education in India and entered monastic life at the age of 11. He later earned the distinguished title of Geshe after completing extensive philosophical studies at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD) and Drepung Loseling Monastery. He received profound teachings and transmissions from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and other renowned masters representing all four Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
From 1997 to 2017, Venerable Geshe Lobsang Dawa served as a professor and administrator at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamshala, located near the Dalai Lama Temple. Since 2005, he’s taught Buddhist Dharma, meditation, and practice to the public in Dharamshala, as well as in monasteries, nunneries, schools, and organizations throughout India. He’s also authored numerous Buddhist books, which have been distributed freely to the public. Since 2020, he’s been offering online teachings to share the Buddha’s teachings with a wider audience. His lifelong work continues for the benefit of all beings.