Geshe Tashi Tsering ¦ Tibetan Buddhist teacher

	Geshe Tashi Tsering
	Ven Geshe Tashi Tsering is a highly respected Tibetan teacher, in the Gelug tradition founded by Lama Tsong Khapa. He is currently the lama umdze (ritual master) at Gyüme Tantric College in southern India. He took up this role on 2 April 2009 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This is a six-year appointment, first as lama umdze and then as abbot of the college. His many students were overjoyed at Geshe Tashi Tsering‘s qualities being recognised in this way. Gyüme is a significant monastic centre in the Gelug tradition, a place of further training for those monks from the Gelug monasteries who have already been awarded their geshe degree. Geshe Tashi Tsering had lived and taught in the West for many years before his return to India in 2009. He was the resident teacher at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia, from 1990, where he headed up an extensive programme of Buddhist teachings. He developed a remarkable course of full-time study (the Buddhist Studies Programme or BSP), which offers a unique opportunity in the West for high-level study of classic topics of Tibetan Buddhism. A diverse and committed student body developed, attracting nuns and monks from around the world. The BSP continues under the guidance of one of Geshe Tashi Tsering's senior students, Geshe Lobsang Jamyang, assisted by senior Western students. Geshe Tashi Tsering has hundreds of students around Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan, as well as in India and Tibet, who have been inspired by his personal qualities and great learning. His experience with Western students and living in the West has given him great insight into Western thinking and circumstances. Geshe Tashi Tsering (now in his early 70s) has devoted his life to studying and practicing Buddhism and to conveying the essence of the Buddha's teachings in cogent, powerful ways. He draws from an unbroken lineage of authentic teachings and presents them in a way that is relevant and highly meaningful to modern life. (Read Geshe Tashi Tsering‘s biography here.) The Good Fortune Trust website has details about the projects and people Geshe Tashi Tsering supports in Tibet and India.	News [13 July 10]More Info [13 July 10]Science of Existence Poster (.pdf) [16 Jun 10]July/August Schedule 2010 (.pdf) [16 Jun 10]July/August Schedule 2010 (.html) [16 Jun 10]Buddhist Science [30 Jun 09] India & Taiwan [20 Dec 07] Three months in Tibet [Updated 20 Dec 06] Prayers and practices for students [04 Jul 07] Geshe-la and His Holiness [13 Feb 07] Details of Geshe-la's recent activities and Lozang Zopa's farewell Sign-up Contact us if you'd like to receive occasional email with news of Geshe-la and the activities of the Good Fortune Trust