Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok was born in the

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region of

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Province, China in 1971. After completing Chinese primary school from 1978 to 1983, he focused on learning

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and was admitted to Sichuan Tibetan school in 1985. He arrived at Serthar Larung Gar Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in late 1986. From his root guru, Dharmaraja Jigmey Phuntsok Rinpoche, he received numerous teachings of both

Sutrayana Sūtrayāna ( sa, सूत्रयान) is the Indo-Tibetan three-fold classification of yanas. A yana is a Buddhist mode of practice that leads to the realization of emptiness. The three yanas of the Sutrayana are Sravakayana or Pratyeka ...

and

Tantrayana Vajrayāna ( sa, वज्रयान, "thunderbolt vehicle", "diamond vehicle", or "indestructible vehicle"), along with Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, are names referring t ...

, as well as many direct transmissions of tantric pith instructions. After having earned the title " Khenpo" conferred by Rinpoche, he took part in the teachings at the Institute and was responsible for educating the Tibetan Sangha for nine years. In 1996, he was entrusted by Rinpoche to devote himself to the education of Chinese-speaking monastics. Today, Khenpo still resides at the Institute to teach and guide both the monastics and lay practitioners, implementing the study and practice of

bodhicitta In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta, ("enlightenment-mind" or "the thought of awakening"), is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening ( bodhi), with wisdom and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings. Bodhicitta is the defining quali ...

, prajna (wisdom),

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Practice, Lamrim (stages of the path to enlightenment), the Five Treatises of

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, and other tantric and

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teachings. He has founded the Mahayana and

Vajrayana Vajrayāna ( sa, वज्रयान, "thunderbolt vehicle", "diamond vehicle", or "indestructible vehicle"), along with Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, are names referring t ...

Buddhist Society, which offers many teachings including classes on mind training, lamrim ("the stages of the path"), pure land practice, prajna (wisdom), and meditation.

Books

* 《菩提道次第广论讲记》 * Vajrasattva Meditation: An Illustrated Guide

References

External links

Official Weibo of Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok

Official Facebook page of Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok (English)

Official Facebook page of Khenpo Yeshe Phuntsok (Japanese)

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