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A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path, a commentary on the teachings of the Buddha written by Je Gampopa.

Shakyamuni Buddha prophesied in the Samadhiraja Sutra that one of his students named Youthful Moonlight (Chandra Prabha Kumara) would spread the teachings of that sutra during the time of degeneration of the view and conduct. That bodhisattva later took birth in Tibet as Je Gampopa.

As one of the forefathers of the Kagyu Lineage, Gampopa played a key role in the development of the Kagyu school. In his early life Gampopa was trained as a doctor, but as his family was dying due to an epidemic, he vowed to his wife that he would devote his life to the Dharma. By combin-ing his training received from the Kadampa Lineage with the experiential instructions passed through the Whispered Lineage Gampopa presented one of the most thorough approaches to the Dharma.

During his lifetime Gampopa wrote a number of major works on the teachings of the Buddha. A Precious Garland of the Supreme Path is known for its clarity of advice for practitioners of all levels on how to perfect their spiritual practice. Written as twenty eight lists of key points Gampopa guides us through essential instructions on the correct view, mediation, and conduct in such a way as to be easily approachable and applicable to daily life.

This text will be taught over the course of a year, meeting twice a month for half day sessions. At every teaching session we will examine one of the twenty eight lists point by point with time for discussion and mediation. It is the goal of these sessions to give each student the confidence in knowing how to bring their practice into each moment of they lives, and therefore making the Dharma a rich and full experience.

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