The Wisdom of Emotions with Khensur Thupten Tenzin Rinpoche
The Wisdom of Emotions with Khensur Thupten Tenzin Rinpoche
In The Wisdom of Emotions, Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin will explore the anatomy of emotions, revealing how mental states will shape emotional responses. Drawing from Shantideva’s The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, he will share profound insights into working with our emotional experiences to foster a balanced and stable response to life’s challenges. Khensur Rinpoche, a revered Tantric master, will demonstrate how Vajrayana practice can help us connect with the core qualities of strong emotions, enabling us to transform them into powerful teachers. Additionally, he will offer practices to help loosen the attachments often embedded within difficult emotions, allowing us to approach them with greater awareness and equanimity.
Throughout the course, Khensur Rinpoche will provide practical guidance for engaging with emotions in a mindful and constructive way. These teachings will be rooted in centuries of Buddhist wisdom, offering a path toward emotional clarity and resilience. Translator Nyima Tsam, an expert in Dharma translation, will provide seamless Tibetan-to-English translation, ensuring that students can fully engage with the teachings in their original context.
This class will present a unique opportunity to learn directly from Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin, one of the rare wisdom holders of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Participants will gain invaluable insights into the intersection of mind, emotion, and spiritual practice, helping them navigate life’s emotional landscape with greater ease and wisdom.
The course will consist of several recorded lectures and supporting meditations, all accessible through a student portal six weeks before the live Q&A session with Khensur Rinpoche. The lectures, delivered in Tibetan, will be translated into English by Nyima Tsam, ensuring clear understanding of the teachings.
Please Note: If you are new to Buddhist practice, it is highly recommended that you take Applied Buddhist Psychology 1: Entering the Stream and Applied Buddhist Psychology 2: The Enlightened Mind as an introduction to Buddhism. These are available On Demand.
Workshop Details:
Tuition: $325
Workshop Format: This is offered as a Distance Learning course.
Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin
Khensur Thupten Tenzin Rinpoche was appointed Abbot of Gyuto Tantric Monastery by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Considered one of the most prestigious roles in the Gyuto lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the monastery is has played a significant role in the education of high Tibetan lamas, including the Dalai Lama and Karmapa. Rinpoche was born in the high Himalayan valley of Spiti and took his vows as a monk at the age of eight. He completed his studies in Psychology, Buddhist Philosophy, Debate, Metaphysics and Monastic Discipline at Gaden Shartse Monastery in South India where he received the highest degree as a Geshe Larampa (the equivalent of a PhD). Khensur Rinpoche is a world renown teacher and is known internationally for his profound understanding and mastery of Buddhist Philosophy.
Isa Gucciardi
Isa is the Founding Director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream and the lead instructor for most of its programs. She has been a student of Buddhism for fifty years, and a teacher of Buddhism and meditation for nearly thirty years. Isa developed Depth Hypnosis, a spiritual counseling model which incorporates many facets of Buddhist philosophy. She is also the creator of the unique and highly effective integrative conflict resolution method that draws from indigenous practices of conflict resolution, Buddhist philosophy, and Depth Hypnosis. Isa has degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology. She speaks six languages and is the author of three books.
Nyima Tsam
Nyima Tsam holds an M.A. from Madras Christian College and completed the Certificate of Translation Buddhist Course at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in 2006. Nyima has had the honor of serving as a Tibetan/English interpreter for eminent Buddhist teachers and scholars such as Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche, Khentul Rinpoche, Geshe Nawang Dakpa and Geshe Khunchok Tenzin. She has worked as a translator at Language People as a Tibetan, Hindi, English and Urdu translator since 2012. Nyima is an active practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
