The Eight Mahayana Precepts transmission Maitreya Buddha said: “Anyone who follows the Dharma of Shakyamuni Buddha by keeping the Eight Mahayana Precepts will be reborn as my disciple.” Thes eight vows,
The Eight Mahayana Precepts transmission
Maitreya Buddha said: “Anyone who follows the Dharma of Shakyamuni Buddha by keeping the Eight Mahayana Precepts will be reborn as my disciple.” Thes eight vows, taken before sunrise on the days of the full moon and new moon, are maintained for 24 hours. This practice has a great power of purification and allows the generation of an extremely vast positive karma on the Path to Enlightenment.
Geshe Lobsang Phuntsok, was born in 1969 in Darjeeling, India from tibetan parents. Following the direct advice of H.H Trijang Dorje Chan he was sent to the monastery in 1979. From 1982 to 1995 he studied the five major topics of Buddhist philosophy and he competed all the Buddhist studies getting the Geshe degree in the 2001.
In 2002 Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche invited him to help the young Yangzie Trijang Rinpoche and other students in Tashi Rabten, Austria.
He followed Kyabe Trijang Chocktrul Rinponche to USA and supported him from 2004 to 2016 in his own center the Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont,USA, where he has been also giving teachings to other students.
In 2020, he completed a 4 years meditation retreat in Italy and since then, he is a resident Geshe at Albagnano Healing Meditation Center.
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