The Way of the Great Perfection
A program of the All-Encompassing Path to Enlightenment
The courageous warrior: Developing compassion and bodhicitta - with Rigpa’s foremost senior teacher Patrick Gaffney
The exceptional nature of Buddha's teachings of the Great Vehicle (Mahayana) is attributed to its precise and exquisite training of the mind in wisdom and compassion, also known as bodhichitta. This is the unique heritage that arrived in Tibet through masters like Atisha Dipamkara in the 11th century, and which has continued to flourish in all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism up to the present day.
This month's Live Sangha Day will be coming live from the 1-month Bodhichitta retreat in Lerab Ling, where Rigpa's seniormost teacher, Patrick Gaffney, will be guiding us through some of the main cornerstones of this bodhichitta training.
About Patrick Gaffney
Patrick Gaffney is a Buddhist teacher, writer and translator who has studied and worked with some of the most renowned masters of Tibet. Patrick met Sogyal Rinpoche at Cambridge University in the 1970s and spent the next 40 years studying closely with him and helping in the development of Rigpa. He is the co-editor of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and has also edited a number of other books and translations, including two books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Patrick now concentrates on sharing the Dharma in retreats and online courses. He has a particular interest in the teachings of Dzogchen and lojong, training the mind.
