Ven. Geshe Tashi Tsering

Geshe Tashi Tsering was born in the Karze area of east Tibet in 1937, and became a monk at the age of seven. At Sera Je he began his Geshe degree and was appointed lead debater and examinee of his class. After the Chinese overran Tibet in 1959, Geshe-la fled Tibet. It took him a month to cross the Himalayas. Like many other Tibetan Refugees, he first settled in the Indian town of Buxor, where he finished his studies. After practicing and studying for ten years in Buxor he moved to the newly established Sera Monastery near Mysore where he continued studying for a further twenty years. After forty years of study, Geshe-la excelled in all the grades of the Geshe examinations. Following this, Geshe-la went to Gyu Me tantric Monastery. At the repeated request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe-la took up the position of resident teacher at Chenrezig Institute in 1990, where he continues to communicate to his many students his great wisdom through both his words and actions. Geshe Tashi Tsering is currently teaching the Basic Program subjects as part of Chenrezig Institute's Buddhist Studies Programme, and we hope to be able to prepare one of Geshe-la's teachings for the homestudy series.