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LAND OF ENLIGHTENED WISDOM

KUNKYEN YESHE LING

The Land of Enlightened Wisdom or Kunkyen Yeshe Ling (Tibetan) is a Tibetan Buddhist Center in Pomona, California. It was established in May of 2010. The Land of Enlightened Wisdom's purpose is to benefit all those who are interested in learning and practicing Tibetan Buddhism based on the Great System of Nalanda Monastic University of Ancient India. This center is dedicated to the study and practice of Buddhism.

TIBETAN BUDDHIST TEACHING PROGRAM

The Tibetan Buddhist Teaching Program is conducted by Geshe Tenzin Sherap at Land of Enlightened Wisdom. To fulfill the needs of individuals with diverse orientations to Buddhism, the Land of Enlightened Wisdom Teaching Program has been designed for three different levels of students: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced.

TEACHER

Geshe Tenzin Sherap. is the resident teacher and spiritual director of Land of Enlightened Wisdom.  He was born in Southern India in 1964.  He entered Namgyal Monastery at the age of 14, where for five years he studied all types of Buddhist ceremony and ritual.  At 19, he joined Gaden Jangtse Monastery in South India.  He studied for 17 years at Gaden Jangtse, where he was awarded the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhism.  He then went for a year to Gyumey Tantric University, where he studied Tantra and polyphonic chanting.  He began teaching the young monks and then the senior monks debate techniques at the Gaden Jangtse Monastery and Namgyal Monastery in India.  

Since 2003, Geshe-la has been teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of Buddhist Philosophy in English to western students at Namgyal Institute in Ithaca, NY and Land of Compassion Buddha in West Covina, CA.  Geshe Tenzin Sherap is known for his clear and accessible teachings on both beginning topics and the most subtle of Buddhist philosophies.

Contact Information: email: friends@landofenlightenedwisdom.org web: landofenlightenedwisdom.org Phone: (909) 622-3297

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