2023 Buddha-Nature Conference Kathmandu

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བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་འཁོར།
Buddha-Nature Conference

ཞེ་ཆེན་བསྟན་གཉིས་དར་རྒྱས་གླིང་། ཀཐ་མན་ཌུ། སྤྱི་ཚེས་ ༢༠༢༣་༦་༡-༣།
Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3, 2023
Discussing Buddha-Nature Theory and Practice in Tibetan Buddhist Traditions

Organized by Karma Phuntsho
and Tsadra Foundation


2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Kathmandu

༈ ཙཱ་འདྲ་ཚོགས་པའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་ཆོས་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོའི་ལས་འགུལ་དང་འབྲེལ་ཏེ། གཞི་ཁམས་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་སྐོར་ཉིན་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་། གསུང་བཤད་པ་བོད་བརྒྱུད་ནང་བསྟན་ཆོས་ལུགས་རིས་མེད་ཀྱི་མཁན་སློབ་དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན། མཁས་པའི་ཡང་རྩེ་བཅུ་ཕྲག་གཉིས་ཙམ་གདན་འདྲེན་ཞུས་ཤིང་། བལ་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་སར་ཡོད་པའི་ཆོས་སྡེ་བཤད་གྲྭ་མཚན་བཟང་གི་གྲངས་ལྡན་ལས་མཁན་སློབ་ཆོས་སྨྲ་བ་གཉིས་བརྒྱ་ཙམ་འཛོམས་ཏེ། ཆོས་བརྒྱུད་སོ་སོའི་བདེ་གཤེགས་སྙིང་པོའི་དགོངས་བཞེད་ཕྱག་བཞེས་གཞུང་ལུགས་སོགས་ཀྱི་སྐོར་ཆོས་གླེང་ཉིན་གསུམ་གྱི་རིང་འཚོགས་ཏེ་ལྟ་གྲུབ་ཉམས་ལེན་ཆོས་དཔེ་སོགས་ཀྱི་སྐོར་རིག་པ་བརྗེ་སོར་དང་ཤེས་ཡོན་རྒྱ་བསྐྱེད་གནང་ཡོད་ཅིང་། རྒྱ་ཆེའི་གཟིགས་པ་པོ་ཡོངས་ལ་དྲྭ་ལམ་ཐོག་ཐད་གཏོང་དང་ཆོས་གླེང་རིམ་པ་རྣམས་གློག་བརྙན་ཐོག་བཟུང་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ཆོས་འཁོར་དེ་ཡང་གཏམ་བཤད་དང་པོ་ནས་བརྩམས་ཏེ་རིག་པའི་རྩལ་དང་སྤྲོ་ཉམས་ལྡན་ཞིང་། སེམས་ཅན་གྱི་རང་གཤིས་ཐབས་ཤེས་ཟུང་འབྲེལ་གྱི་ཆོས་ཉིད་འོད་གསལ་བ་དེ་ཉིད་ཀྱི་སྐོར། རིག་པའི་དབང་ཕྱུག་རྣམས་ནས་གཏམ་བཤད་དང་གྲོས་བསྡུར་ཟབ་ཅིང་གནད་ལ་ཁེལ་བ། གནམ་གྲུ་དང་གྱིག་དམ་དང་མེ་ཏོག་སོགས་དེང་དུས་དང་མཐུན་པའི་དཔེ་ཡིས་ཉེ་བར་སྤྲས་ཏེ་དགག་བཞག་སྤོང་གསུམ་མཐིལ་ཕྱིན་མཛད་པ་དང་། རིག་པའི་རྣོ་ངར་གྱིས་དཀའ་གནད་ཕིགས་ཤིང་། བགད་ཉམས་ཀྱི་གད་རྒྱངས་མང་དུ་བསྒྲོགས་ལ། ཕན་ཚུན་དད་གུས་ཀྱི་བཟང་སྤྱོད་ངོམས་ནས་སྙིང་པོའི་བསྟན་པ་ལ་མཆོག་ཏུ་སྨན་པའི་འདུ་བྱེད་ལ་འཇུག་ཡོད་པའོ།། Kathmandu-2023-June3-22.jpg

In connection with the Buddha-Nature resource project, Tsadra Foundation hosted a three-day conference from June 1–3, 2023 by inviting some 20 speakers of outstanding erudition representing the different Tibetan Buddhist traditions to discuss buddha-nature, related texts, theories, and practices. The conference was attended by over two hundred scholars from 32 monastic learning centers in and around Kathmandu, broadcast live and the proceedings were recorded. The conference proved to be a lively and stimulating debate from the very first presentation! Great minds lectured and debated on our true nature of compassion and wisdom, using airplanes, pet bottles, and bouquets as examples to argue or counterargue that all beings or all things have the luminous buddha-nature. The conversations were marked by penetrating intellectual acuity, a robust sense of humor sending forth frequent bursts of laughter, and a deep sense of mutual respect and humility, thus making a significant contribution to the understanding of buddha-nature.


The Conference Sessions

Karma Phuntsho

Welcome
Karma Phuntsho
Karma Phuntsho Introduction to the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Phuntsho, Karma. "Karma Phuntsho Introduction to the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 13:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omyw-1iKEZQ.;

Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe

Presentation
Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe
Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Ngawang Lodoe, Khenpo. "Khenpo Ngawang Lodoe at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 1. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 56:49. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxmC6RjmKr8.; Key Terms/Nyingma, People/Mi pham rgya mtsho, Key Terms/dharmakāya, People/Klong chen pa

Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong

Presentation
Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong
Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Kalsang Tenkyong, Geshe. "Geshe Kalsang Tenkyong at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 2. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:02:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSLj6w_QfHM.; Key Terms/Kadam, People/Rngog blo ldan shes rab, People/Phywa pa chos kyi seng+ge

Lopen Damcho Dorji

Presentation
Lopen Damcho Dorji
Lopen Damcho Dorji at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Damcho Dorji, Lopen. "Lopen Damcho Dorji at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 3. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:02:54. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYCweSM0sX8.; Key Terms/gotra, Key Terms/Madhyamaka, People/Drukchen, 4th, Topics/Drukpa Kagyu

Khenpo Dakpa Senge

Presentation
Khenpo Dakpa Senge
Khenpo Dakpa Senge at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Dakpa Senge, Khenpo. "Khenpo Dakpa Senge at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 4. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z18KEtcFI_o.; People/Rong ston shes bya kun rig

Geshe Drime Ozer

Presentation
Geshe Drime Ozer
Geshe Drime Ozer at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Drime Ozer, Geshe. "Geshe Drime Ozer at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 5. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcSnACTyB9M.; Key Terms/Jonang

Geshe Ngawang Tsesang

Presentation
Geshe Ngawang Tsesang
Geshe Ngawang Tsesang at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Ngawang Tsesang, Geshe. "Geshe Ngawang Tsesang at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 1, Talk 6. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:09:44. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59TlNurZH74.; Key Terms/Geluk, People/Rgyal tshab rje dar ma rin chen

Karma Phuntsho

Conference - Special Events
Karma Phuntsho
Lopon Karma Phuntso's Introduction of Kyoton's Life and Works
Karma Phuntsho. "Lopon Karma Phuntso's Introduction of Kyoton's Life and Works." 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video,; People/Skyo ston smon lam tshul khrims

Khenpo Tenpa Tshering

Presentation
Khenpo Tenpa Tshering
Khenpo Tenpa Tshering at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Tenpa Tshering, Khenpo. "Khenpo Tenpa Tshering at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 1. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 55:10. https://youtu.be/ucNg5N6E5JQ.; Key Terms/Nyingma

Khenpo Dawa Tsering

Presentation
Khenpo Dawa Tsering
Khenpo Dawa Tsering at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Dawa Tsering, Khenpo. "Khenpo Dawa Tsering at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 2. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 59:21. https://youtu.be/_TvzvS2GUt4.; Texts/Dam chos dgongs pa gcig pa

Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey

Presentation
Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey
Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Ngawang Thokmey, Khenpo. "Khenpo Ngawang Thokmey at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 3. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:07. https://youtu.be/gGPwGKD0VFY.; People/ShAkya mchog ldan

Lopen Dawa Zangpo

Presentation
Lopen Dawa Zangpo
Lopen Dawa Zangpo at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Dawa Zangpo, Lopen. "Lopen Dawa Zangpo at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 4. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:55. https://youtu.be/MEDBfnEFK0g.; Key Terms/Jonang

Geshe Ngawang Topden

Presentation
Geshe Ngawang Topden
Geshe Ngawang Topden at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Ngawang Topden, Geshe. "Geshe Ngawang Topden at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 5. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:41. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCT6hayx46c.; Key Terms/Geluk, People/Dalai Lama, 14th, Texts/Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra

Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu

Presentation
Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu
Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Tsultrim Norbu, Khenpo. "Khenpo Tsultrim Norbu at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 2, Talk 6. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 58:51. https://youtu.be/7_Exz6x36lw.; People/Mi pham rgya mtsho

Khenpo Tshewang Sonam

Presentation
Khenpo Tshewang Sonam
Khenpo Tshewang Sonam at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Tshewang Sonam, Khenpo. "Khenpo Tshewang Sonam at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 3, Talk 1. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:04:45. https://youtu.be/FVvbqVoj7Mc.; Key Terms/Nyingma, Dzogchen

Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi

Presentation
Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi
Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Lhakpa Yeshi, Khenpo. "Khenpo Lhakpa Yeshi at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 3, Talk 2. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:00:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T68IhXlXet8.; People/Karmapa, 8th

Ngawang Jorden

Presentation
Khenpo Ngawang Jorden
Khenpo Ngawang Jorden at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Ngawang Jorden, Khenpo. "Khenpo Ngawang Jorden at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 3, Talk 3. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu, June 1–3. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 59:30. https://youtu.be/hpvslhxx1R0.; Key Terms/Sakya, People/Go rams pa bsod nams seng ge

Geshe Lobsang Gyatso

Presentation
Geshe Lobsang Gyatso
Geshe Lobsang Gyatso at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Lobsang Gyatso, Geshe. "Geshe Lobsang Gyatso at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 3, Talk 4. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 57:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K81prXiAH_A.; Key Terms/Geluk

Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho

Presentation
Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho
Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Sherab Phuntsho, Khenpo. "Khenpo Sherab Phuntsho at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video,; Key Terms/Kagyu, People/Karmapa, 3rd

Geshe Jigme Gyatso

Presentation
Geshe Jigme Gyatso
Geshe Jigme Gyatso at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference
Jigme Gyatso, Geshe. "Geshe Jigme Gyatso at the 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference." Day 3, Talk 6. 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 1:00:37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkXoUdYva1o.; Key Terms/gotra, Key Terms/Geluk

Geydrak Rinpoche

Closing Speech
Geydrak Rinpoche
Closing Remarks from Geydrak Rinpoche
Geydrak Rinpoche. "Closing Remarks from Geydrak Rinpoche." 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 7:53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLq72nR9iU.;

Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim

Closing Speech
Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim
Closing Remarks from Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim
Gyurme Tsultrim, Khenpo. "Closing Remarks from Khenpo Gyurme Tsultrim." 2023 Buddha-Nature Conference, Shechen Monastery, Kathmandu. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department. Video, 16:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiRHboR24MU.;

Photo Gallery

June 1st 2023 - Day One

June 2nd 2023 - Day Two

June 3rd 2023 - Day Three

prabhāsvaratā - In a general sense, that which clears away darkness, though it often appears in Buddhist literature in reference to the mind or its nature. It is a particularly salient feature of Tantric literature, especially in regard to the advanced meditation techniques of the completion-stage yogas. Skt. प्रभास्वर Tib. འོད་གསལ་ Ch. 光明

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