Overview
DATES: Wednesday 29th July
TIME: 6:30 pm to 8pm
LOCATION: In Person and Online
LEVEL: Public Talk: Everyone Welcome
Geshe Thubten Sherab: How to Develop Compassion
We would all like a little more compassion in our lives, compassion for others and compassion for ourselves. Sometimes it can seem like there’s a limited supply and we have just run out and got ‘compassion fatigue’.
In this public talk suitable for everyone, come find out about what compassion is and what it isn’t and how by developing it you can bring more joy to your own life and others.
Geshe Sherab will be with us on Thursday too, providing practical advice on How to set up a personal retreat.
Registration for the event is essential.
Geshe Sherab’s UK Tour dates
Geshe Sherab’s visit is part of a Wider UK and European tour. The UK schedule is:
Wednesday 22nd July to Saturday 25th July - Land of Joy: Heart Sutra Commentary retreat
Monday 27th July - Centre for Compassion Liverpool: Evening teaching - Cultivating a Peaceful Mind in a Chaotic World
Wednesday 28th July - Jamyang Leeds : Evening Public Talk - How to Develop Compassion
Thursday 29th July - Jamyang Leeds: Teaching - How to set up a personal retreat
Saturday 1st August - Jamyang London: How to do analytical meditation - practical advice
Sunday 2nd August - Jamyang London: Teachings on Diamond Cutter Sutra
ABOUT YOUR Teacher: Geshe Thubten Sherab
Geshe Thubten Sherab was born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, the western part of Nepal, to a Kagyu-Nyingma family. He entered Kopan Monastery at the age of nine and completed his geshe studies at Sera Jey monastery in South India, followed by a year at Gyumed Tantric College.
He then completed retreat and teaching assignments in the United States and Asia. Geshe Sherab served as headmaster of Kopan Monastery’s school for four years, overseeing debate training and tantric training activities. Geshe-la taught and helped in the FPMT International Office for two and a half years in Taos, New Mexico (2001–03) and also served as director of the FPMT board for a few years.
Since 2014 until early 2026 Geshe La has been traveling and teaching at FPMT centers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia, and Europe, while also serving as resident teacher for six months each year at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After a world teaching tour, Geshe Sherab will enter three year retreat at the beginning of 2027.
Geshe La has a unique gift of presenting often complex Buddhist topics in a simple, warm and accessible manner. He has much experience with Western students, which helps him to explain Dharma to us in a practical and applicable way.
Geshe La says : "We should always think of the long-term benefit as opposed to simply short-term results. For beginners in the Dharma, the most important thing is to try and integrate one’s study and practice.
Some are only into studying, they focus only on the intellectual. They have knowledge like a computer, but this knowledge never really touches the heart. This kind of individual becomes very arrogant and tends to look down on other people with less learning.
Then there are also people who do no study, thinking that all they need to do is practice. But how can you practice if you haven’t studied? Study is crucial. Without study, the wrong teacher can easily misguide, take advantage of, and exploit students. Of course, I would emphasize this is my own personal view and I do not mean to imply criticism of anyone.
My final request of my students is to integrate study and practice together, which has always been the advice of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.”
Donations:
SUGGESTED DONATION FOR CLASS:
Non-members – £10. This will contribute to the centre’s running costs and include a donation to the teacher.
Gift Aid: if you are a UK taxpayer we can claim back 25p for every £1 you donate. More information on Gift Aid can be found here.
Free to members of The Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds (your membership fees already contribute to our core costs in running the centre). You are invited to make a donation for the teacher, as is customary when receiving Buddhist teachings, in order to support their activity. We will make the donation to the teacher on your behalf.
We never turn anyone away from the Dharma for financial reasons. If you cannot donate the suggested amount, please donate where possible within your means. It’s good to practice generosity where you can.