Comments on: Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk of Sera Mey Monastery

By: Rinchen

Rinchen — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 08:02:37 +0000

It is definitely an honor to have Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk around in the Tibetan Buddhist community. He has written so many great texts that has benefit all of us with regards to the understanding of Dharma.

I believe that great scholars like Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk are very hard too come by. Especially when Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk has dedicated his life to the Dharma. Constantly improving himself and writing commentaries so that more students would be able to understand those difficult teachings as well.

By: Arisa

Arisa — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:17:08 +0000

Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk became a monk at the age of 8 years old. And at 15 years old he entered Sera Mey College of Sera Monastic University. Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk is very much respected by the Tibetans. In the early years you will not be able to find many good scholars to read and write the commentaries and explain on the earlier difficult teachings like Gyaltsab Je’s Light on the Path which only few students can comprehend. He has sacrificed so much to help preserve most of the teachings during the loss of Tibet. He was imprisoned. He has shown the act of generosity by donating to build new temples and supporting needy Refugee monks with his limited means.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:25:28 +0000

I love Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk’s poem in which he expresses his humility in verses, rejoicing in his virtues and at the same time regretting his shortcomings. He has lived an extraordinary life and his remarkable feats include preserving Buddhism in Tibet, restoring literary classics, teaching Buddhism in China and Tibet and helping to gain the release of monks from prison. What an extraordinary monk!

By: DSFriend

DSFriend — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:10:56 +0000

May this feeling of awe for beings such as the illustrious master Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk translate to determination to achieve the same result. So many live the span of their lives with just as much effort exerted, but for self gain which comes to nothing at the end of the day. How unfortunate! What a loss!

Yet, Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk ends the poem with :
It’s though a thing that makes me sad
That if you really check
You’ll find I’ve not the slightest
Thing to show you now.

What have I achieved today that truly has any positive, lasting effect on anyone….

By: vajrastorm

vajrastorm — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:14:37 +0000

Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk, a great scholar and philosopher steeped in Buddhist philosophy, a great master of the Buddhist logic tradition, has contributed tremendously to the preservation of the Buddhist religion in Tibet today.

His amazing self-discipline is to be applauded. Through this remarkable self –discipline and indefatigable spirit, he was able to master and memorize literally thousands of pages of original Buddhist works and became a walking Buddhist encyclopedia!

As a Lama, he has given public teachings to many students in Lhasa and other parts of Tibet. He has taught on subjects such as logic and valid perception. He is a teacher who can present the most profound Buddhist philosophical subjects in ways that can be understood easily by his students. He has also given an extensive public discourse on the entire text of ‘Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand’, a Lamrim discourse composed by the inimitable great master Pabongka Rinpoche.

Yet, he is a most unassuming and modest Lama, despite his being a great modern-day pundit. We see this in his lovely poem. Of his guru devotion, he says ever so modestly: “On the good side, I have never deprecated one of my Lamas; on the bad side, I don’t feel I was able to pay proper service to any on of them”.