Forest of Wisdom

12/14/2025

Thankyou everyone for coming to the farewell celebration for Geshema Lhadron yesterday @ Forest of Wisdom. We had a wonderful time together. 🙏❤️🌻

12/13/2025

Its Happening Today. Join us at 10am at Forest of Wisdom to celebrate a day of Gratitude and Friendship with our beloved teacher, Venerable Geshema Lhadron, before she returns to India.

🙏🪷🌻❤️😀🌲

❤️Venerable Geshema Lhadron, our current resident teacher, will soon be returning to India. We warmly invite you to join us for a day of gratitude in honor of our beloved teacher and friend. This is also an opportunity to make a personal offering to Geshema in gratitude for her service.

🌻December 13th, Saturday, !0am, at Forest of Wisdom

🌸Schedule
1. Buddhist Psychology Teaching – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
2. Tea Break – 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
3. Talk by Geshema Lhadron – 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
4. Potluck Lunch – 12:20 PM to 1:45 PM
5. Student Feedback – 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM
6. Informal Conversation & Fellowship – 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
7. Cleaning and Wrap-Up – 3:20 PM

🌲We look forward to sharing this special day together!

11/10/2025

❤️Venerable Geshema Lhadron, our current resident teacher, will soon be returning to India. We warmly invite you to join us for a day of gratitude in honor of our beloved teacher and friend. This is also an opportunity to make a personal offering to Geshema in gratitude for her service.

🌻December 13th, Saturday, !0am, at Forest of Wisdom

🌸Schedule
1. Buddhist Psychology Teaching – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
2. Tea Break – 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
3. Talk by Geshema Lhadron – 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
4. Potluck Lunch – 12:20 PM to 1:45 PM
5. Student Feedback – 1:45 PM to 2:30 PM
6. Informal Conversation & Fellowship – 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
7. Cleaning and Wrap-Up – 3:20 PM

🌲We look forward to sharing this special day together!

11/09/2025

🌲Buddhist Psychology Class: "Understanding the Mind".

Recordings of the prior classes have been uploaded on our YouTube channel.

🌐 Buddhist Psychology - Class 5 - November 1st 2025
https://youtu.be/Ah3SubOc3Ws?si=VLfdoWjYRspUNK_C

🌐 Buddhist Psychology - Class 6 - November 09, 2025 (w/ substitute teacher Losang Donyo)
https://youtu.be/wm5c_qavoD8?si=4nuV5i1scd9frRrg

Seven Fold Division of Mind

11/09/2025

🌲In October, Geshema Lhadron started the new class: "Understanding the Mind".

🌻This class is an introduction to Buddhist psychology, which will help you understand and cultivate your mind, to create happiness for yourself and kindness for others.

🌸Saturdays at 10 am ET / 8:30 pm IST
October through December, 2025
In-Person @ Forest of Wisdom

🪷and on Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/99756543761?pwd=FouUSN9FFF0ybgo8mi78lnJEw1nJXM.1

Meeting ID: 997 5654 3761
Passcode: 834428

You can find recordings of the prior classes on our YouTube channel.
🌐www.youtube.com/

10/27/2025

🌻Last month, Geshema Lhadron taught three sessions on the topic: “Inner Peace for Everyday Challenges,” based on The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, at Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre for Universal Peace (DNKL).

Links for the youtube videos:

🌻Session 1: September 14
https://youtu.be/7CCbNralHl8?si=hvQ8LM13hTqP-RVD

🌻Session 2: September 21
https://youtu.be/m4HTWGx_yiA?si=rpv4LvW3jDSI1oAw

🌻Session 3: September 28
https://youtu.be/E0jKR3Vp0OI?si=nrx9cjXoddUz7wd2

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10/09/2025

On October 3rd, 2025, Geshema Lhadron gave a talk on loving kindness and compassion at Maha Guru Padamasambhava’s prayer service gathering at the Tibetan Community Centre in Queens, NY. This event was part of a five days prayer service organized by Nyechung Foundation in Upstate, New York.

08/31/2025

🌻Geshema Lhadron gave a talk at The Tibet Centre in New Jersey on August 10. Watch the recorded video here.
https://www.youtube.com/live/5Uhzorjn06Y?si=VVk_CXW2bhoWoE7w

TTC GUEST LECTURE: VENERABLE GESHEMA LHADRON - MY JOURNEY TO BECOMING A GESHEMA @ TTC NJ

08/29/2025

🌻Join us on Saturday mornings as Geshema Lhadron explains about the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on the 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas.

🪷Every Saturday, 10:00AM (ET) / 7:30PM (IST)
🌳Hosted at the Forest of Wisdom In-Person and also on Zoom

https://zoom.us/j/99756543761?pwd=FouUSN9FFF0ybgo8mi78lnJEw1nJXM.1
Meeting ID: 997 5654 3761
Passcode: 834428

🌐 Visit the Forest of Wisdom YouTube page:
www.youtube.com/

🍀The latest class can be found here:
https://youtu.be/s9YR7fgPNkU?si=hzBKibs3VoHo4QcD

Verse number 16 and 17 how to transform difficulties into the path or opportunites.

08/25/2025

🌻 Geshema Lhadron had a great time at the Mohegan Wigwam Festival on August 17th 2025 , an event which celebrated the Native American culture and heritage.

08/18/2025

🌻Geshema Lhadron had a wonderful time at the week-long Camp Tibet 2025, held at Eagle Island in New York.😍

08/13/2025

🌻The International Sangha Forum was held in Bodhgaya, India from 20th to 23rd December 2023.

Over 2000 monastics from different Buddhist traditions around the world attended the event and had discussions on various topics like Vinaya rules, Samadhi practices, and the role of Buddhism in the 21st century.

🌸Geshema Tenzin Lhadron participated in the forum and gave a talk on Dec 22nd, 2023

🌐Watch the YouTube video - Plenary Session 8: Samadhi in Practice and Scripture: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Contemporary Approaches :

Third day morning session of the International Sangha Forum 2023 from Bodhgaya, Bihar India on December 22, 2023. Plenary Session 8: Samadhi in Practice and ...