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Geshe Kalsang Damdul la
Geshe Kalsang Damdul la is the assistant director of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala under the direct administration of HH the Dalai Lama. He has taught at Portland State University as a visiting Tibetan scholar and was the spiritual director of the Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association. In 2003, he founded the Shakyamuni Tibetan Buddhist Center.
Geshe Kalsang Damdul la videos
Keep Your Own Culture Alive
Tibetan monk and scholar Geshe Kalsang Damdul la emphasizes the importance of preserving individual cultures in the contemporary age of globalization, as they each offer something unique to humanity.
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Selfishness is the Root Cause
Tibetan Buddhist monk and scholar Geshe Kalsang Damdul la explains that on both global and individual scales self-centeredness underlies conflict and suffering.
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When we look into the world, we get to see that the majority of the economic problems, majority of the conflicts, majority of the infightings within the nations, within the community, within the neighborhood, have arisen from self-centered attitude.
Geshe Kalsang Damdul la
in Selfishness is the Root Cause
in Selfishness is the Root Cause