Geshe Sherap began teaching the Refutation of Objections on Monday/Friday, September 09-11, 2026 at 4:30pm.

The Vigrahavyavartani — "Refutation of Objections" — is Nagarjuna's defense of the Madhyamaka doctrine of emptiness against the charge that it is self-refuting. Written in India in the second century CE, it is one of the most important texts in Buddhist philosophy.

An opponent poses twenty objections which Nagarjuna dismantles every objection from

within, showing that it is the realist who is trapped in contradiction, while the teaching of emptiness — which holds no thesis of its own — is free from all fault. The crown verse — "For whom emptiness is possible, all things are possible" — is among the most cited lines in Buddhist thought.

Geshe Sherap will begin a new class on Saturday, March 07, 2026 at 2:00pm and will be ongoing.

The Precious Garland or Ratnavali discusses the complete pathways to enlightenment. It provides antidotes to deal with our delusions and cultivate compassion and wisdom to be able to realize our fullest potential to be Buddha or Enlightened Being. This course will explain this poetic yet profound treatise of Arya Nagarjuna to enhance our spirituality.

Geshe Tenzin Sherap began teaching the Sunday class, Candrakirti's Entering The Middle Way on August 22, 2021. The text is "Illuminating the Intent - An Exposition of Candrakirti's Entering the Middle Way".

Candrakirt's 7th century classic was written as a supplement to Nagarjuna's Root of the Middle Way.

This text integrates the central insight of Nagarjuna's thought - the rejection of any metaphysical notion of intrinsic existence- with the well-known Mahayana framework of the ten levels of the bodhisattva.

"Illuminating the Intent" is Lama Tsongkaphas's renowned commentary on Chandrakirti's Entering the Middle Way. Composed in 1418, Lama Tsongkapha set forth the meaning of emptiness in the context of bohisattva's ten perfections.

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