New Course · Tuesday Evenings, 7–8:30 pm
The Ornament of Precious Liberation
Reading transmission and guided study with Lama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche
Begins Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
About the Course
Join Lama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche for a weekly reading transmission and concise guided study of The Ornament of Precious Liberation, one of the most beloved texts of the Kagyu tradition.
Each Tuesday evening, Rinpoche will read from the text and explain its meaning, giving students the transmission of the teaching along with a clear understanding of how to bring it into practice. The course is open to newcomers and longtime practitioners alike.
Course Details
When: Tuesdays, 7:00–8:30 pm, beginning October 13th, 2026
Where: Gampopa Center, 1831 Forest Drive, Suite C, Annapolis, MD 21401
Online: Zoom
Cost: $10 per class, or as you are able
What to bring: A copy of the text. Available through Namse Bangdzo, Wisdom Publications, Bookshop.org, and most major online retailers
About the Text
Written by Je Gampopa (1079–1153), the great student of Milarepa, The Ornament of Precious Liberation is a complete guide to the Mahayana path, from the nature of mind and the precious human birth through love, compassion, the bodhisattva vow and the perfections, to the fruition of buddhahood.
Gampopa brought together the Kadampa teachings on the stages of the path with the Mahamudra lineage of Milarepa, and his text remains a foundation of study in the Kagyu tradition today.
Venerable Lama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual teacher of the Gampopa Center in Annapolis, Maryland, and of Mani House Jakarta and Mani House Medan in Indonesia. Recognized at age 13 as the reincarnation of Tsatsa Khenpo Thubten, he trained at Bo Gangkar and Dege Pulpung monasteries before spending ten years at the Rumtek Monastery Institute in Sikkim, India. He completed the traditional three-year retreat under Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, who then appointed him teacher of the three-year retreat center.
Rinpoche is the author of several Dharma books, including The Lamp of Scriptures and Reasoning, praised by both His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, and he initiated the 100 Million Recitation of Om Mani Peme Hung Program in Indonesia. Today he teaches in Annapolis and in Medan, Jakarta, and Bali.