If you wish to donate, or volunteer with CKSL, write to us at info@cksl.in
Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL) is a centre for the study and practice of Buddhism from the Tibetan Mahayana tradition. We’re located in Southern India, in the Bengaluru city of Karnataka. We have a quiet colorful temple which is open for lectures and structured courses. The use of our well-stocked library of Dharma books for loan is open to all.
CKSL is affliated with FPMT – website: fpmt.org. If a centre is affiliated with FPMT, it means that the centre follows the spiritual direction of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. It means that the centre uses FPMT’s educational programs and material, created in the unique lineage of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
CKSL was founded by local students, after His Holiness the Dalai Lama requested one of His most devoted disciples, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, to support a Buddhist centre. Since then FPMT registered teachers have been coming weekly to CKSL to teach and lead our spiritual program.
Description of the course: The Buddha taught that the basic nature of our minds is pure; and that all the causes of our problems are temporary, adventitious, superficial defilements of this basic purity. By following the spiritual path, we can remove all temporary negative emotions such as attachment and anger. Doing so enables us to gradually reveal the inner purity of our minds. During these eight sessions, Venerable Legtsok will introduce us to the nature of mind, how it exists, what are its characteristics, what is it’s ultimate nature, and how can it be purified and transformed through learning and meditation. He will explain how understanding our mind's nature helps us find happiness in daily life
Please feel free to reach out to us via email for any questions. Email: info@cksl.in
Note: the course requires a fee of INR 2400. Indian students can check the bank details via the website cksl.in.
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Born in Netherlands; in 1994, on the advice of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, he moved to Dharamsala. In 1996, he received full ordination vows from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In April 2016, Venerable Namdak became the first Westerner to have completed the Geshe study program in Sera Jey Monastery.
Born in Virginia, USA, he is currently in Geshe Studies Program at Sera Jey Monastery. He has been ordained as a Buddhist monk since 2001. He’s been teaching regularly at CKSL since 2003, its inception
Born and raised in Hawaii, USA, he has studied and trained in Zen and Theravada traditions before embracing the Tibetan Buddhist tradition He received full ordination vows in 2005 from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He has been studying the Geshe Study program at Sera Jey Monastery since 2007.
Born in Singapore, he received the full monastic vows from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in July 2004. Since August 2005, he has been spending most of his time living and studying in Sera Jey Monastery in South India.
Since the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown, we have had many new recordings and live sessions on the YouTube channel choekhorsumling – to
These and other recordings are available for viewing. The recording of many of the other sessions in the centre are available on request – email