a buddhist life with geshe tashi tsering by Geshe Tashi Tsering

Last Updated: June 14, 2026
In this series of A Buddhist Life, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsering, in his typically humorous, warm-hearted and accessible style, chooses topics from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Daily Inspirations for discussion and reflection. Geshe Tashi has a Masters degree from SOAS and has taught in the west for twenty five years. He is currently Abbot of Sera Mey Monastery as well as Spiritual Director of Foundations of Buddhist Thought CIC, home of the Foundation of Buddhist Thought on-line course. Geshe Tashi is the author of a six book series by the same name published by Wisdom Publications, the first in the series being The Four NobleTruths. https://geshetashi.org/ https://foundationsofbuddhistthought.org/
Ep.6 – Using our mind and body as a laboratory for positive change
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In this episode Geshe Tashi reads and discusses His Holiness’s Daily Inspiration for the 9th April:

Ep.5 – Interdependence & the Coronavirus pandemic.
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In this episode Geshe Tashi reads and discusses His Holiness’s Daily Inspiration for the 27th March. In the light of the current worldwide Coronavirus outbreak, Geshe Tashi has chosen a quotation from His Holiness the Dalai Lama emphasising the “need for a clear awareness of the interdependent nature of nations, of humans and animals and the world.”  Drawing on his own experience of trying to care for the Sera Mey monks and their families at this time, he skilfully encourages us to use this teaching on interdependence to try and gain some perspective around the feelings of fear and confusion many of us are experiencing.

Ep.4 – The difficulties of cultivating contentment and simplicity in our busy lives.
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In this episode Geshe Tashi reads and discusses His Holiness’s Daily Inspiration for the 9th March.  Once again he speaks from his own experience as he tells us of his struggles to maintain a simple life in the face of his public responsibilities as Abbot of a large Buddhist monastery.  He gives us his thoughts on the practicalities of abandoning faulty states of mind as well as cultivating helpful ones, and discusses what these words might actually mean.

Ep.3 – How can we make a difference in the wider world?
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In this episode, in the light of his own experience as abbot of a Buddhist monastery, Geshe Tashi discusses His Holiness’s Daily Inspiration for the 27th February: can we make a difference in the wider world, and if so, how do we go about this without getting discouraged? 

Ep.1 - An Introduction to the Series
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In this series of A Buddhist Life, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsering, in his typically humorous, warm-hearted and accessible style, chooses topics from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Daily Inspirations for discussion and reflection.  In this first episode, Geshe Tashi introduces the series.

Ep.2 - Can we find happiness in external things?
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In this episode, Geshe Tashi chooses the Daily Inspiration for the 2nd February, and discusses whether we can find happiness in external things, such as money or technology? 

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