Kamalashila's Stages of Mediation | with Demo Rinpoche

October 11th & October 12th, 2025

10:00am - 5:00pm ET

Hybrid 

$180 Jewel Heart Member (Become a Member)
$180 Tibet House Member
$225 Non-Member

Give what you can. No one turned away.

Enlightening our mind begins with understanding the relationship between our mind and our actions. In this seminar with Demo Rinpoche we will explore questions such as “What is the mind? Can we train the mind? How might that take shape?” The Buddhist approach to training the mind includes stabilizing and analytical meditation practices focused on bringing compassion and wisdom to all we do, for the sake of ourselves and others.

In this seminar, Demo Rinpoche will guide us through the Stages of Meditation, a meditation manual by the great ninth-century Indian master Kamalashila. This seminar is open to all levels of interest and experience.

BIO

In 1986, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama recognized Demo Rinpoche as 11th Demo Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, the place where Buddha found enlightenment. Demo Rinpoche joined Drepung Loseling monastery in 1987 at the age of 6. After 25 years of study and practice, he graduated with a Geshe Lharampa degree in 2012. He then joined and completed Gyume Tantric College.

He subsequently moved to the United States to pursue the study of other religions at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, where he received his master’s degree in Inter-Religious Engagement in 2018.

Demo Rinpoche’s mala of reincarnations is well known to have strong connections with the lineage of the Dalai Lama. From the first Demo Rinpoche in 1374 until now, all ten became great dharma masters. One of Demo Rinpoche’s previous incarnations was the minister of Songtsen Gampo who brought a princess and a statue of Buddha to Lhasa from China. The 6th Demo Rinpoche was the first regent of Tibet in Tibetan history, after the passing of the 7th Dalai Lama. The 7th and 9th Demo Rinpoche also served as regents.

Currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Demo Rinpoche serves as Jewel Heart’s Spiritual Director, where he teaches in an open-minded way, understandable to a new generation, while holding true to the authentic Buddha Dharma. Rinpoche’s interests include photography, poetry, sports and technology.