The Buddhist Community at Stanford hosts guided meditation on campus every week that is open to people of all backgrounds and faiths, no experience needed.

Please come join us for our next speaker event with Geshe Tenzin Legtsok from Ocean of Compassion Buddhist Center.  

There will be a 20-minute Dhamma talk on “When Life Feels Heavy: Finding Ease in the Dharma”. In this talk, Geshe Tenzin Legtsok will guide a short 15-minute meditation and share how Buddhist wisdom can help us lighten the load—both during times of acute stress and throughout the ongoing journey of life. A 15-minute Q&A will follow the talk.

RSVP is recommended here

There will also be some drinks and snacks after the event! 

Speaker biography:

Geshe Tenzin Legtsok has been ordained as a Buddhist monk since 2001 and is the first American to complete the twenty-year Geshe Studies Program in classic Indian Buddhist treatises and their Tibetan commentaries at Sera Jey Monastic University in South India, following the tradition of ancient Nalanda University. In 2025, he completed the traditional study of tantra at Gyudmed Tantric Monastery.

With over two decades of study and practice under the guidance of great masters, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Geshe Legtsok brings profound insights into the application of Buddhist teachings. Born in Virginia, USA in 1973, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College in 1995. His quest to answer the question, “What makes for the most happy and meaningful life,” led him to major in philosophy, eventually guiding him to study meditation and philosophy with teachers among the exiled Tibetan communities in India and Nepal since 1999.

Dedicated to studying and teaching Buddhist philosophy, Geshe Legtsok seamlessly blends ancient wisdom with modern-day relevance. His teachings emphasize understanding and transforming the mind through practice, and he is committed to helping others navigate the spiritual path with clarity and patience.