Dharamsala, 2001 ~ 2002

Vasubandhu's Treasury of Knowledge has stood for sixteen centuries as one of the most acclaimed syntheses of Buddhism's Abhidharma philosophy.

The present explanation was kindly given in 2001-2002 at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, by the Director, Geshe Dam-cho-gyal-tsen (1934-) who received his lharampa geshe degrees from Drepung Loseling Monastic Collegein 1979, after he had thoroughly studied Abhidharma under two main teachers, Khensur Gen Pe-ma-gyal-tshen and Shag-kor Khen Rin-po-che, Gen Nyi-ma-gyal-tshen, for well over a decade; a period of study protracted and much interrupted since it took place during the precarious and arduous early exile years, when Drepung Monastery had to be re-established from scratch in tropical south India. Geshe Dam-cho-gyal-tsen became a teacher of philosophy at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in 1980 and has been Director also since 1997.

He started explaining Vasubandhu's Treasury of Knowledge together with Clarifying the Path to Liberation Explanation of the Treasury of Knowledge by the First Dalai Lama of Tibet, Gedun Drub. Unfortunately, halfway through this teaching, Geshe Dam-cho-gyal-tsen suffered serious problems with the sight of one eye. Thenceforth, starting with chapter 5, he taught the root text from memory, leaving the explanation of the Clarifying the Path to Liberation commentary in the capable hands of Geshe Gun-chok-wang-du.

Below you can find the second part of Geshe Dam-cho-gyal-tsen's explanations based only on the root text.

See also Geshe Dam-cho-gyal-tsen's explanations of the first four chapters of the root text along with Gendun Drub's commentary, which were then continued by Geshe Gun-chok-wang-du.