Theodore Tsaousidis
Theodore Tsaousidis has been practicing meditation and psycho-spiritual healing for the past thirty years. Born in a rural community in Greece and immersed in a tradition of village healers, he has always been innately connected with nature and spirit. His work encompasses traditional healing practices including those in the Tibetan healing traditions including aspects of shamanism. He has been a student of Buddhism for the past three decades and continues to study under traditional teachers in Zen and in Tibetan Healing teachings. Rinpoche has requested and authorized Theodore to teach at the Gaden for the West communities. Theodore is invited into diverse communities to facilitate meditation and healing workshops.
For more information about Theodore’s work please see: www.sittingatthegate.ca
Gaden for the West is an international organization of Venerable Acharya Zasep Tulku Rinpoche.
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Acharya Zasep Jamseng Rinpoche
Acharya Zasep Jamseng Rinpoche embarked upon ten years of intensive meditation and study with the highly realized teacher Geshe Thubten Wangyal In 1961. Rinpoche then completed his Acharya (Master’s) Degree in Buddhist philosophy at Varanasi Sanskrit University in 1975, at which time he was sent to Southeast Asia to study Vipassana Meditation and Theravada Buddhist traditions in the forest temples of Thailand. In mid-1976, Rinpoche moved to Australia to translate and teach at the Chenrezig Institute for Wisdom Culture at the request of Lama Thubten Yeshe.
In 1980, Zasep Rinpoche accepted the invitation of his Canadian students and came to British Columbia. That autumn, during the visit to Toronto of H.H. Ling Rinpoche, Toronto’s first Gelugpa centre was created. H.H. Ling Rinpoche bestowed the name “Gaden Choling Mahayan Buddhist Meditation Centre” and appointed Zasep Rinpoche as the resident teacher. Since then, Rinpoche has given countless teachings, discourses, commentaries, initiations, private interviews and meditation retreats at Gaden Choling for students of all levels. Rinpoche has also hosted many fundraising events for the centre, Gaden Relief, Gaden for the West and other charitable organizations, as well as conducted life cycle rituals such as funerals for members who have passed on.
Zasep Rinpoche now resides in Nelson, BC., close to the Gaden for the West retreat centre (Gaden Tashi Choling Retreat).
For more Information see: www.gadenforthewest.org
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