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Tsoknyi Rinpoche + (Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Wylie: Tshogs gnyis rin … Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Wylie: Tshogs gnyis rin po che), or Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 13 March 1966), is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author and the founder of the Pundarika Foundation. He is the third Tsoknyi Rinpoche, having been recognized by the 16th Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He is a tulku of the Drukpa Kagyü and Nyingma traditions and the holder of the Ratna Lingpa and Tsoknyi lineages.He began his education at Khampagar Monastery at Tashi Jong in Himachal Pradesh, India, at the age of thirteen. His main teachers are Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima, his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Adeu Rinpoche.Rinpoche has overseen the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, founded in Kathmandu, Nepal, by his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and Mingyur Rinpoche, and his nephews are Phakchok Rinpoche and the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, known popularly as Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. He has overseen the monastery's operations and introduced studies for non-Tibetans. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsoknyi_Rinpoche Source Accessed November 18, 2019])npoche Source Accessed November 18, 2019]))
Tsugunari Kubo + (Tsugunari Kubo is associated with the Reiy … Tsugunari Kubo is associated with the Reiyūkai movement, a Japanese Buddhist new religious movement. He is the son of Kakutarō Kubo, the founder of Reiyūkai, and succeeded Kimi Kotani as the president of Reiyūkai in 1971 after her death.Kubo is best known for his translation work, particularly his collaboration with Akira Yuyama on the English translation of the ''Lotus Sutra''. This translation, published by the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research in 2007, is highly regarded for its scholarly accuracy and use of common English Buddhist terms. The translation is part of the BDK English Tripiṭaka Series project, which aims to translate the entire Chinese and Japanese Buddhist canon into English.As the president of Reiyūkai, Kubo played a significant role in the international expansion of the organization. Under his leadership, Reiyūkai established centers in various countries around the world, including the United States, Brazil, Canada, and several others. He also oversaw the organization's Inner Self Development campaign and participated in various international events promoting Buddhism and interfaith dialogue.romoting Buddhism and interfaith dialogue.)
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche + (Tudeng Nima is the 2nd Alak Zenkar Rinpoch … Tudeng Nima is the 2nd Alak Zenkar Rinpoche. The 1st Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Pema Ngödrup Rolpai Dorjé, lived from 1881 to 1943. For a short biography, see Tulku Thondup, ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'' (Shambhala Publications, 1996), 275–77.Tudeng Nima Rinpoche is the Director of the Paltseg Tibetan Rare Texts Research Center, TBRC board member, visiting scholar at the University of Virginia, and board member of the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture. In 2000-2003, he was a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University in the East Asian Institute. From 2004 to the present he has been a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia. Tudeng Nima Rinpoche has written many papers for which he has received numerous awards. He has rescued and reproduced thousands of important and rare Tibetan texts. He has made outstanding contributions to Tibetan culture and education and is renowned as one of the world’s leading Tibetan Buddhist scholars. ([https://www.tbrc.org/#!footer/about/board Adapted from BDRC September 17, 2020])[http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Alak_Zenkar_Rinpoche Rigpa Wiki Bio]title=Alak_Zenkar_Rinpoche Rigpa Wiki Bio])
Tulku Orgyen Topgyal + (Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche (o rgyan sto … Tulku Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche (o rgyan stobs rgyal rin po che, b. 1951) is the elder son of the 3rd Neten Chokling Rinpoche. He is considered to be an incarnation of Taksham Nuden Dorje. After the death of his father, he took care of Pema Ewam Chogar Gyurme Ling Monastery in Bir, India, for many years before handing it over to the 4th Neten Chokling Rinpoche. He is a disciple of Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Renowned for his vast memory of the lives of past teachers, he recounted The Life of Chokgyur Lingpa to Erik Pema Kunsang. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond)ma Kunsang. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond))
HE Tulku Pema Rigtsal + (Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche is the Supreme … Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche is the Supreme Head of Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery in Humla, Nepal ("upper Dudjom lineage" known as Namkha Khyung Dzong, formerly based at Mount Kailash in Tibet). At the age of three he was recognized by Dudjom Rinpoche as the reincarnation of “Chimed Rinpoche,” who is the emanation of the Great Indian Siddha “Dampa Sangye” and spiritual head of the renowned Shedphel Ling Monastery in Ngari, Tibet. In 1985 he reconstructed the Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery in Humla, Nepal, and has taught the 13 major philosophical texts (Shungchen Chusum) for 24 years. His religious guidance has inspired hundreds of ascetics and other practitioners in Tibet.Rinpoche has studied the Vajrayana tradition of the Nyingma lineage from renowned spiritual masters: Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Domang Yangthang Rinpoche. ([https://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/mindfulness-meditation-with-tulku-pema-rigtsal-rinpoche-02-22-24/ Source Accessed January 23, 2024])According to Rigpa Wiki: Tulku Pema Rigtsal gives teachings on the Dudjom Tersar Ngöndro, the ''The Words of My Perfect Teacher'', ''Bodhicharyavatara'', and the Richö, Nang Jang, Neluk Rangjung, and other Dudjom Tersar teachings, to the people of Humla and those from the Ngari part of Tibet.Tulku Pema Rigtsal also holds Summer and Winter Dharma Teaching sessions every year for more than five hundred practitioners including monks, ngakpas (yogis) and nuns residing in Humla and Ngari, Tibet. Hundreds of hermits are practising in caves and solitary locations in Humla, Nepal and Ngari, Tibet under his instruction and guidance.Among his writings, there are::a commentary on the Calling The Lama From Afar of Dudjom Rinpoche:a biography of the Degyal Rinpoche (the first).:his first book in Tibetan, entitled “Semkyi Sangwa Ngontu Phyungwa” (translated and published in English as [[The Great Secret of Mind]]).cret of Mind]]).)
Lama Sherab Dorje + (Tulku Sherdor is Executive Director of Bla … Tulku Sherdor is Executive Director of Blazing Wisdom Institute. Born in Montreal, Canada in 1961, he began studying Buddhist Insight meditation from a very young age, and met his principal teacher, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, in Nepal in 1981. He was fortunate to study with other pre-eminent masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khetsun Zangpo Rinpoche, Dung Say Trinley Norbu Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, and many others. He completed a 3-year lama retreat in the Karma and Shangpa Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and a year-long solitary retreat in the Chogling Tersar practice lineage held by Tulku Urgyen. Over the past 18 years he has traveled far and wide, teaching and working with and translating for a great number of distinguished Nyingma and Kagyu meditation masters, such as helping Trangu Rinpoche establish the monastic retreat program at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in the early 1990s; helping Kenpo Sonam Topgyal Rinpoche re-establish the vajrayana Buddhist tradition for the Chinese community in Thailand in the mid-1990s; and working closely with his precious teacher, His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, to advance many philanthropic projects in Tibet dedicated to world peace. (Source: [http://www.blazingwisdom.org/id1.html Blazing Wisdom Institute])om.org/id1.html Blazing Wisdom Institute]))
Tulku Tenzin Rigsang + (Tulku Tenzin Rigsang was born in Golog, ea … Tulku Tenzin Rigsang was born in Golog, eastern Tibet, near the Mardo Tashi Choling monastery. He became a monk at a young age and was recognized by the dzogchen yogi Yeshe Wangpo as the reincarnation of his own brother Sherab Gyaltsen.Tulku Rigsang studied with many spiritual teachers including Khenpo Jigme P’huntsog. In India he studied within the Nyingma tradition, at Namdroling monastery and within the Gelug tradition, at Drepung monastery. After having completed the entire curriculum, he moved to Dharamsala, where he received many teachings from HH the Dalai Lama, while also studying English and other subjects.In 2013, he was invited to the United States by Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche to be a full-time resident teacher at Katog Rithrod Mountain Retreat Center. Tulku Rigsang was selected by Rinpoche to help teach the dharma in the United States, both formally and by example, as “he is greatly learned, a pure monk, has few desires, is rich with contentment, and is truly humble.”In 2014, he visited Katog Choling sanghas throughout the US, beginning in March, with a two week residency with the Katog Vajra Ling sangha in Connecticut.In December 2015, Tulku Tenzin Rigsang returned to the east to continue his studies. ([https://katogcholing.com/tulkurigsang Source Accessed June 16, 2021])lkurigsang Source Accessed June 16, 2021]))
Tulku Thondup + (Tulku Thondup Rinpoche was born in Golok i … Tulku Thondup Rinpoche was born in Golok in 1936 and trained from childhood at Dodrupchen Monastery, after having been recognized as the reincarnation of Khenpo Konchog Dronme (1859-1936). He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he writes and translates under the auspices of the Buddhayana Foundation. A few of his books in English are ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles''; ''Enlightened Living''; ''The Healing Power of Mind''; ''Peaceful Death'', ''Joyful Rebirth''; and ''The Heart of Unconditional Love''. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond)nal Love''. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond))
Tulku Urgyen Chemchok + (Tulku Urgyen Chemchog (1915?-2003?) was on … Tulku Urgyen Chemchog (1915?-2003?) was one of the closest disciples of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang and a disciple of Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. He was able to teach quite a few disciples in secret while spending twenty years in Chinese labor camps in Tibet. After being freed, he lived and taught in Konjo province. After his passing away, his body shrank to the size of an arm's length, a phenomenon considered to be similar, though not identical, to the achievement ofthe rainbow body. (Source: Enlightened Vagabond). See also his biography on [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Gojo_Orgyen_Chemchok Rigpa Wiki].hp?title=Gojo_Orgyen_Chemchok Rigpa Wiki].)
Tulku Urgyen + (Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Tib. སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་ར … Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Tib. སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. ''sprul sku o rgyan rin po che'') (1920–1996) was one of the greatest teachers of Dzogchen and Mahamudra in recent times, whose lineage is now continued by his sons, including Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche.Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was born in Nangchen, in the province of Kham, eastern Tibet, in 1920. He began meditation practice at the early age of four, when he attended the teachings his father, Chime Dorje, would give to his many students. Already at four he had what is called a recognition of the nature of mind. Later he studied with his uncle Samten Gyatso, his root master, as well as with many other lamas of both Kagyü and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Among the lineage masters from whom he drew his inspiration were Milarepa and Longchen Rabjam—on merely hearing their names, tears would come to his eyes.In his youth he practised intensively, and stayed in retreat for a total of twenty years. He had four sons, each of whom is now an important Buddhist master in his own right: Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche.When he left Tibet he went to Sikkim and then settled in Nepal at Nagi Gompa Hermitage, in the mountains above the Kathmandu valley. He was the first lama to spread the Tibetan Buddhist teachings to Malaysia. In 1980 Tulku Urgyen went on a world tour encompassing Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Great Britain, the USA, Hong Kong and Singapore. In his later years, however, he did not travel much and his many students, both Eastern and Western, would go to Nepal to visit him.Tulku Urgyen accomplished a great deal in his life. He constructed and restored many temples, and established six monasteries and retreat centres in the Kathmandu region. He had over three hundred monks and nuns under his guidance. In particular he built a monastery and three-year retreat centre at the site of the sacred cave of Asura, the site of Padmasambhava’s famous retreat. He also re-established some traditional annual prayer gatherings in exile.In his childhood he had been recognized by the Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyap Dorje, as the reincarnation of the master Chöwang Tulku, and he was also an emanation of Nupchen Sangye Yeshe, one of the twenty-five main disciples of Padmasambhava. He was the lineage holder of many teaching transmissions, especially that of the terma teachings of his great grandfather Chokgyur Lingpa. He transmitted the Dzogchen Desum teachings to such masters as Sixteenth Karmapa, Dudjom Rinpoche, and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as well as thousands of other disciples. Tulku Urgyen was especially close to the Karmapa—one of his root teachers—and to Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, with both of whom there was a powerful bond of mutual respect.Tulku Urgyen is the author of several books in English, including ''Repeating the Words of the Buddha'' and ''Rainbow Painting''. He also supervised many English translations of Tibetan texts and teachings carried out by his Western students, and gave the name Rangjung Yeshe to the publishing imprint established to make these and other Dharma works available in the West.He was famed for his profound meditative realization and for the concise, lucid and humorous style with which he imparted the essence of the teachings. Using few words, he would point out the nature of mind, revealing a natural simplicity and wakefulness that enables the student to actually touch the heart of the Buddha’s wisdom mind. In this method of instruction, he was unmatched.Tulku Urgyen passed away peacefully on 13th February 1996 (the 24th day of the 12th month of the Wood Pig year), at Nagi Gompa. At that time the sky overhead was clear and completely cloudless for two days, which is traditionally seen as a sign that a highly realized master is passing on.The ''yangsi'' of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, named Urgyen Jigme Rabsel Dawa, was born in 2001. (Source: [https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tulku_Urgyen_Rinpoche Rigpa Wiki])p?title=Tulku_Urgyen_Rinpoche Rigpa Wiki]))
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche + (Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away on the 1 … Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away on the 13th of February at his hermitage Nagi Gompa on the southern slope of the Shivapuri mountain. He was born in eastern Tibet on the tenth day of the fourth Tibetan month in 1920. He was recognized by H.H. Khakyab Dorje, the 15th Gyalwang Karmapa, as the reincarnation of the Chowang Tulku, as well as the emanation of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, one of the chief disciples of Padmasambhava. Guru Chowang the First (1212-70 AD) was one of the five Terton Kings, the major revealers of secret texts hidden by Guru Padmasambhava.Tulku Urgyen’s main monastery was Lachab Gompa in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet. He studied and practiced the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Among the four greater Kagyu Schools, his family line was the main holder of the Barom Kagyu Lineage.In the Nyingma tradition, Tulku Urgyen held the complete teachings of the last century’s three great masters: Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. He had an especially close transmission for the New Treasures, a compilation of all the empowerments, reading transmissions and instructions of Padmasambhava’s teachings, which were rediscovered by Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, his great-grandfather. Rinpoche passed on this tradition to the major regents of the Karma Kagyu lineage as well as to many other lamas and tulkus.The close relationship between the lineage of the Karmapas and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche came about since the 14th Gyalwang Karmapa was one of the main recipients of Chokgyur Lingpa’s termas, receiving the empowerments from the terton himself. Tulku Samten Gyatso, the grandson of Chokgyur Lingpa and the root guru of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, offered the same transmission to the 15th Gyalwang Karmapa Khakyab Dorje. The Gyalwang 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpey Dorje, was offered the major transmissions of the Chokling Tersar by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. In addition, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche also felt fortunate to pass on the transmission for the important Dzogchen Desum, the Three Sections of the Great Perfection, to both His Holiness Karmapa and Dudjom Rinpoche, as well as numerous Tulkus and lamas of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages.Tulku Urgyen established six monasteries and retreat centers in the Kathmandu region. The most important of these are at Boudhanath, the site of the Great Stupa, and another at the Asura Cave, where Padmasambhava manifested the Mahamudra Vidyadhara level. He lived at Nagi Gompa Hermitage above the Kathmandu Valley. Under his guidance were more than 300 monks and nuns. He stayed in retreat for more than 20 years, including four three-year retreats.In 1980 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, accompanied by his oldest son Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, went on a world tour through Europe, the United States and South East Asia, giving teachings on Dzogchen and Mahamudra to many people. Every year since then a seminar on Buddhist study and practice has been held at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in essential meditation practice, combining the view and meditation of Dzogchen, Mahamudra and the Middle Way. Less concerned with the systematic categories of topics of knowledge or with the logical steps of philosophy, Tulku Urgyen directly addressed the listener’s present state of mind. His published works in English include ''Repeating the Words of the Buddha'', ''As It Is 1'' & ''As It Is 2'', ''Rainbow Painting'' and ''Vajra Speech''.The over-all background of the teachings of Dzogchen and Mahamudra, which are tremendously vast and profound, can be condensed into simple statements of immediate relevance to our present state of mind. Tulku Urgyen was famed for his profound meditative realization and for the concise, lucid and humorous style with which he imparts the essence of the 84,000 sections of the Buddhist teachings. His method of teaching is ‘instruction through one’s own experience.’ Using few words, this way of teaching points out the nature of mind, revealing a natural simplicity of wakefulness that enables the student to actually touch the heart of the Buddha’s Wisdom Mind.—written by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Erik Pema Kunsang, New York, 1981. ([http://www.rangjung.com/book_author/tulku-urgyen-rinpoche/ Source Accessed Feb 6, 2019])urgyen-rinpoche/ Source Accessed Feb 6, 2019]))
Tulku Yeshi Gyatso + (Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche is a Dzogchen master … Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche is a Dzogchen master and the reincarnation of Dzogchen Gyaltsab Thodo Rinpoche. He was recognized by Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche. He has received teachings from over forty masters representing all five schools of Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug and Shiji (or Chod). Tulku Yeshi has authored fifteen books on subjects of Tibetan Buddhism and culture. He also writes novels, poetry for mind training and how to enjoy life.Currently he lives at Sakya Monastery and works on Dharma activities both here in Seattle and across the US. He has dedicated himself in service of H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche, Sakya Monastery and Phuntsok Phodrang. (Source: [https://84000.co/about-translators-html/ 84000])//84000.co/about-translators-html/ 84000]))
Turrell V. Wylie + (Turrell Verl "Terry" Wylie (August 20, 192 … Turrell Verl "Terry" Wylie (August 20, 1927 – August 25, 1984) was an American scholar, Tibetologist, sinologist and professor known as one of the 20th century's leading scholars of Tibet. He taught as a professor of Tibetan Studies at the University of Washington and served as the first chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Wylie founded the Tibetan Studies program at the University of Washington, the first of its kind in the United States, setting a major precedent for future programs and research in the field. His system for rendering the Tibetan language in Latin script, known as Wylie transliteration, is the primary system used for transcribing Tibetan in academic and historical contexts. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turrell_V._Wylie Source Accessed Feb 5, 2025])ell_V._Wylie Source Accessed Feb 5, 2025]))
Tarthang Tulku + (Twenty-Four Years of Traditional Training … Twenty-Four Years of Traditional Training in TibetDharma Publishing was founded by Tarthang Rinpoche, commonly known as Tarthang Tulku. Rinpoche was born in in the mountains of Golok in the far northeast of Tibet as the son of Sogpo Tulku, Pema Gawey Dorje (b 1894), a highly respected physician and holder of the Nyingma Vidyadhara lineage. Before Rinpoche was two years old, he was recognized and given the name Kunga Gellek by the Sutrayana and Mantrayana master Tragyelung Tsultrim Dargye (b. 1866), who made predictions about Rinpoche’s future mission as a servant of the Dharma, and instructed his parents in the special treatment of young tulkus.Rinpoche’s training began at a very early age, and his first teachers were his father and private tutors. After the age of nine, he resided at Tarthang Monastery where he was initiated into the teachings of the Palyul tradition by Tarthang Choktrul and given instruction in Mahayana view, meditation, and conduct by various expert khenpos. At the age of fifteen in the iron tiger year of 1950, Rinpoche departed from Tarthang Monastery to travel to the major monasteries of Kham in eastern Tibet. There he received blessings, teachings, and initiations from the greatest masters of the 20th century: Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, Zhechen Kongtrul, Adzom Gyelsey, Bodpa Tulku, and others, altogether thirty-one teachers. For the next ten years, until the age of 24, Rinpoche was given intensive training in the three Inner Yogas of Maha, Anu, and Ati.Nine Years of Retreat, Research, and Publishing in IndiaIn 1958 Rinpoche departed from his homeland, traveling through Bhutan into Sikkim following in the footsteps of his root guru, Khyentse Chokyi Lodro. The next several years were devoted to pilgrimage and retreat at holy places in India. In 1963 he was appointed by Dudjom Rinpoche as the representative of the Nyingma tradition and given the position of research fellow at Sanskrit University in Benares. In that same year, he set up one of the first Tibetan printing presses in exile and began his life’s work of preserving sacred art and texts. After six years at Sanskrit University and some twenty publications, Rinpoche decided that this was not enough, and departed for America to bring Dharma to the West.Forty-three Years of Dharma Work in the WestArriving in America in late 1968, Rinpoche chose California as his headquarters, and established the Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center in early 1969. One of the first learned Tibetan exiles to take up residence in the West, he has lived continuously in America for over forty years. With the full support and blessings of Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tarthang Tulku began in the 1970s to unfold a vision of wisdom in action that would eventually encompass over twenty different organizations and make a significant impact on the transmission of Dharma to the West and the restoration of Dharma in Asia.([http://dharmapublishing.com/about/our-founder/ Source Accessed August 26, 2015])founder/ Source Accessed August 26, 2015]))
Udbhaṭasiddhisvāmin + (Udbhaṭasiddhisvāmin was the author of the … Udbhaṭasiddhisvāmin was the author of the ''Viśeṣastava''. The text was composed in India in Sanskrit and was translated into Tibetan in the eighth century by Sarvājñādeva, Ma Rinchen Chok (rma rin chen mchog), and Kawa Peltsek (ska ba dpal brtsegs). The work appears to survive only in Tibetan translation.rs to survive only in Tibetan translation.)
Ueda, Y. + (Ueda Yoshifumi (1904-1993) was Professor a … Ueda Yoshifumi (1904-1993) was Professor at Chikushi Gakuen, Fukuoka, Japan, and Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University, Nagoya. He edited the Shin Buddhism Translation series at Hongwanji International Center, Kyoto. Prof. Ueda Yoshifumi contributed the essay "Freedom and Necessity in Shinran's Concept of Karma" to ''Living in Amida’s Universal Vow'', edited by Alfred Bloom. He is also the author, along with Dennis Hirota, of ''Shinran: An Introduction to His Thought'' (Kyoto: Hongwanji International Center, 1989). ([http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/authors/Ueda-Yoshifum.aspx Source Accessed and Amended July 7, 2020])Source Accessed and Amended July 7, 2020]))
Ulrich Pagel + (Ulrich Pagel, PhD (1993) in Buddhist Studi … Ulrich Pagel, PhD (1993) in Buddhist Studies (London) is Reader in the Languages and Religions of Tibet and Central Asia at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published on Mahāyāna Buddhism (1994, 2006, 2007) and more recently in the field of vinaya studies (2012). Since 1999, he serves as head of the International Tibetan Archives Preservation Trust. ([https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Tibetan-Iconometry-Century-Studies/dp/9004180141/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1609888460&refinements=p_27%3AUlrich+Pagel&s=books&sr=1-1 Source Accessed Jan 5, 2021])Pagel&s=books&sr=1-1 Source Accessed Jan 5, 2021]))
Ulrich Schneider + (Ulrich Schneider was a German scholar spec … Ulrich Schneider was a German scholar specializing in Indian studies (Indology), particularly Buddhism. He was the author of ''Der Buddhismus: Eine Einführung'' (''Buddhism: An Introduction''), which became a notable work in German Buddhist studies and went through multiple editions.Schneider was honored with a Festschrift (commemorative volume) titled ''Hinduismus und Buddhismus: Festschrift für Ulrich Schneider'', edited by Harry Falk, indicating his significant contributions to the field of Indian religions and his recognition among fellow scholars.His work ''Der Buddhismus: Eine Einführung'' covered topics including the history and current state of research, as well as the cultural-geographical context of Buddhism.Schneider began his career as a Pāli and Buddhist scholar, but later became a many-sided Indologist who even wrote on the Veda.ded Indologist who even wrote on the Veda.)
Ulrike Roesler + (Ulrike Roesler received her PhD in Indian … Ulrike Roesler received her PhD in Indian Studies from the University of Münster (Germany) with a thesis on the notion of "light" in the Vedas. For more than a decade she has been teaching Indian and Tibetan Studies as well as Buddhist Studies at the universities of Marburg, Freiburg, and Oxford. Her research interests include Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, the history of the Tibetan Kadam school, and Tibetan biographical and narrative literature. Her German translation and study of Potowa Rinchen Sal's ''Dharma Exemplified (Dpe chos)'' was published by Reichert Verlag (Weisbaden) in 2011. With Linda Covill and Sarah Shaw, she coedited ''Lives Lived, Lives Imagined: Biography in the Buddhist Traditions'' (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2010). (Source: [https://books.google.com/books?id=B68aCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT918&lpg=PT918&dq=Ulrike+Roesler+received+her+PhD+in+Indian+Studies+from+the+University+of+M%C3%BCnster+(Germany)+with+a+thesis+on+the+notion+of+%22light%22+in+the+Vedas.&source=bl&ots=MWXJJre-DW&sig=ACfU3U0oqRUrOgdcIk9dgYb82jAVXyqQdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSs6jojd3rAhWomeAKHTpUCPkQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ulrike%20Roesler%20received%20her%20PhD%20in%20Indian%20Studies%20from%20the%20University%20of%20M%C3%BCnster%20(Germany)%20with%20a%20thesis%20on%20the%20notion%20of%20%22light%22%20in%20the%20Vedas.&f=false "About the Contributors," ''Stages of the Buddha's Teachings: Three Key Texts'', Wisdom Publications, 2015])s," ''Stages of the Buddha's Teachings: Three Key Texts'', Wisdom Publications, 2015]))
Susanne Fleischmann + (University of Vienna, Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies graduate student)
Daniel Gratzer + (University of Vienna, Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies)
Unrai Wogihara + (Unrai Wogihara, also known as Ogiwara Unra … Unrai Wogihara, also known as Ogiwara Unrai, was a Japanese scholar and editor specializing in Buddhist texts, particularly those related to Mahayana Buddhism and the Yogacara school.Here are some key points about his work:* He edited and published several important Buddhist texts, including the ''Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra'', for which he corrected many errors and included the commentary of Haribhadra.* Wogihara edited the ''Bodhisattvabhūmi'', a part of the ''Yogācārabhūmi'', which is a comprehensive treatise on the path of the bodhisattva.* He also worked on the ''Abhisamayalankaraloka'', another significant text in Mahayana Buddhism, and corrected its text in his edition.*Additionally, he edited the ''Abhidharmakośavyākhyā'', a commentary on the ''Abhidharmakośa'', a foundational text of the Sarvastivada school of Buddhism.Wogihara's contributions are significant in the field of Buddhist studies, particularly for his meticulous editing and commentary on key Mahayana and Yogacara texts.entary on key Mahayana and Yogacara texts.)
Upasika Chihmann + (Upasika Chihmann, whose lay name was P. C. … Upasika Chihmann, whose lay name was P. C. Lee, was a translator and a devout lay follower of Buddhism. She is best known for her translations of Buddhist texts, particularly those within the Mahayana tradition. One of her notable works is the translation of ''The Four Buddhist Books in Mahayana'', which includes Amitabha's forty-eight vows. Her other publications include ''The Vows of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Sutra''.Vows of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Sutra''.)
Urban Hammar + (Urban Hammar defended his doctoral thesis, … Urban Hammar defended his doctoral thesis, "Studies in the Kālacakra Tantra: A History of the Kālacakra Tantra in Tibet and a Study of the Concept of the Ādibuddha, the Fourth Body of the Buddha, and the Supreme Unchanging," in 2005. He is now working on a text by one of the disciples of Dolpo-pa on the history of Kālacakra Tantra. Hammar is affiliated with the Department of History of Religions at Stockholm University and teaches Tibetan at the Department of Oriental Languages. (Source: ''As Long as Space Endures'', 476)Source: ''As Long as Space Endures'', 476))
Urmila Agarwal + (Urmila Agarwal is an author and researcher … Urmila Agarwal is an author and researcher known for her work in the fields of Indian culture, philosophy, and art. Urmila Agarwal, along with her husband Satya P. Agarwal, has authored several books. One of their notable works is an easy-to-read version of the "Anu-Gita," a part of the Mahabharata that had not been presented in a simple form to the general public before.Their research and writing often involve collaborations and studies conducted in various locations, including the USA. For instance, they were associated with Alan Watts and conducted research on Buddhism and related topics starting from 1953.The Agarwals have also written extensively on the concept of ''Lokasamgraha'' (the good of the world), which shares similarities with ''Sarvodaya''. Their first book on this topic, ''The Social Role of the Gita: How and Why'', was published in 1993.Urmila Agarwal has a particular interest in the sculptural and artistic heritage of India. She has written about the sculptural wealth of North Indian temples, focusing on the socio-economic and religious aspects of these temples during the early medieval period (9th to 13th centuries AD). Her works reflect a deep engagement with Indian philosophy, culture, and art, making her a significant contributor to the field of Indian studies.ontributor to the field of Indian studies.)

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Vāgīśvarakīrti + (Vagishvarakirti was one of the six gate ke … Vagishvarakirti was one of the six gate keeper panditas of the university of Vikramashila. He was the guardian of the southern gate when Shantipa was guarding the eastern gate and Prajñakaramati the northern gate, at the time Drokmi Lotsawa and Taklo Shyönnu Lodrö were sent there. (Source: [https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Vagishvarakirti Rigpa Wiki])dex.php?title=Vagishvarakirti Rigpa Wiki]))
Vajrabodhi + (Vajrabodhi. (C. Jingangzhi; J. Kongōchi; K … Vajrabodhi. (C. Jingangzhi; J. Kongōchi; K. Kǔmgangji 金剛智) (671-741). Indian ācārya who played a major role in the introduction and translation in China of seminal Buddhist texts belonging to the esoteric tradition or Mijiao . . .; also known as Vajramati. His birthplace and family background are uncertain, although one source says that he was a south Indian native whose brāhmaṇa father served as a teacher of an Indian king. At the age of nine, he is said to have gone to the renowned Indian monastic university of Nālandā, where he studied various texts of both the abhidharma and Mahāyāna traditions. Vajrabodhi also learned the different vinaya recensions of the eighteen mainstream Buddhist schools. It is said that Vajrabodhi spent the years 701–708 in Southern India, where he received tantric initiation at the age of thirty-one from Nāgabodhi (d.u.), a south Indian mahāsiddha of the Vajraśekhara line. He later traveled to Sri Lanka and then to Śrīvijaya before sailing to China, eventually arriving in the eastern Tang capital of Luoyang in 720. In 721, Vajrabodhi and his famed disciple Amoghavajra arrived in the western capital of Chang’an. Under the patronage of Emperor Xuanzong (r. 712–756), Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra translated the ''Vajraśekharasūtra'' and other related texts. Vajrabodhi devoted his energy and time to spreading tantric Buddhism by establishing the abhiṣeka or initiation platforms and performing esoteric rituals. In particular, Vajrabodhi was popular as a thaumaturge; his performance of the rituals for rainmaking and curing diseases gained him favor at the imperial court; he even gave tantric initiation to the Tang emperor Xuanzong. During his more than twenty years in China, Vajrabodhi introduced about twenty texts belonging to the Vajraśekhara textual line. Vajrabodhi attracted many disciples; the Silla monk Hyech'o (704–87), known for his travel record Wang O Ch'ǒnch'uk kuk ch’ōn ("Record of a Journey to the Five Kingdoms of India"), also studied with him. The Japanese Shingonshū honors Vajrabodhi as the fifth of the eight patriarchs in its lineage, together with Nāgabodhi and Amoghavajra. (Source: "Vajrabodhi." In ''The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism'', 952–53. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)tp://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.))
Apte, V.S. + (Vaman Shivram Apte was an Indian lexicogra … Vaman Shivram Apte was an Indian lexicographer and a professor of Sanskrit at Pune's Fergusson College.He is best known for his compilation of a dictionary, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaman_Shivram_Apte Wikipedia])ia.org/wiki/Vaman_Shivram_Apte Wikipedia]))
Vanja Brkljač + (Vanja is a multifaceted intellectual who d … Vanja is a multifaceted intellectual who defies conventional boundaries. With a Master's in Economics/IT and another in philosophy and sociology, he's now pursuing a PhD in Buddhist philosophy and has co-translated a Croatian edition of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra''. His decade-long meditation practice and annual journeys to India reflect his deep commitment to Buddhist studies, even as he humorously acknowledges his ongoing struggles with taming his "wild mind." Beyond academia, he's carved out expertise in digital marketing, previously organizing cultural salons at Matrix Croatica and now running his own marketing company.and now running his own marketing company.)
Vasily Radlov + (Vasily Vasilievich Radlov or Friedrich Wil … Vasily Vasilievich Radlov or Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Ра́длов; 17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1837 in Berlin – 12 May 1918 in Petrograd) was a German-born Russian founder of Turkology, a scientific study of Turkic peoples. According to Turkologist Johan Vandewalle; he knew all the Turkic languages and dialects as well as German, French, Russian, Greek, Latin, Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese, Arabic, Persian and Hebrew.Working as a schoolteacher in Barnaul, Radlov became interested in the native peoples of Siberia and published his ethnographic findings in the influential monograph From Siberia (1884). From 1866 to 1907, he translated and released a number of monuments of Turkic folklore. Most importantly, he was the first to publish the Orhon inscriptions. Four volumes of his comparative dictionary of Turkic languages followed in 1893 to 1911. Radlov helped establish the Russian Museum of Ethnography and was in charge of the Asiatic Museum in St. Petersburg from 1884 to 1894.Radlov assisted Grigory Potanin on his glossary of Salar language, Western Yugur language, and Eastern Yugur language in Potanin's 1893 Russian language book The Tangut-Tibetan Borderlands of China and Central Mongolia.During the Stalinist repressions of the late 1930s, the NKVD and state science apparatus accused the late (ethnically German) Radlov of Panturkism. A perceived connection with the long-dead Radlov was treated as incriminating evidence against Orientalists and Turkologists, some of whom were executed, including Alexander Samoylovich in 1938. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Radlov Source Accessed May 6, 2022])asily_Radlov Source Accessed May 6, 2022]))
Mei-feng Lin + (Ven. Dr Yung Dong (Mei-feng Lin) earned he … Ven. Dr Yung Dong (Mei-feng Lin) earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies from University of the West. Her dissertation is titled "The Origin of Bodhicitta and Its Development in Chinese Buddhism." Her committee included Lewis R. Lancaster, Ananda W. P. Guruge, and Thich An-Hue.She has served as the director in Buddhist temples throughout Australia, Thailand, and the United States, and has lectured in Auckland University, Melbourne University, and MIT. ([https://www.fgschungtian.org.au/event-details-registration/the-life-portrait-of-venerable-master-hsing-yun Source Accessed Mar 18, 2025])r-hsing-yun Source Accessed Mar 18, 2025]))
George Churinoff (Gelong Thubten Tsultrim) + (Ven. George Churinoff (Gelong Thubten Tsul … Ven. George Churinoff (Gelong Thubten Tsultrim) has taught and studied in FPMT centers around the world. Since attending his first November Course in Kopan in 1974 and ordaining in 1975, he has studied extensively. A physics graduate from MIT, Venerable George earned a Masters degree in Buddhist studies from Delhi University, India. He took ordination in 1975 and studied the Geshe Studies Program at Manjushri Institute, England, where he also served as Spiritual Program Coordinator.Venerable George was instrumental in founding the Masters Program at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Italy, where he also served as Program Coordinator. After studying and teaching there for eight years he spent several years at Tushita Centre in Delhi, followed by three years as Lama Osel Rinpoche's English curriculum tutor at Sera Je Monastery in South India. Venerable George has done many retreats in the sutra and tantra traditions and taught extensively in FPMT centers all over the world. He taught the Basic Program as resident teacher at Dorje Chang Institute, New Zealand and at Land of Medicine Buddha, USA. Venerable George now resides in Asheville, NC. ([https://landofmedicinebuddha.org/events/basic-program-tenets-module-with-ven-george-churinoff-2021-03-19/ Source Accessed Aug 19, 2021])2021-03-19/ Source Accessed Aug 19, 2021]))
Khenchen Palden Sherab + (Ven. Khenchen Palden Rinpoche (1942-2010) … Ven. Khenchen Palden Rinpoche (1942-2010) began his intensive monastic training at the age of six at Gochen Monastery. So strong was his desire to study and learn that he would sneak outdoors after curfew and into the shrubberies to read his books under the moonlight. At age 12, he entered Riwoche Monastery, one of the oldest and largest monastic institutes in eastern Tibet and famous for its philosophers and logicians. There he was trained to become the next Abbot of Gochen. He completed his studies just as the Chinese invasion reached the area. ([http://www.padmasambhava.org/teach.html Source Accessed Jan 29, 2015])/teach.html Source Accessed Jan 29, 2015]))
Lobsang Gyatso + (Ven. Lobsang Gyatso was born in 1928 in a … Ven. Lobsang Gyatso was born in 1928 in a small village in eastern Tibet. He became a monk at the age of eleven, and later traveled to central Tibet to study at Drepung Monastery. After fleeing Tibet during the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Gen Lobsang Gyatso, or “Gen la” as he was known at the Institute, eventually moved to Mussoorie to serve as a religious teacher at the Central School for Tibetans.In 1973, after being appointed by His Holiness to establish the Institute, he re-located to Dharamsala, India. After some difficult early years the Institute became one of the success stories of the Tibetan exile community. In 1991, Gen la expanded upon the already-successful work of the Institute with the founding of a new branch at Sarah, the College for Higher Tibetan Studies. Under his guidance, the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and the College for Higher Tibetan Studies developed into uniquely valuable Tibetan educational institutions, offering integrated studies in both traditional Tibetan disciplines and modern subjects.While the establishment of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and the College for Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarah is the work for which Gen la will be best remembered, he was also an accomplished writer.A selection of Gen Lobsang Gyatso’s publications:* ''Harmony of Emptiness and Dependent-Arising'', Paljor Publications, 1992.* ''The Four Noble Truths'', Snow Lion Publications, 1994.* ''Bodhicitta: Cultivating the Compassionate Mind of Enlightenment'', Snow Lion Publications, 1997.* ''Memoirs of a Tibetan Lama'' by Gyatso, Lobsang (1990) Paperback, Snow Lion Publications, 1998.* ''Tsongkhapa’s Praise for Dependent Relativity'', Wisdom Publications, 2012.A Tibetan patriot, meditation master, and unswerving follower of the Dalai Lama, Gen la emerged as a fearless social critic, and a deeply spiritual man. On 5 February 1997, Gen Lobsang Gyatso and two of his assistants were brutally murdered in Dharamsala. ([https://tibetanwhoswho.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/ven-lobsang-gyatso/ Source Accessed Apr 19, 2021])ang-gyatso/ Source Accessed Apr 19, 2021]))
Ven. Ngawang Tenzin + (Ven. Ngawang Tenzin was born in Mustang, N … Ven. Ngawang Tenzin was born in Mustang, Nepal, in 1988. After eight years of study, he graduated from Sakya College, Dehra Dun, India, with the Ka-Chu-Pa Degree/ Shastri Degree (equivalent of B.A.) in Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Fluent in Tibetan and English, as well as Hindi and Nepali, Ngawang Tenzin has a profound understanding of Buddha Dharma and an exceptionally clear manner when explaining its concepts to foreign students. He has translated both oral teachings and texts from Tibetan into English, and is highly sought after within the Sakya tradition for his excellent translation skills and knowledge. ([https://chodungkarmo.org/the-group/ Source Accessed Aug 27, 2021])/the-group/ Source Accessed Aug 27, 2021]))
Venerable Thubten Samten + (Ven. Samten met Ven. Chodron in 1996 when … Ven. Samten met Ven. Chodron in 1996 when the future Ven. Chonyi, took the future Ven. Samten to a Dharma talk at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle. The talk on the kindness of others and the way it was presented is deeply etched in her mind. Four Cloud Mountain retreats with Ven. Chodron, eight months in India and Nepal studying the Dharma, one month of offering service at Sravasti Abbey, and a two month retreat at the Abbey in 2008 fueled the fire to ordain on August 26, 2010.Ven. Samten’s full ordination took place in Taiwan in March 2012, when she became the Abbey’s sixth bhikshuni. Right after finishing a Bachelor of Music degree, Ven. Samten moved to Edmonton, Canada to pursue training as a corporeal mime artist. Five years later, a return to university to obtain a Bachelor of Education degree opened the door to becoming a music teacher for the Edmonton Public School board. Concurrently, Ven. Samten became a founding member and performer with Kita No Taiko, Alberta’s first Japanese drum group.Ven. Samten is responsible for thanking donors who make offerings online, assisting Ven. Tarpa with developing and facilitating the SAFE online learning courses, assisting with the forest thinning project, tracking down knapweed, maintaining the database, answering email questions, and photographing the amazing moments that are constantly happening at the Abbey. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/ven-thubten-samten/ Source Accessed May 17, 2023])ten-samten/ Source Accessed May 17, 2023]))
Ven. Tenpa'i Gyaltsen (Joe Flumerfelt) + (Ven. Tenpa'i Gyaltsen, also known as Joe Flumerfelt is a student of Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö and works at the Tibetan Buddhist Rimé Institute in Australia.)
Ven. Fedor Stracke + (Ven. Tenzin Fedor was born in 1967 in Germ … Ven. Tenzin Fedor was born in 1967 in Germany and has been a Buddhist monk since 1988. He has spent more than ten years in Sera Je Monastic University studying for the esteemed Geshe degree, which he is now close to attaining. He was one of the founders and the first director of Sera Je IMI house, a complex especially built for the Western monks studying at the monastery. During his time in India he also attended many of the public teachings given by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a variety of subjects in both Dharamsala and south India. Ven. Fedor has been teaching in FPMT centers since 1988 and from 1996 has also served as Tibetan interpreter for various FPMT and non-FPMT geshes. ([https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/VenerableFedorStracke Source Accessed Oct 29, 2021])edorStracke Source Accessed Oct 29, 2021]))
Venerable Thubten Chonyi + (Ven. Thubten Chonyi began attending classe … Ven. Thubten Chonyi began attending classes with Venerable Thubten Chodron at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle in 1996 and has practiced steadily under Venerable’s guidance ever since.She was a founder of Friends of Sravasti Abbey, which formed in 2003 to support Ven. Chodron’s dream to start a monastery. She moved to the Abbey in 2007 and took śrāmaṇerikā and śikṣamāṇā precepts in May 2008. See photos of her ordination.Along with Ven. Jigme, Ven. Chonyi received bhikshuni (full) ordination at Fo Guang Shan temple in Taiwan in 2011. See the photos.At the Abbey, Ven. Chonyi is involved with publicity and inviting generosity. She also shares Buddha’s teachings at the Abbey, online, and, occasionally, at Buddhist centers in the US and abroad. She has co-taught meditation and Buddhist ideas at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane for 13 years, and especially enjoys interfaith exchange and bringing Buddhist values into social justice issues.Ven. Chonyi’s formal education was in theatre at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA. She worked for many years as a performer, publicist, fundraiser, and producer in the performing arts. As a Reiki teacher and practitioner for 19 years, she co-founded two Reiki centers and the Reiki AIDS Project, and led classes and workshops in Europe and North America. She was communications director for the international The Reiki Alliance and served eight years as Managing Editor for ''Reiki Magazine International''. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/thubten-chonyi/ Source Accessed May 16, 2023])ten-chonyi/ Source Accessed May 16, 2023]))
Venerable Thubten Lamsel + (Ven. Thubten Lamsel began studying the Dha … Ven. Thubten Lamsel began studying the Dharma in 2011 at The Dhargyey Buddhist Centre in Dunedin, New Zealand. When she began exploring the possibility of ordination in 2014, a friend referred her to the Preparing for Ordination booklet by Venerable Thubten Chodron.Soon after, Ven. Lamsel made contact with the Abbey, tuning in weekly for the livestreamed teachings and offering service from afar. In 2016 she visited for the month-long Winter Retreat. Feeling like she had found the supportive monastic environment she had been looking for, under the close guidance of her spiritual mentor, she requested to come back for training.Returning in January 2017, Ven. Lamsel took anagarika precepts on March 31st. In the most fantastic circumstances, she was able to take her sramaneri and shikshamana vows during the Living Vinaya in the West course on February 4, 2018.Ven. Lamsel previously worked as a university-based public health researcher and health promoter at a small non-governmental organization.At the Abbey she is part of the video recording/editing team, helps with inmate outreach, and enjoys making creations in the kitchen. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/venerable-thubten-lamsel/ Source Accessed May 16, 2023])ten-lamsel/ Source Accessed May 16, 2023]))
Thubten Rinchen + (Ven. Thubten Rinchen met the Dharma at the … Ven. Thubten Rinchen met the Dharma at the Drepung Loseling Monastery in India in 2015, and then studied and practiced at the Drepung Loseling center in Atlanta, where she took refuge with Geshe Dadul Namgyal. She met Venerable Chodron during a trip to India in 2016 and was able to first visit the Abbey in 2017. After another short winter visit, she was able to spend much of the summer of 2019 at the Abbey, including attending the Exploring Monastic Life program.While Ven. Rinchen initially put her monastic aspirations on hold for opportunities in Atlanta and India, the COVID pandemic provided a helpful reminder about the impermanent and unsatisfactory nature of samsara. She moved to the Abbey in August of 2020 and began Anagarika training in October of that year. After a fruitful discernment period, she requested ordination and received her Shikshamana ordination at the Abbey from Venerable Chodron in August of 2021. Prior to coming to the Abbey, Ven. Rinchen was involved in the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative, which provided many opportunities to travel to the Tibetan Monasteries in India to teach physics to monks and nuns, which she did every summer from 2015 to 2019. She taught physics at a college in Atlanta, and performed research in medical physics.At the Abbey, Ven. Rinchen is part of the finance team, facilitates SAFE, assists with IT, and keeps the website running. She also enjoys caring for the kitties, tending the vegetable garden, studying Tibetan, and cooking Indian food. (Source: [https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/thubten-rinchen/ Sravasti Abbey])y-member/thubten-rinchen/ Sravasti Abbey]))
Venerable Thubten Semkye + (Ven. Thubten Semkye was [Sravasti] Abbey’s … Ven. Thubten Semkye was [Sravasti] Abbey’s first lay resident. She met Venerable Chodron at the Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle in 1996 and took refuge with her in 1999. When the land was acquired for the Abbey in 2003, Ven. Semkye coordinated volunteers for the initial move-in and early remodeling.A founder of Friends of Sravasti Abbey, she accepted the position of chairperson to provide the four requisites for the monastic community. Realizing that was a difficult task to do from 350 miles away, she moved to the Abbey in spring 2004.Although she didn’t originally see ordination in her future, after the 2006 Chenrezig retreat when she spent half of her meditation time reflecting on death and impermanence, Ven. Semkye realized that ordaining would be the wisest, most compassionate use of her life. She became the Abbey’s third nun in 2007. See her ordination photos. In 2010 she received bhikshuni ordination at Miao Fa Chan Temple in Taiwan. See photos.Ven. Semkye draws on her extensive experience in landscaping and horticulture to manage the Abbey’s forests and gardens. She is an offering service coordinator and helps to oversees Offering Service Saturdays during which volunteers help with construction, gardening, and forest stewardship. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/semkye/ Source Accessed Nov 1, 2021])mber/semkye/ Source Accessed Nov 1, 2021]))
Venerable Thubten Tarpa + (Ven. Thubten Tarpa is an American practici … Ven. Thubten Tarpa is an American practicing in the Tibetan tradition since 2000 when she took formal refuge. She has lived at Sravasti Abbey under the guidance of Ven. Thubten Chodron since May 2005. The first person to ordain at the Abbey, Ven. Tarpa took her śrāmaṇerikā and śikṣamāṇā ordinations with Ven. Chodron as her preceptor in 2006. See photos.On December 20, 2008 Ven. Tarpa traveled to Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights California to receive bhikshuni ordination. The temple is affiliated with Taiwan’s Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order.Ven. Tarpa’s other main teachers are the late H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Sakya and H.E. Dagmo Kusho. She has had the good fortune to receive teachings from some of Ven. Chodron’s teachers as well.Before moving to the Abbey, Ven. Tarpa worked as a physical therapist/athletic trainer for 30 years in colleges, hospital clinics, and private practice settings. In this career she had the very rewarding opportunity to help patients and teach students and colleagues. She has B.S. degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Washington and an M.S. degree from the University of Oregon. Among many other Abbey responsibilities, Ven. Tarpa coordinates the Abbey’s building projects. ([https://sravastiabbey.org/community-member/thubten-tarpa/ Source Accessed Nov 1, 2021])ubten-tarpa/ Source Accessed Nov 1, 2021]))
Venerable Thubten Tsewang + (Ven. Thubten Tsewang, known as Baling Lama … Ven. Thubten Tsewang, known as Baling Lama, was a disciple of and attendant to the Indian Buddhist master Khunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche (1894-1977). He worked in radio broadcasting in Ladakh, India, before meeting Khunu Lama in 1954. After meeting Khunu Lama, Baling Lama ordained and became a devoted disciple for six years. He then became Khunu Lama’s attendant in 1960.hen became Khunu Lama’s attendant in 1960.)
Bhiksu Huimin + (Venerable Bhiksu Huimin is a professor at … Venerable Bhiksu Huimin is a professor at the Taipei National University of the Arts and the president of the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts. He was born in Taiwan in 1954 and ordained in 1979. He completed a PhD thesis on the meditation objects (ālaṃbana) of the Śrāvakabhūmi at the University of Tokyo in 1992. Since 1998 he has been the abbot of Seeland Monastery and the Chair of the Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA). As the principal investigator, he is currently engaged in two projects with the National Science Council of Taiwan: "Benevolence and Compassion: Meditative Foundation & Academic Curriculum, with A Platform for Ubiquitous e-Learning" and "Literary Study of the Sanskrit Text of the Scripture of Adorning the Great Vehicle (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra)." ([https://frogbear.org/participants/huimin-bhikshu/ Source Accessed Dec 31, 2025])huimin-bhikshu/ Source Accessed Dec 31, 2025]))
Doboom Tulku + (Venerable Doboom Lozang Tenzin Tulku (rDo- … Venerable Doboom Lozang Tenzin Tulku (rDo-bum Blo-bzang bstan-’dzin sPrul-ku), also known simply as Doboom Tulku, was born in 1942 in Shayul (Sha-yul) in Kham (Khams), eastern Tibet. At the age of two or three, he was recognized by Lama Phurchog Jamgon Rinpoche (Bla-ma Phur-lcog ’Jam-mgon Rin-po-che) to be the reincarnation of the previous Doboom Tulku. Following this, he was taken to stay at a hermitage near Dargye Monastery (Dar-rgyas dGon), where he stayed until the age of twelve.In 1953, Doboom Tulku entered Drepung Monastery (Bras-spungs dGon-pa) in Tibet, where he studied Buddhist philosophy until the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959 forced him into exile in India at the age of seventeen. For the following decade, Doboom Tulku resided at the lama camp at Buxa Duar, in West Bengal, enduring harsh conditions until he joined the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies at Sarnath in 1969. Continuing with his studies in Sarnath, he obtained a Geshe Acharya degree in 1972.After obtaining his degree, he worked as a librarian at Tibet House in New Delhi, until he joined the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala as a librarian and research assistant in 1973. By 1981, having gained more experience, he returned to Tibet House New Delhi to serve as Director, with the mission of promoting Tibetan cultural heritage through Tibet House’s diverse range of programs. Doboom Tulku served as Director of Tibet House for 30 years.Doboom Tulku has also worked with His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Private Office and has accompanied His Holiness the Dalai Lama on multiple visits abroad, from trips to the USA, USSR, Japan, and Mongolia. He has published widely, on topics ranging from Tibetan medicine to Buddhist meditation and the Chittamatra Mind-Only School of philosophy. He also has a personal interest in the effects of music for spiritual practice and worked hard at setting up the World Festival of Sacred Music, which became a global event. He passed on 28 January, 2024 in Drepung Loseling Monastery in south India. ([https://studybuddhism.com/en/tibetan-buddhism/spiritual-teachers/l-t-doboom-tulku Source Accessed Dec 6, 2023])doboom-tulku Source Accessed Dec 6, 2023]))
Venerable Dr. Yifa + (Venerable Dr. Yifa became a nun at Fo Guan … Venerable Dr. Yifa became a nun at Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Taiwan in 1979. She received a law degree from National Taiwan University, a MA in comparative philosophy from University of Hawaii and her Ph.D. in religious studies from Yale University in 1996.She has been the Dean at Fo Guang Shan Buddhist College and the Provost at Hsi Lai University, Rosemead, California, a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University, a lecturer at Boston University and a faculty member at National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan. She taught at McGill University as the Numata visiting professor in the spring of 2005 and served as the chair of Department of Religious Studies at the University of the West in Los Angeles. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yifa Source: Wikipedia])([https://www.woodenfish.org/single-post/2017/10/11/ven-dr-yifas-story-being-a-religious-nun-with-secular-ambitions Read more about Dr. Yifa's life at Wooden Fish])ore about Dr. Yifa's life at Wooden Fish]))
Elvin W. Jones + (Venerable Elvin W. Jones is a prominent Bu … Venerable Elvin W. Jones is a prominent Buddhist translator and scholar affiliated with the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism. He worked closely with Geshe Lhundub Sopa, a pioneering figure in bringing Buddhist teachings to the Western world, serving as his assistant and collaborator in Madison, Wisconsin.Jones is known for his significant contributions to Buddhist scholarship and translation. He co-authored the ''Primer of Literary Tibetan'' with Geshe Sopa, establishing himself as an important figure in Tibetan language education for Western students. His translation work includes major Buddhist philosophical texts, most notably the collaborative translation of Kamalasīla's ''Stages of Meditation'', undertaken with Geshe Lhundub Sopa and John Newman.In addition to his translation endeavors, Venerable Jones served as an author and editor of ''Mahayana Buddhist Meditation: Theory and Practice'', compiled with Minoru Kiyota, a scholarly work that explores Buddhist meditation practices and theory for Western audiences.Through his affiliation with Geshe Sopa and his work at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Oregon, Wisconsin, Venerable Elvin W. Jones has played an important role in making Tibetan Buddhist teachings, texts, and practices accessible to Western practitioners and scholars.ble to Western practitioners and scholars.)
Geshe Dorji Damdul + (Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul is presently … Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul is presently Director - Tibet House, New Delhi. He has undertaken several projects for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, serving as the primary translator for many of his works. Born in 1968, Geshe Dorji Damdul earned his Geshe Lharampa Degree in 2002 from Drepung Loseling Monastic University.He has a most fantastic analytical mind, and his skillful technique ensures that most practitioners understand the wisdom rooted behind their practice. Geshe La regularly gives teachings at Tibet House and Deer Park Institute. ([https://vidyaloke.in/home/resource-library/our_gurus_and_masters.php Source Accessed Oct 27, 2021])masters.php Source Accessed Oct 27, 2021]))
Geshe Lhakdor + (Venerable Geshe Lhakdor is the Director of … Venerable Geshe Lhakdor is the Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. Geshe La was born in western Tibet and came to India, completing advanced degrees at the University of Delhi and Punjab and continuing on to complete a full Geshe degree at Drepung Loseling Monastic University in south India. He has held many posts in support of the Dharma, as well as translating many texts, some from Tibetan to English, and some from English to Tibetan including: *Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Shikshasamucchaya)*The Three Essential Meanings (Nyingpo Donsum) *Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of Path*Words of Manjushri by the Fifth Dalai lama (into English)*Versified Lamrim by Dvagpo Ngawang Drakpa (Into English)*Universe in a Single Atom (into Tibetan)**Co-translator, co-editor, co-producer (partial list)***The Way to Freedom, by HH Dalai Lama, HarperCollins (USA)***The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace by HH Dalai Lama, HarperCollins***Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart by HH Dalai Lama, HarperCollins***Stages of Meditation by HH Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca NY, USA***His Holiness's Commentary of Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom (into Tibetan)***Kindness, Clarity and Insight by HH Dalai Lama (into Tibetan)***His Holiness's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Letter to the Friend (into Tibetan)***His Holiness's Extensive Commentary on Thogme Zangpo's 37 Bodhisattava Practices.Thogme Zangpo's 37 Bodhisattava Practices.)