Gyaltsen, Tenpa
Wylie | bstan pa rgyal mtshan |
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English Phonetics | Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen |
- Āchārya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
- Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
- Lama Denba Gyaltsen
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Primary Language: | Tibetan; Nepali; English; German |
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- Primary Affiliation (Workplace)
- Naropa University
- Secondary Affiliation
- Nītārtha Institute
- Religious Affiliation
- Karma Kagyu
PhD University
- Karma Shri Nalanda Institute
Education
Karma Shri Nalanda Institute at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India, graduating as Acharya with honors.
Biographical Information
Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen is core faculty at Naropa University and Nitartha Institute.
Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen was born in Trakar, Nepal, near the Tibetan border. He completed 10 years of traditional scholastic training at Karma Shri Nalanda Institute at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India, graduating as acharya with honours (graduated in the same class as Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche). This was followed by traditional yogic training in the first three-year retreat to be conducted at Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's monastery in Pullahari, Nepal.
Following the advice of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Lama Tenpa taught at various Kagyu centers in Europe (Teksum Tashi Choling in Hamburg, Germany), at Nitartha, and centers in Canada. In 2004 he moved to Boulder, CO where he currently resides, teaching at Naropa University.
See also Nitartha Faculty and Nalandabodhi
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་) | |
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