I'm Khenpo Ngawang Chophel from Ruthok in Upper Tsang, Tibet. I've devoted my life to studying and teaching Buddhist wisdom since 1997, when I first joined Shar Gum Thubten Choling monastery in Nepal. After years of deep study at Thekchok Namdrol Shedrub Dargye Ling,...
I first encountered Buddhadharma a long time ago, in 2005. My initial motivation to learn Tibetan language was similar to Ms. Ostrich: I aspired to understand Buddhist philosophy more deeply. Not long after that I started to work as a tour guide in Tibet. During my...
Khenpo Yeshi was born in Zamthang, Tibet. When he was thirteen years old, he joined Zamthang Monastery and became a monk. He went on retreat, practicing the Kālacakra for three years, then he studied Buddhist philosophy for six years. In 2004, he came to India and...
Rinchen came from Tibet at age eight in 2007, crossing the Himalayas. Overcoming the challenges of adapting to a new country and culture, she studied English, which was not her first language, and Tibetan, and later was selected to attend TCV Selakui. With a focus on...
Ugen was born in Amdo Province, Northeastern Tibet, to a nomadic family. In 2002, at the age of five, he fled to India. He completed his schooling at a Tibetan Children's Village school, a community for Tibetan orphans and refugees founded by His Holiness the 14th...
I was born in the Golok region of Dhoemey. I came to India in 2006 and joined Namdroling Monastery in South India with the blessing of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In 2017, I earned a Bachelor of Buddhist Philosophy and a Higher Secondary degree in Buddhist...
When I was young, I studied how to read and write in Tibetan for about ten years. After becoming a monk, I mainly studied Tibetan Buddhism for over twenty years at Dzongsar, Sera, and other monasteries. On October 25, 2021, I came to Sini in Sarnath, and since then, I...
Tashi Delek! My name is Bhargavi, and I am from Chennai, India. I grew up in China for most of my life and completed my undergraduate studies in Chinese language. I recently earned a master's degree in Tibetan history from Columbia University. I have studied Tibetan...
Tashi Delek! My name is Bhargavi, and I am from Chennai, India. I grew up in China for most of my life and completed my undergraduate studies in Chinese language. I recently earned a master's degree in Tibetan history from Columbia University. I have studied Tibetan...
Tashi Delek, everyone! Like many of you, I am sure, I wanted to understand the precious Dharma teachings directly from the peerless teachers like His Holiness the Dalai Lama and others. Many years ago I traveled far up north of India to a small village called Spiti,...
Tashi delek! My name is Ania, a Polish national currently living in Dharamshala. My journey with Tibetan language started during the pandemic when རྒན་ Franziska ལགས་ offered a beginner language course on-line, in the summer of 2020. Since then I have been studying...
Hello everyone, my name is Paul, I am from a little town in North Germany. I got in touch with the Tibetan language and culture through my interest in Sowa Rigpa, I came to Dharamsala in 2017 to study language and later joined the Men-Tsee-Khang. At the moment I...