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Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche was born in Tibet and is a long time student of His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. He studied ...

Lama Thubten Nima was born in the Kham (eastern) Region of Tibet in 1965. When he was 14, Lama Thubten ...

Lama Abao was born in 1969 to a nomadic family in Tibet. From the age of six until the age ...

"I was led to Gar Drolma five years ago, seeking to find a teacher and begin studying Buddhism. There really ...

"I awakened my interest in Buddhism while spending time in Japan as a student in the early '80s. My interest ...

I first developed an interest in Buddhism and meditation in the early 1980’s, while reading about Zen in college.  I ...

I had little interest in Buddhism until I started to practice. My husband had practiced for many years, but it involved ...