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I consider my formal study of Buddhism to have started in 2003 with Geshe Sonam Rinpoche,with whom I studied for four months at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India.All other formal advanced Buddhist studies have been completed by attending the teachings of my teachers Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and Rangdrol Rinpoche (see attached Buddhist Studies CV) +
I started in 2011, i had been in Malaysia and Thailand.
I went to Vipassana Retreats!
Also ordained for Rain Season in Burmese Tradition for 3 Month! +
I start study in Brasil in Chagdud Tulku rinpoche Monastery (Dudjom Tesar), and with Dzongsar Kyentse Rinpoche . Then Phakchok Rinpoche one day come to teach Mahamudra. When i see Rinpoche my heart open in hapiness ,and after i meet Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche (2011). The both teacher transforme my mind and my heart and i start pratice the Chokling Tesar. +
I first started studying Buddhism in university with Prof. Raoul Birnbaum at UC Santa Cruz in 1996. It was in an introduction to Buddhism class called Buddhist Worlds. Through that class and other self-assigned readings, I was inspired to move to Kathmandu at the age of 22 to find a guru, which I found in the form of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and his brand new school, Rangjung Yeshe Institute. I remained in Nepal for 13 years. +
Lama Norlha Rinpoche starting in 2006 under PTC’s Dharma Path Program and also attending teachings and empowerments given by him. +
I started to study Buddhism during the Kopan November Class 2018, with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. +
I began to study Buddhism in the October 2015 when I attended and open retreat with Tsoknyi Rinpoche in Garrison, N. Y. and continued to attend retreats with him throughout the following years. +
1976 First refuge with Trangu Rinpoche in Bodhanath Katmandu Nepal
1978 First extended teachings with Dudjom Rinpoche
1978 Meeting with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Please see details in my dharma curriculum vitae, in attached files. +
While in high School, I started to read the Zen master's stories and poems. In 1994, Mr. Gu, Yao Lun, the chairman of Funtastic International Inc., taught me the Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra. Since 1998, I started to recite Sūtra, such as Sad-dharma Puṇḍárīka Sūtra, Vimalakirti Sūtra, Diamond Sūtra, Heart Sūtra, the books of Dalai Lama, Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and so on. Since 2000, I have been following Garchen Rinpoche and receiving his teachings and empowerments at Garchen Institute in Arizona, and different cities in US, Germany, and Taiwan. During 2005-2017, I received the Longchen Nyingtig Ngondro teachings and empowerments from Tulku Nyima Gyaltshen Rinpoche in China and Tibet. Under the guidance of Tulku Nyima Gyaltshen Rinpoche, I finished the 4 and half months Common Ngondro retreat and Uncommon Ngondro. I have completed about 7,000,000 accumulations of Guru Yoga. +
It depends. I feel that my father's interest in Eastern philosophy, and my mother's practice of Eastern medicine and Yoga have definitely had a formative effect on me. Furthermore, indirectly, I started studying Buddhism with my mentor Dr. Cohn when I was 16, in year 2005 in high school, shortly after moving to US. He helped lay the foundation for the path, without my being aware of it. Upon his recommendations, I studied and read mindfulness related subjects and authors, including Alexander technique, Daniel Goleman, and Robert Wright. The seeds planted in my midstream are still continuing to ripen today and in the foreseeable future. I engaged in more formal study, first by visiting a local zendo, and after a move a few years later, by becoming a member at the local Phoenix Shambhala center and taking the gradual course curriculum. +
I began studying Buddhism in 1985 at Karme Choling in Barnet, VT during a week-long Vajrayana retreat associated with Johnson State College in Johnson, VT. This required a basic study of Mahayana practice as an introduction to Shamatha/Vipassana meditation. I continued this practice for some years and later studied Vajrayana Practices with Prof. Reginald Ray for 3 semesters at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 1995, I entered the Contemplative Psychotherapy program at Naropa Institute, Boulder CO. In 1996 received teachings from Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and soon after from Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche (1996). In 1997 attended a 100-day closed "Maitri Retreat" within the context of the Contemplative Psychology Program Naropa Inst. During the next several years, I received empowerments in: Yeshe Tsogyal, Trekcho, and in the practice of Gesar from Namkha Drimed Rinpoche. Commitments in these practices were fulfilled. After I received refuge from Lama Tharchin Rinpoche- POL +
I started in the summer of 2009, when I was living at a monastery in Nepal. It was with Karma Chakme Rinpoche. +
I started studying Buddhism in 2011 when I was 16 years old, in my hometown's Drikung Kagyu sangha in Viña del Mar under the guidance the venerable Khenpo Phuntsok Tenzin Rinpoche and other authorized instructors. +
At the ROKPA Cardiff branch in Wales of Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, UK in 2002. I started attending meditation classes on Samatha meditation and Chenrezig practice, and attended other classes after gaining further interest through reading and speaking with others. +
July, 2006 DSK retreat of Lo Djong the royal road of Mahamudra Imparted by V.V. Lama Djinpa +
2004 - Ulkraine, Lviv, tradition of Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala-Buddhist lineage. +
I first began studying Buddhism in 1992 as a college student after choosing Religious Studies as my major, being drawn particularly to Buddhism and Hinduism. My teachers often had Tibetan monks and lamas visit our classes, as well as other Buddhist scholars and authors. Later in 2000, I visited India for the wedding of close friend and founder of a large non-profit in Dharamsala, India. The wedding was preformed Lobsang Gyatso Rinpoche (now Chamtrul Rinpoche) who I had an instant close connection with. I visited him daily for teachings for the remainder of that six-week trip. During that time, I took refuge with him and afterwards visited yearly for continued teachings and practice, for the following 5 years, staying for 3-6 months at a visit. During those visits I did ngondro, visited Bodh Gaya, and assisted Chamtrul Rinpoche with organizing teachings, as well teaching English to his attendant. At Chamtrul Rinpoche’s home that I first met his cousin, Khentrul Rinpoche, my root guru. +
I was introduced to Buddhism by a Hollow Bones Zen teacher in 2015, named Sean Hearn. I was just drawn to the meditative presence he exuded and quickly fell in love with the practice. He led a group that I went to weekly, as well as guided me through the Hollow Bones Mondo Zen koans. Through him I met my teacher Darlene Tataryn, and through her my teachers Lama Sidney McQueen -Smith and Lama Rodney Devenish. +
I started in 1987 at Montreal Dharmadhatu. I studied with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche until 2010. +
I started studying Buddhism in 1971 with Akong Rinpoche. I l,ived at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre for 3 years and did the Karme Kagyu Ngondro Practice there. +
