His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet.
Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in (...) >continue
Lama Thubten Yeshe was born in Tibet in 1935 not far from Lhasa in the town of Tölung Dechen. Two hours away by horse was the Chi-me Lung Gompa, home for about 100 nuns of the Gelug tradition. It had been a few years since their learned abbess and guru had passed away when Nenung Pawo Rinpoche, (...) >continue
Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche was born in Thami, Nepal, in 1946. At the age of three he was recognized as the reincarnation of the Lawudo Lama, who had lived nearby at Lawudo, within sight of Rinpoche’s Thami home.
Rinpoche’s own description of his early years may be found in his (...) >continue
Interview with Geshe Lobsang Jamphal - Abbot of Nalanda
"I was born on the 1st of February 1961 in Tibet. The village where my family lives is in the Lhoka area, about an hours drive south from Lhasa on the Lhasa-Tsetang road.
My parents were simple peasant farmers working in the fields to (...) >continue
We are very pleased to welcome Ven. Fedor to Nalanda. He is the Senior Western Teacher for the Basic Program at Nalanda, leading discussions and meditations for one week in every month. >continue