Lineage and the Three Pillars
louiselight2121@gmail.com2026-05-13T18:21:33-07:00Why is it important to understand the value of lineage according to Tibetan Buddhism from the perspective of a modern [...]
Faculty, Senior Sangha, Visiting Teachers, and Instructors
louiselight2121@gmail.com2026-07-06T19:42:37-07:00Additional Instructors and Honored Teachers (Past and Present) Visiting Traditional Buddhist [...]
Sam Go
louiselight2121@gmail.com2024-02-01T13:35:49-08:00Sam is a Maitripa College MDiv alumnus. He also holds a BSBA in Accounting and a Master’s in Accountancy from [...]
Venerable Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald)
louiselight2121@gmail.com2022-01-12T18:56:33-08:00Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was born in California, and began studying Buddhism in Dharamsala, India in 1973. The following year she [...]
Our Students and Alumni
louiselight2121@gmail.com2026-05-18T12:36:51-07:00“The degree program at Maitripa College deepened the meaning and purpose of my life.” — Jane Sellers, MA ’09 The [...]
Gyume Khensur (Lobsang Tenzin) Rinpoche
louiselight2121@gmail.com2019-06-13T10:14:41-07:00Gyume Khensur (Lobsang Tenzin) Rinpoche [page is under construction] Gyume Khensur (Lobsang Tenzin) Rinpoche at Maitripa Institute [...]
Venerable Yarphel (John Jackson)
louiselight2121@gmail.com2019-06-14T11:40:57-07:00Venerable Gyaltan Yarphel (John Jackson) has been a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since 1977. Ven Yarphel [...]
Practicing the Path: The Roots of Maitripa College
louiselight2121@gmail.com2021-03-05T18:32:30-08:00by Namdrol Miranda Adams, Dean of Education In the first months of the year 2000, about 50 students from all [...]
Khandro Tsering Kunga Bum-ma (Most Esteemed Khadro-la)
louiselight2121@gmail.com2023-04-18T19:53:03-07:00Autobiography in Verse of Khandro Tsering Kunga Bum-ma Essence that embodies the three refuges, Kind root lama, Crown ornament never [...]
Geshe Kalsang Damdul
louiselight2121@gmail.com2022-10-04T20:17:43-07:00contact email: faculty@maitripa.org Geshe Kalsang Damdul was born in 1953 in a remote village in central Tibet. In 1959, at [...]
Amanda Russell
louiselight2121@gmail.com2026-07-06T19:44:09-07:00Amanda Russell is a dedicated student of Buddhism, who worked at Maitripa College in 2015. Amanda lived and studied at [...]
Nawang Khechog
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-11-03T08:33:44-07:00Nawang Khechog is first Tibetan Grammy Nominee and the most renowned Tibetan flutist in the world. He has won multiple [...]
Board of Trustees and Staff
louiselight2121@gmail.com2026-07-05T15:56:58-07:00Board of Trustees José Ignacio Cabezón, PhD Mark Waller Scott South Nicolas Ribush, MD Pamela Cayton Alberto Fournier, PhD [...]
Venerable Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
louiselight2121@gmail.com2023-04-17T10:53:35-07:00Lama Zopa Rinpoche completed his final meditation at Kopan Monastery on April 16, 2023. Click here for all updates, videos, [...]
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-10-27T09:52:30-07:00His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader [...]
Karuna Cayton
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-10-27T08:36:04-07:00Karuna Cayton (LMFT, 1992) has been a student of Buddhist psychology and philosophy for over 40 years. A long time [...]
John Makransky, PdD
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-10-27T07:19:24-07:00John Makransky is a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College and a Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher. John [...]
Steven Vannoy, PhD
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-10-27T07:00:01-07:00Steven Vannoy, PhD, is a founding visiting faculty member of Maitripa College and a long-time friend and adviser, assisting in [...]
Gautama Vajra Vajracharya
louiselight2121@gmail.com2018-10-27T06:26:57-07:00Gautama Vajra Vajracharya (Nepali: गौतम वज्र वज्राचार्य) is a Nepali Sanskritist and scholar specializing in the iconography of the Indian Sub-Continent. Vajracharya learned Sanskrit from Nayaraj [...]
Geshe Pema Dorje (Geshe Tenzin Dorje)
louiselight2121@gmail.com2020-08-16T11:34:17-07:00Geshe Pema Dorjee-la was born in the Lhatse district of Tsang province in Tibet. Geshe Tenzin Dorjee-la was ordained at [...]
