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louise@louiselight.net2022-11-07T09:57:58-08:00The seeds planted in Maitripa College programs bear fruit as our students and graduates take what they have learned here [...]
The seeds planted in Maitripa College programs bear fruit as our students and graduates take what they have learned here [...]
Gyume Khensur (Lobsang Tenzin) Rinpoche [page is under construction] Gyume Khensur (Lobsang Tenzin) Rinpoche at Maitripa Institute [...]
Venerable Gyaltan Yarphel (John Jackson) has been a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche since 1977. Ven Yarphel [...]
by Namdrol Miranda Adams, Dean of Education In the first months of the year 2000, about 50 students from all [...]
Autobiography in Verse of Khandro Tsering Kunga Bum-ma Essence that embodies the three refuges, Kind root lama, Crown ornament never [...]
contact email: faculty@maitripa.org Geshe Kalsang Damdul was born in 1953 in a remote village in central Tibet. In 1959, at [...]
Amanda Russel is a dedicated student of Buddhism, and has worked at Maitripa College since 2015. Amanda lived and studied [...]
Nawang Khechog is first Tibetan Grammy Nominee and the most renowned Tibetan flutist in the world. He has won multiple [...]
Board of Trustees Staff Yangsi Rinpoche, Geshe Lharampa, President, Professor of Buddhist Studies Bhikshuni [...]
Lama 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, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. He is the spiritual leader [...]
Artist's Statement: I was born in 1952 in Lhasa, Tibet. My family and I, fled Tibet after the uprising against the [...]
Karuna Cayton (LMFT, 1992) has been a student of Buddhist psychology and philosophy for over 40 years. A long time [...]
John Makransky is a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College and a Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher. John [...]
Steven Vannoy, PhD, is a founding visiting faculty member of Maitripa College and a long-time friend and adviser, assisting in [...]
Gautama 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 Dorjee-la was born in the Lhatse district of Tsang province in Tibet. Geshe Tenzin Dorjee-la was ordained at [...]
Michael Dwyer was the 2017 Lawyer of the Year for Family Law Mediation in Portland by Best Lawyers of America. [...]
William Edelglass teaches philosophy, environmental studies, and Buddhist studies. He has published widely in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, environmental philosophy, [...]
Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk who holds the Geshe Lharam degree, as well as a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. [...]