The science of study and meditation instructions is maintained in Tibetan Buddhism through a living lineage of great teachers. The lineage head of Nalandabodhi is His Holiness, the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The spiritual head of Nalandabodhi is the great yogin and scholar, Khenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Nalandabodhi.

A graduate of Nalanda Institute founded by the Sixteenth Karmapa and a leading scholar of Kagyu educational traditions, The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has also spent many years living and teaching in the West. This exceptional combination of training and experience uniquely qualifies Rinpoche to adapt the traditional study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism to our modern international communities – in the West as well as the East.

The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his sharp intellect, humor, and the lucidity of his teaching style. Fluent in the English language and well-versed in Western culture and technology, Rinpoche is also an accomplished calligrapher, visual artist and poet.

Rinpoche is a prolific teacher and author. His teachings have been widely published in Bodhi Magazine and other venues. Rinpoche's latest books include Mind Beyond Death (Snow Lion Publications, 2007), Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra (Snow Lion Publications, 2006) and Wild Awakening (Shambhala Publications, 2003). Rinpoche has dedicated himself to the preservation of traditional buddhist traditions in the East, and to supporting a genuine transmission of Buddhism to the West.

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