Sangye khandro biography of barack

  • He is one of the founders of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group.
  • Sangye Khandro has been a Buddhist since 1971 and a translator of the Dharma since 1976.
  • Venerable Sangye Khadro (Kathleen McDonald) was born in California, and began studying Buddhism in Dharamsala, India in 1973.

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    The Nature of Biography: An Excerpt from Elijah Ary’s ‘Authorized Lives’

    Elijah S. Ary was born in 1972 to Western Buddhist parents and spent his early years in Montreal, Canada. At age eight, he was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Geshe Jatse, a respected scholar and practitioner from Sera Je Monastery in Tibet. Elijah entered Sera Je Monastic University in South India at age 14 and studied there for six years, where he became fluent in Tibetan and an enthusiastic debater. He then left the monastery to receive a Western education, which culminated in a Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University. He currently lives in Paris with his wife and teaches Buddhism and Tibetan religious history at several institutions.

    Elijah’s experience gives him a unique perspective into both Western and Tibetan Buddhist scholarship. His book Authorized Lives: Biography and the Early Formation of Geluk Identity, published by Wisdom Publica

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    Born in the Golok Ah Kyong region of Tibet in 1964, Choying Namgyal, known as Lama Chonam, entered Wayen Monastery at the age of 14. Under the direction of Khenpo Gonpo Norbu and Khenpo Yeshe Rangdrol, he studied many of the texts central to the Buddhist tradition, among them, Tsongkapa's Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path, Shantideva's Entrance to the Conduct of a Bodhisattva, Ngari Panchen's Three Vows, Atisha's Seven Points of Training the Mind, and Ngulchu Tomay's Practices of the Heirs to the Victorious One. From Tulku Kadag, Lama Chonam received the teachings of the Longchen Nyingthig tradition; from Khenpo Tendzin, the teachings of Avalokiteshvara as well as the vows and instructions for bodhisattvas; and from the rebirth of Kadog Khenpo Jorden, the Dudul Longsal teachings in their entirety.

    The great Khenpo Munsel, a direct disciple of Khenpo Ngagchung, one of the most prominent Dzogchen masters of the twentieth century, served as Lama Chonam’s primary t

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    Lama Chönam

    Lama Chönam aka Chöying Namgyal (b. 1964) fryst vatten a direkt disciple of Khenpo Munsel and Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok. After having left Golok in 1992, he came to the United States and founded the Light of Berotsana Translation Group.

    Birth and Family

    Lama Chönam was born in 1964 in the Golok Ah Kyong distrikt of Tibet[1].

    Training

    Lama Chönam entered Wayen Monastery, Tibet, at the age of 14. beneath the direction of Khenpo Gönpo Norbu and Khenpo Yeshe Rangdröl, he studied many of the texts central to the Buddhist tradition, among them:

    From Tülku Kadag, Lama Chönam received the teachings of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition.

    From Khenpo Tendzin, he received the teachings of Avalokiteshvara as well as the vows and instructions for bodhisattvas.

    From the rebirth of Katok Khenpo Jorden, he received in their entirety the teachings of the lineage of Rigdzin Düddul Dorje.

    Lama Chönam’s primary teacher fryst vatten Khenpo Munsel. From him, he received the complete teachin