Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
Geshe Ngawang Dakpa serves as a resident teacher at Tse Chen Ling. He was born in Nakchu, northeast of Lhasa, Tibet and became a monk at the age of ten. At the local monastery of Othok he studied both Dharma and secular subjects extensively before entering Sera Je Monastery eleven…
Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
Geshe Tenzin Legtsok graduated from Sera Jey Monastic University in South India where he studied classic Indian Buddhist treatise and their Tibetan commentaries in the tradition of ancient Nalanda University. He has been ordained as a Buddhist monk since 2001. Born in Virginia, USA in 1973, he obtained a Bachelor…
Geshe Wangdu
Known affectionately by some long term students as “Geshe Wangdu”, Rinpoche’s current full name, with all honorifics included, is Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdü. (The title “Khen” denotes the role of current Abbot.) Currently Rinpoche is Abbot at Segyü Dratsang and prior to that held the same role for a…
Kalden Kho
Originally from eastern Tibet, Kalden Kho brings a wealth of Tibetan cultural and spiritual experience to his sound healing meditation activities. He became a monk at the age of 5 and continued his monastic studies until the age of 23 when he completed a three-year retreat. He subsequently escaped to…
Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche
At the age of two, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche II (1984 – present) pointed to the photo of the recently deceased Assistant Tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama and said, “That’s me!” Recognized as the reincarnation of the former Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche, the young tulku received his Buddhist training initially at…
Venerable Amy Miller
Amy J. Miller (Ven. Lobsang Chodren) first encountered Buddhism in 1987 at Kopan Monastery in Nepal and has been ordained since 2000. She has spent a great deal of time engaged in meditation retreats, study, teaching, and Buddhist center management and lived at Land of Medicine Buddha in 1992. Prior…
Venerable Angie Muir
A Tibetan Buddhist Nun from Scotland, Venerable Angie has been ordained for 18 years. During this time she has studied and practiced in the East — India, and Nepal — and the West, Scotland, and the USA. She has also been centrally involved in serving, teaching, and leading meditations at these…
Venerable René Feusi
Ordained by the Dalai Lama more than thirty years ago, Swiss monk René Feusi has studied with some of the greatest scholars and inspiring lamas in the Tibetan diaspora. He has also performed numerous extensive retreats, including a two-and-a-half-year seclusion focused on developing mental stability. He has led large Buddhist…
Venerable Samten
Ven. Samten has lived and worked at the Land of Medicine Buddha for over a decade. He is the caretaker of the gompa and does the daily Medicine Buddha Puja and water bowl offerings.
Venerable Steve Carlier
Ven Steve Carlier currently resides at Land of Medicine Buddha, teaching the Basic Program. He has been studying Buddhism since 1977 and was ordained as a Buddhist monk by Lama Zopa in 1979, then receiving full ordination from Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche the following year. He studied for eleven years at…
Venerable Tenzin Namjong
Born and raised in Hawaii, Venerable Tenzin Namjong studied and trained in Zen and Theravada Buddhist traditions before embracing the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, due mainly to the kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Princeton University and has been part of the…
Venerable Yangchen
Ven. Yangchen has a deep and enduring connection with Land of Medicine Buddha (LMB). She took monastic ordination here in the LMB Gompa (Meditation Hall) from Ven. Choden Rinpoche in 2001. Prior to becoming a nun, she had visited the Center frequently to volunteer, as well as to attend various…
Yangsi Rinpoche
Yangsi Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, a renowned scholar and practitioner from Western Tibet, at the age of six. Rinpoche trained in the traditional monastic system for over 25 years, and practiced as a monk until the age of 35. In 1995 he graduated with the…
