1985 Completed the monastic studies and received the highest degree of "Master of Sutra and Tantra" with highest honor, which is equivalent to a Ph.D. degree.
1976 Received the full ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
1969 Entered the Namgyal monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in India.
Buddhist Philosophy and practice, Ritual Theory, Art of Sand Mandala construction, Mandala Theory, Ritual Music, Butter Sculpture and Tibetan Grammar.
Current Position:
1998-2015
Visiting Professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
Previous Positions:
Summer 2010
Director of Asianetwork Program for Research on Traditional Tibetan Arts in Dharmsala, India, for five HWS college students.
Fall 2005
Director of Off-campus Indian Program NYSICCSI for 20 college students from six colleges in New York.
Summer 2000-01
Resident Artist and Instructor at Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio and Cleveland Institute of Arts, Durango, Colo.
Summer 1998-99
Instructor at Cleveland Institute of Art and Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
1995-98
Senior teacher at Namgyal monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, N.Y.
1994-95 Visiting teacher of Kalachakra ritual and painting at Thekcheling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
An Overview of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra
Foundational Practices of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism: An Introduction
Practice of Shamata Meditation and the Six Perfections
Three Entrances of Tibetan Buddhism
Introduction to Debate in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Buddhist Tenets
Chenrezig and Tara Practice
Vajrasattva Meditation
Kalachakra Ritual
Have also conducted core classes at Several Tibetan Buddhist retreats in North America for western students
Tibetan Sacred Art
Mandala Theory: The Mandala of Chenrezig, Yamantaka, Kalachakra and Green Tara
Mudra Theory
Colloquial Tibetan
Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
Advanced Literary Tibetan
Oral Translation of Tibetan Religious Discourses
2015
Poly Prep School, Brooklyn, NY
Friends Academy, Long Island, NY
Yellow Knife, Canada
FLCC Canandaigua, NY
Iolani School, Honolulu, HI
Bard College, Anandale, NY
Fairport School, Rochester, NY
Tucker School, Boston, MA
2014
Massart, Boston, MA
Harley School, Rochester, NY
Peace Weaver Event, Bath, NY
Val Morin Yoga Ashram, Montreal, Canada
2013
Harley School, Rochester, NY
Ross School, East Hampton, NY
Bard College, Anandale, NY
MVCC, Utica, NY
Massart, Boston, MA
Iolani School, Honolulu, HI
2012
TED Event, CA
Masters School, NY
Harley School, Rochester, NY
Peace Weaver Event, Bath, NY
Val Morin Yoga Ashram, Montreal, Canada
Phoenix House, East Hampton, NY
Ecofest, New York, NY
Massart, Boston, MA
Clark University, NY
Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2011
Campbell Hall School, CA
Saint Andrew School, FL
Bard College, Anandale, NY
East Hampton School, NY
Chapin Girl’s School, New York, NY
The Berkeley Carrol School, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Horace Mann School, N.Y.
Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y.
Harley School, Rochester, N.Y.
Peaceweaver
Mass. College of Art and Design
EcoFest, New York City
Keuka College, N.Y.
2009
Mohawk Community College, N.Y.
MIT, Boston, Mass.
Child Development School
Dalton School
Val Morin Yoga Center, Canada
2008
St. Andrew's, Boac Raton, Fla.
Tibet House, New York City
Colgate University, N.Y.
Ross School, East Hampton, N.Y.
Campbell Hall School, Calif.
2007
Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, N.Y.
Masters School, N.Y.
Fenn School
Ross School
FLCC, N.Y.
Riverdale, N.Y.
Londonderry, Pa.
2006
Harley School, Rochester, N.Y.
St. John's Nursing Home, Rochester, N.Y.
Morris School, South Hampton
Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, N..Y
Yoga Ashram, Nassua, Bahamas
Peaceweavers, Bath, N.Y.
EcoFest, New York City
AAAC, N.Y.
Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
2005
Yoga Ashram, Canada
Yoga Ashram, Nassua, Bahamas
Morris Central School, South Hampton
Brearly Girl's School, New York City
Putney School, Putney, Vt.
St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.
Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
Director of 2005 Fall Term Study for 20 college students in India
2004
Putney School, Putney, Vt.
Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
Katonah Museum, N.Y.
MIT, Boston, Mass.
Bard College, N.Y.
Horace Mann School, N.Y.
Lincoln Center, N.Y.
Dalton School, New York City
2003
Bard College, N.Y.
Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Grass Valley, San Francisco, Calif.
Yoga Center, Montreal Canada
2002
Yoga Ashram, Nassua, Bahamas
Union College, N.J.
Riverdale School, N.Y.
CMA, Durango, Colo.
Grass Valley Yoga Center, Calif.
Adirondack Lake Art Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y.
Peaceweavers, Bath, N.Y.
2001
Dalton School, New York City
CIA, Durango, Colo.
Peaceweavers, Bath, N.Y.
Hammond Museum, N.Y.
Wagner College, Staten Island, New York City
2000
Smithsonian Festival in Washington, D.C.
AAAC in New York City
Amitabha Foundation, Rochester, N.Y.
Tibetan Museum of Art, Staten Island, N.Y.
1999
St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y.
Rotunda Art Gallery and N.Y./ Newseum in New York City
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
1998
Horace Mann, Poly-Prep and New Dorp high schools in New York City
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N.Y.
Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
1997
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Asia Society, New York City
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.
Universal Studio, Los Angeles, Calif.
1994
Gandan Monastary in UB Mongolia
1989
Wind Star Foundation, Aspen, Colo.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Calif.
Tibetan (modern and classical)
English (fluent second language)
Hindi (fluent second language)
1990-1991 Researcher and Translator for text "The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala."
1992-Published by Harper Collins.