I have spent most of my adult life in an American university, first as an undergraduate student, then as a graduate student, then a post-doctoral fellow,

One of my favorite terms in Tibetan is རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ (pronounced “ten drel”), which in Buddhist thought is often translated as “interdependence”. In colloquial Tibetan, however,

I have now completed three years studying Buddhist Philosophy with Himalayan Languages at the Kathmandu University Center for Buddhist Studies, Rangjung Yeshe Institute (RYI). Fortunately everything went

My time at Rangjung Yeshe so far has been a great learning experience. Firstly, I want to express my immense gratitude to His Eminence Chokyi

I have studied Tibetan language for several years before I started studying at Rangjung Yeshe in June, 2013. However, it was a struggle for me

  As is tradition, many of us RYI students are again participating in the Shedra Futsal championship. This time we have a league format, with