We have had the rare honor of hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama four times in Atlanta, most recently in October 2013 in conjunction with Emory University. We were fortunate to have our new center inaugurated by His Holiness and our Meditation Hall was blessed with his prescence.

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Geshe Lobsang Tenzin is the president and spiritual director of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. He has taught courses since the center’s inception in 1991 and continues to oversee its activities and development. Geshe Lobsang holds both a Geshe Lharampa degree from Drepung Loseling Monastery in India and a Ph.D. from Emory University’s Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts. In addition to teaching, he is engaged in research on mind/body medicine and the connections between meditation, the emotions, and health.

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Geshe Ngawang Phende was born in Nepal in 1968. As a little boy he became a monk at Drubthob Rinpoche’s monastery in Nepal for two years where he received his initial monastic training. He joined Drepung Loseling Monastery, south India in 1982 at the age of 12, where he successfully completed his monastic education and passed Geshe Lharampa examination in 2001. He then attended Guymey Monastery for further Tantric studies and stayed there for a year. Geshe Ngawang was the resident teacher at the Lam Rim Tibetan Buddhist Center in Johannesburg, South Africa for almost four years. Twice he has been on the Mystical Arts of Tibet tour and now, is one of the resident teachers at DLM.