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Nalandabodhi Colorado, in conjunction with the Boulder Shambhala Center, will host Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen on June 26-28, 2026.
The specific schedule for Lama Tenpa’s visit to Colorado is forthcoming, but the visit will include a continuation of Lama Tenpa’s teachings on the path of Mahamudra. This will be presented as an in-person teaching at the Boulder Shambala Center with on-line attendance available. The program will be open to the general public, although experience with meditation and Buddhist philosophy will be helpful.
About Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen was born in Nepal and entered monastic life at age thirteen. In 1981, Lama Tenpa and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche enrolled in the first class of Rumtek Monastery’s Karma Shri Nalanda Institute in Sikkim, India. Lama Tenpa excelled in his Buddhist studies at the Institute under some of the greatest living masters in the Kagyü lineage, completing his studies with an Acharya degree in 1991. Following his graduation, he taught Buddhist philosophy at the institute for two years. Under the guidance of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, he then entered a three-year retreat in Pullahari, Nepal.
From 1997 to 2004, Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen was the resident teacher at H.H. the 17th Karmapa’s Theksum Tashi Chöling Center in Hamburg, Germany. He has also served as a faculty member of the Religious Studies Department at Naropa University, where he specialized in teaching graduate courses in Tibetan tradition.
As Chancellor of Nalandabodhi International, Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen works closely with Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, especially in teaching the view and practices of Mahamudra in a pragmatic, informal style. After Rinpoche, Acharya is Nalandabodhi’s most revered teacher and teaches regularly around the world.
Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri., June 26, 2026 - Sun., June 28, 2026
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