Last Updated on May 13, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
I was born in Odisha in 1976 and went to school in Mussoorie. During my childhood, I had the desire to become a monk from an early age and often told my mother: I wanted to enter a monastery. At the age of nine, my mother allowed me to enter the local Buddhist monastery school Dudul Rabtenling. When I was twelve, I moved to the Ralung Shedrupling monastery in Bhutan. At the age of seventeen, I entered Thubten Sangag Choeling Monastery in Darjeeling, a training center of the Drukpa Kargyud tradition. There I learned the classical Buddhist teachings, yogi teachings and practice, as well as the fundamentals of Buddhist philosophies and practices.
The famous yogi and great master Umze Sherab Gyatso introduced me to the teachings of Ngondro. This teaching is the basis of the retreat offered on my website and is practiced daily.
I have received the full teachings and initiations of the Drukpa lineage from various important personalities such as His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, Master Sengdrak Rinpoche, His Holiness Jekhenpo Jigme Choedrag and from His Holiness Jekhenpo Tenzin Dhondrup, who has passed away. In addition, there were initiations and practices from the Yangter Nyingma School by the late master Taglung Tsetrul Rinpoche.
From 1999 until my departure to Switzerland in September 2006, I studied the Indian and Tibetan classics of Buddhist philosophy, Sanskrit and English at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, University of Varanasi.
As a cantor, I led the rituals for the Kagyud Relief Fund of CUTS University. I have been involved in the Indo-Tibetan Friendship Movement since 2001 and work as a volunteer in social services.
From 2006 to 2022 I was the representative of the Kagyu School at the Tibet Institute Rikon and worked as a meditation master and yoga teacher for more than 16 years. As a spiritual supervisor and advisor, I advised Tibetans of the Kagyu tradition and organized tours and led various professional and interest groups through the Rikon Monastery. During my monastery work at the Tibet Institute Rikon, I studied elementary scientific knowledge for six years and sinology and psychology at the University of Zurich.
On February 15, 2023, I opened my Drukpa Kagyu Center in Kollbrunn for the benefit of everyone interested.
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