Lamas and Acharyas


Acharya Tashi_Sm Acharya Tashi Wangchuk is the resident teacher at Nalanda West in Seattle, where he teaches regularly. Acharya-la also is the main acharya overseeing the North American Nalandabodhi centers.
Lhakpa Sm Acharya Lhakpa Tshering has worked for Nitartha Publication in Katmandu, Nepal as editor during summer and winter breaks, while studying in the Institute. He has been at Nalanda West in Seattle since 2006 supporting the center and teaching regularly.
rabten_Sm
Lama Rabten Tshering is Nalandabodhi Canada's resident teacher. He teaches regularly at Maitrivana, Nalandabodhi Canada's headquarters in Vancouver, and travels to Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax to teach and guide students in their practice. Fluent in several languages, including Tibetan, Mandarin, Nepalese, and Hindi, Lama Rabten continues to improve his English with formal and informal studies.
Tenam Sm Lama Tenam came to the US with The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 1996, and since then, has been traveling the world with him as his attendant. He has developed the Nitartha-Sambhota Tibetan Software and the Sambhota Unicode Software to help digitize and preserve important Tibetan texts. He is currently working in many Nitartha Publication projects.