Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Name: Geshe Lhakdor
Geshe Lhakdor is director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. He served as His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s official translator for sixteen years. In 1982 he received his master’s degree in English from Punjab University, Chandigarh and MPhil from Delhi University. He received his geshe degree from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in 1995. He has worked as a co-translator of the several books by HH the Dalai Lama, the notable among which are The Way to Freedom, The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace, Awakening the Mind and Lightening the Heart, and the Stages of Meditation (commentary on the Bhavanakrama). He is presently the Chairman of the Education Council, CTA.
Name: Geshe Lobsang Tsondu
Geshe Lobsang Tsondu was born in Reting, Ü-Tsang, Tibet. He began his religious studies at the age of twelve at Sera Monastery in Tibet where he studied Buddhist philosophy until he was forced to flee Tibet in 1985. He received his geshe degree from Sera Monastery in south India in 2003. After that he studied tantra at Gyutoe Tantric University for one year. He taught Buddhist philosophy to the nuns of Kopan Monastery in Nepal for three years before joining the LTWA in 2005.
Name: Geshe Gyaltsen Tsering
Geshe Gyaltsen Tsering was born in Kham Draggo, Tibet. He began his religious studies at the age of 18 with his uncle at Rasang mountain retreat in Tibet. He then continued to study Buddhist philosophy in Draggo Monastery for five years. He fled Tibet in 1988 and studied Buddhism for the next 25 years in Drepung Loseling Monastery in south India. He received his geshe lharampa degree in 2013. After that he studied tantra at Gyume Tantric University for one year. He was invited to teach at the LTWA in 2014.
TRANSLATORS
Name: Tsering Norbu
Tsering Norbu holds an uma rabjampa degree (MA equivalent) in Tibetan studies and Buddhist philosophy from the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala. He has been translating at the LTWA since 2010.
Name: Phurbu Dolma
Phurbu Dolma has a bachelor’s degree in Tibetan Studies from the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah and a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. She has been translating at the LTWA since 2012.
Name: Dhadon
Dhadon holds a bachelor’s degree in Tibetan studies from the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah and a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. She has been translating at the LTWA since 2014.
Name:Jampa Choejor
Jampa Choejor holds a Shastri degree (BA)in Buddhist and Tibetan studies from Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Varanasi, and MA in Buddhist and Tibetan studies from Namgyal Institute of Tibetology under Sikkim University, Sikkim. He studied Buddhist philology at Sera Jey Monastic University from 2005 to 2011. He joined the LTWA as Dharma translator in 2023.