Interview with His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche

Palyul Times: Your Holiness, would you please tell us about the conditions necessary for practising the Dharma through your experience? H.H. Karma Kuchen Rinpoche (KKR): In order to practise the Dharma, the first condition necessary is that one should have the compassionate mind of bodhichitta. This is because if we don’t have compassion, there is no other ways to practise…

Interview with Khenpo Tashi Tsering

Palyul Times (PT): Tashi delek! Venerable Khenpo, firstly, would you please give us a brief introduction about yourself?  Khenpo Tashi Tsering (KTT): To say something about myself, my birthplace is in one of the four sacred places concealed by the “Lotus-Born” (Guru Padmasambhava) that is situated near a place called Kimlung, North Nepal. I was born there in 1958. I…

Interview with Tsewang Gyatso

Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso was born in 1954. In 1962, he enrolled in the Central School for Tibetans in Darjeeling. In 1969, he attended the Central Institute for Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi and studied Buddhist philosophy and other higher studies under Khenchen Palden Sherab and many other scholars. He studied different languages, such as Sanskrit, English and Hindi, as well…

Interview with Khenchen Namdrol Tsering

Khenchen Namdrol Tsering, born in 1953, is one of the three seniormost khenpos of Namdroling Monastery. Khenchen studied under many eminent teachers like Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, Khenpo Khedrub, Khenpo Tsondru, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, and so on. Since the establishment of the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute at Namdroling Monastery in 1978, he has been playing an active role in administering, teaching,…

Interview with Venerable Khenpo Jamyang Tsering

Palyul Times (PT): Tashi delek Khen Rinpoche! We, the members of Ngagyur Rigzod Editorial Committee, have been publishing an annual English magazine called Palyul Times and this will be the ninth issue. In this magazine we publish articles about Buddhism and its sacred sites, life stories of great masters, the throneholders of the Palyul lineage, and events at Namdroling, as…

Interview with Venerable Khenpo Jigme Kalsang

Palyul Times (PT): Tashi Delek! Khen Rinpoche, with our humble greetings, we would like to request you to grant an interview for the Palyul Times magazine for this year’s publication. It is an annual English publication we produce from the Ngagyur Rigzod Editorial Committee. The magazine contains a general introduction to dharma, descriptions of sacred Buddhist sites, biographies, events at…

Interview with Ven. Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Regarding the Recognition of His Holiness the Fourth Penor Rinpoche

Palyul Times (PT): Khen Rinpoche, with our heartfelt greetings, we beg you for an interview regarding the recognition of His Holiness the Fourth Penor Rinpoche. The news of the rebirth of His Holiness brought an immense sense of happiness to his many disciples, and also marked the end of the sadness and uncertainty left by the passing away of His…

Interview with Venerable Khenchen Namdrol Tsering

Palyul Times (PT): Tashi Delek! Khen Rinpoche. With due respect and your benevolent consideration, we the members of the Palyul Times would like to take this special opportunity to receive your golden words of experience based on your lifetime spiritual endeavour through the following interview with the altruistic aim of guiding our beloved readers on the path of dharma PT:…