Lama Zopa Rinpoche is the Spiritual Director of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT)
Geshe Kunga is the previous resident teacher of Ganden Yiga Chozin Center. Geshe Kunga joined Kopan Monastery 1990 and received his Geshe degree from Sera Monastery in 2017. He was appointed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in June 2018 to teach at the center and coordinator a new project comprising a large stupa and statue near […]
Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi is the Abbot of Kopan Monastery and its branches. Since 2011 he guides and oversees the spiritual activities of the monastery.
Ven. Thubten Rigdol is the current resident teacher of Ganden Yiga Chozin Center. Ven. Thubten Rigdol (Ang Losang) was born in 1971 in Lukla, near Mount Everest. In 1980, at the age of nine, he was ordained as a monk at Kopan Monastery. After serving as translator and teacher in Losang Drakpa Buddhist Center […]