Ven. Jhado Tulku Rinpoche

Rinpoche was born in Tibet in 1954 and at the age of three was recognised as the 6th reincarnation in the lineage of Jhado Tulku. After escaping from the Chinese occupation, Rinpoche studied at Sera Je Monastery - where he received extensive teachings from many great lamas such as Khensur Rinpoche and the great master Lobsang Wangchuk - and afterwards at the Gyuto Tantric Monastic University. He holds the degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest Geshe rank in the Gelugpa tradition. Rinpoche received many transmissions from both His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his tutors, as well as from the great non-sectarian lineage masters such as Trulshig Rinpoche and Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. He was the abbot of Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India, from 1997 to 2004. Namgyal Monastery, founded in 1568 by the third Dalai Lama, served as a private monastery for subsequent Dalai Lamas.

Ven. Geshe Tenzin Temphel

Geshe Tenzin Tenpel became a monk at the age of seven. He comes from the monastic university of Sera Je where he received the degree of Geshe Lharampa - the highest recognition in the classical studies of Gelukpa monastic universities - and continued his studies in the Tantric Gyuto college.
He has been living and teaching in Italy at the Lama Tzong Khapa Institute since 1998, where he is now a teacher of the FPMT basic program. He is particularly appreciated for his clear teachings and sense of humour, qualities which endear him and the Dharma to westerners