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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Acharya Nyima Tsering, Alexander Berzin (scholar), Anne C. Klein, Buton Rinchen Drub, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, David Seyfort Ruegg, Gareth Sparham, Gendun Chophel, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, Glenn H. Mullin, Jan Willis, John D. Dunne, Judith Simmer-Brown, Kelsang Gyatso, Lama Gonpo Tseten, Lhundub Sopa, Mikel Dunham, Ngok Loden Sherab, Nick Ribush, Ole Nydahl, Panchen Sonam Dragpa, Robert Thurman, Robin Kornman, Rob Nairn, Tashi Tsering (Jamyang Buddhist Centre), Theos Casimir Bernard, Thubten Gyatso (Australian monk), Thubten Jigme Norbu, Tsultrim Allione, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Excerpt: Kelsang Gyatso is a Buddhist monk, meditation master, scholar, and authorof 22 books based on the teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the founder and former spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU), a Western Buddhist order based primarily on the teachings of the Gelugpa tradition, albeit not subordinate to Tibetan authorities other than Geshe Gyatso himself.The NKT-IKBU has grown to become a global Buddhist organisation that currently lists more than 200 centres and around 900 branch classes/study groups in 40 countries. Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet in 1931 and ordained at the age of eight. After leaving Tibet, he spent eighteen years in retreat in the Himalayas in India. In 1976 he was invited by Lama Thubten Yeshe via their spiritual guide, Trijang Rinpoche, to become the resident teacher at the main FPMT center, Manjushri Institute in Ulverston, Cumbria in England. Following a three-year retreat in Tharpaland, Dumfries, he founded the NKT-IKBU in 1991. He retired as General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU in August 2009 but continues to write books and practice materials. Kelsang Gyatso was born on Dharmachakra Day (the 4th…
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