Tulku Sangye Tenzin

Education

• University of Virginia — PhD, Religious Studies (in progress)
• University of Virginia — MA, Buddhist Studies
Thesis: Reimagining Tradition: Ratna Lingpa’s Contribution to the “Seminal Heart of Luminous Expanse” in Tibetan Buddhism
• Ngagyur Nyingma Institute — MA, Buddhist Philosophy and Practice
• Ngagyur Nyingma Institute — BA, Buddhist Philosophy (Pharchin Rabjam)
• Ngagyur Nyingma Institute — Higher Secondary Degree, Buddhist Philosophy (Thadral Mrawai Wangchuk)

Additional Education

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
• General Science Studies, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon

Research Interests

• Tibetan Buddhism
• Nyingma, Dzogchen, and Nyingthig
• Khandro Nyingthig (Seminal Heart of the Ḍākinīs)
• Tibetan intellectual and textual history
• Buddhist lineages, transmission, and religious authority
• Buddhist tantra and ritual
• Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy
• Manuscript and textual studies

Teaching Experience

• Buddhist Teacher, Saraha Children’s Buddhist School, Eugene, Oregon
• Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy, Zangdokpalri Monastery & Institute, Kalimpong, India
• Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysuru, India
• Lecturer in Buddhist Philosophy, Tsogyal Shedrub Dargyeling Nunnery, Mysuru, India
• Teaching Assistant (Kyorpon), Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, Mysuru, India

Publications

“Gling bro bde chen rol mo’i lo rgyus mthong ba don ldan.” Padma’i Rangmdangs, no. 106.

Presentations

• “The Just King.” Religion and the Culture of Democracy Transatlantic Workshop Series, University of Virginia.
• “Understanding and Motivating Actions to Reduce Climate Change.” Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Oregon.
• “Understanding and Motivating Actions to Reduce Climate Change.” Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon.

Awards and Honors

• Dalai Lama Graduate Scholarship
• Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Scholarship
• Annual Debate Competition Winner, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute