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Venerable Tenzin Yignyen Kindness Project > Director
Tenzin was selected in 1995 to teach at Namgyal Monastery's
North American Seat in Ithaca, New York. He has since remained in the
United States, providing instruction in tantric ritual, Buddhist philosophy
and Tibetan Buddhist sacred art forms. For the last six years, Tenzin
has been professor of Tibetan Buddhist studies at Hobart and William Smith
Colleges in Geneva. He has constructed sand mandalas in the United States
at several museums and universities including the Natural Museum of History
in Los Angeles; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Memorial Art Gallery,
Rochester, New York; The Asia Society, New York City; the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival, Washington, DC; Trinity College; and Cornell University. Tenzin Joined Soul Graffiti in 2004 as Director of Compassion and Kindness Projects, with the hopes of continuing his life-long passion of spreading compassion and kindness to people around the world. He hopes to create original programs, events, and outlets for sharing his insights and allowing people to grow in their understanding and practice of love. To contact Tenzin, email him at kindness@soulgraffiti.com or call the Soul Graffiti office at 732.297.8449. Read an interview with Venerable
Tenzin Yignyeh. For more information, read our press release. |
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Venerable
Tenzin Yignyen was born in Phari, southern Tibet, and was only three years
old when he escaped into India. He was among the first graduating class
of the relocated Namgyal Monastery educational program. In 1969, Tenzin
entered the Tibetan Buddhist Namgyal Monastery (the personal monastery
of the Dalai Lama) in Dharamsala, India, where he studied monastic ritual
and philosophy. He was ordained as a monk by the Dalai Lama, and received
the monastery's highest degree, "Master of Sutra and Tantra,"
with highest honor in 1985. During 1989-90, Tenzin assisted with the research
and translation for The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala: Visual Scripture of
Tibetan Buddhism published in conjunction with the Samaya Foundation in
New York City. He was invited to Gaden Thekcheling Monastery in Ulan Bator,
Mongolia, in 1993, where he taught tantra and mandala construction for
two years.