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Rangjung Yeshe Institute’s unique pedagogy is the result of decades of collaboration between monastic scholars and an international academic community of researchers and translators.
The monastic scholars at RYI have studied at the Sangye Yeshe Monastic College of Ka-Nying Monastery in Nepal, and at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute in India, and earned the degrees of lopon and khenpo.
Rangjung Yeshe Institute engages with a global network of scholars, researchers and translators in Buddhist studies, who often visit the Institute to share their research. These include scholars and researchers from Emory University, McGill University, Université Laval, and Hamburg University, Harvard University, Université de Lausanne, Boston College, University of Vienna, Agnes Scott College, Williams College, and Humboldt State University.
RYI is dedicated to helping students master the fundamentals of Buddhist thought and gain proficiency in classical Buddhist languages, enabling them to engage with primary textual sources. RYI supports students to cultivate critical thinking, evidence-based argumentation, contextualization, contemplation, analytical skills, academic writing, and the art of translation.
Explore the research theses and post-graduation achievements of our Master of Arts graduates on this page.
The principal, Dr. Thomas Doctor, and the Director of Studies, Dr. Julia Stenzel, oversee the program activities.
Monastic Scholars
| Khenpo Gyaltsen | Lopon Thekchok Tendar | Lopon Thupten Tsewang |
| Khenpo Karma Gyurme | Lopon Ngawang Sherab | Lopon Tashi Tsering |
| Khenpo Tsondru Sangpo | Lopon Lodro Gyaltsen | Lopon Drubgyu Sherab |
| Khenpo Urgyen Tenpel | Lopon Lungrig Gyatso | Lopon Sangye Tenzin |
| Khenpo Lodro Rabsel | Lopon Karma Sherab | Lopon Sherab Paljor |
| Khenpo Pema Namgyal | Lopon Urgyen Dorje | Lopon Norbu Samphel |
| Lopon Shedrub Gyatso | Lopon Thupten Tsewang | Lopon Lhudup Gyaltsen |
| Lopon Tsundru Tharchin | Lopon Samten Lhundrub | Lopon Gyurme Sherab |
| Lopon Zopa Sangpo | Lopon Tenzin Sherab | Lopon Sangye Kyab |
| Lama Drubgyu Tendar | Lama Tenzin Jigme | Lopon Chopal Gyatso |
| Lopon Konchog Gyaltsen | Lama Sherab Dorje | Lopon Drubgyu Tenzin |
| Lopon Pema Tenzin | Lopon Namgyal Longyang | Lopon Jigme Kunsang |
| Lopon Garab Jyungne | Lopon Samden Dorjee | Lopon Urgen Sangpo |
