Background
Samten, Losang was born in 1953 in Ribuce Chang, Tibet. Arrived in Nepal, 1959,arrived in India, 1961,arrived in United States, 1988.
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Losang Samten
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Studied, Tibetan Institute Performing Arts, Dharamsala, India. Ordained as Buddhist monk, Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, India, 1967. Master of Sutra and Tantra, Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, India, 1985.
Completed intensive three and a half year training program in sand mandala painting, Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, India. Gave back monastic vows and entered lay practitioner's life, 1995. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1994.
ArtD (honorary), Maine College Art, Portland, 1995.
Career
Ritual dance master Namgyal Monastery, Dharamsala, India. Personal attendant to the Dalai Lama, 1985—1988. Founder, spiritual director Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, since 1989, Cenrezig Himalayan Cultural Center, El Paso, Texas, since 1990, Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center, Middletown, Connecticut, since 1994, Lake Tahoe Chenrezig Center, Nevada.
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American