Teachers at Kushi Ling

Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Nepal.

As a young child he was recognized as the reincarnation of a famous yogi of the area. In the Tibetan refugee camp in Buxa Duar/India he met Lama Thubten Yeshe who became his main teacher.

Lama Yeshe was the founder of the Foundation of the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition, which was later led by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche and which now comprises about 140 centres and activities all over the world.

Rinpoche left his body in April 2023.

Kensur Ciampa Tegchok, born in 1931, was a Geshe Lharampa.

He was one of the most recognized teachers at the Sera Je monastic university in South India where he was abbot for 8 years.

From 1981 to 1990 he taught in England and France, where he had the opportunity to familiarize himself with Western mentality.

From July 2008 for a year and a half he was the resident lama at the Kushi Ling Center.

He left his body in 2014.

Born in Tibet in Lhasa in 1926, he was a master of rituals and a meditator.

He entered the Gelugpa Monastery of Tsecholing in Lhasa as a child, receiving training as a ‘master of ceremony’.

He was in Lhasa when the Chinese invaders bombed the Potala. He remained there for a few years disguised as a layman, then took refuge first in Dharamsala and then in Nepal.

At the age of 49, he decided to live as a yogi: he did retreats and meditations, dedicating his life to others. Since then, he has lived in Pharping.

He came to Italy for the first time in 2002 and gave teachings in various FMPT centers.

In 2018, Lama Ciampa Monlam left his body.

He is a renowned Buddhist master born in 1967 in a small village in the province of Manang, in western Nepal.

He entered the Kopan monastery at the age of nine and completed his Geshe studies at the famous Sera Je monastery in southern India, followed by a year at the Gyumed Tantric College.

Geshe Sherab has been a student of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa since childhood and brought this direct line of teachings to New Mexico in 2001.

Since 2014, he has spent six months a year as a resident teacher at a Dharma center and six months teaching his students abroad.

Geshe Sherab is known for his ability to connect well with Western students, presenting the Dharma in an accessible, warm and open way.

Ven. Thinley studies at Sera Je Monastery in South India and will become a Geshe in the coming years.

Having had a connection with Kensur Jampa Tegchok, he has known the Kushi Ling Center for many years.

In 2020 he spent 9 months at the Center and is now giving online teachings.

Cristina has been practicing Vipassana meditation for a long time and is a student of Master Mario Thanavaro, with whom she followed the three-year training as a meditation teacher and in February 2024 she obtained the diploma.

For thirty years she has practiced Aikido, a traditional Japanese martial art with the grade of IV Dan.

She is a Hatha Yoga teacher graduated in Rishikesh in India and in recent years she has practiced Traditional Thai Yoga Massage in Thailand and in Italy obtaining the advanced degree diploma with Master Asokananda.

A researcher on a constant journey, she is a trainer and group leader of the Institute of Psychosynthesis and collaborates with the Center of Bolzano and Trento spreading the wisdom and depth of Assagioli’s message. At a national level, as a trainer, she accompanies groups within the Self-training Course, for the development and integration of human potential. For many years she has brought Psychosynthesis as a practice of awareness and transformation in various social areas such as schools, working directly with teachers, collaborating with organizations and associations that deal with the well-being of couples and families and within protected communities of ex-prisoners who are reintegrating into society. In her training and transformative journey she also attended the school of psychosynthesis counseling in Florence and now, as a counselor supervisor and CNCP trainer, she accompanies the students of the three-year counseling course of the High Training in Psychosynthesis both individually and as a teacher in various lessons of their study plan.

“To grow internally it is not so much about doing more spiritual things, but about doing them more spiritually; it does not require changing occupations, but changing soul.” R. Assagioli

Paolo is a doctor, psychotherapist and Mindfulness Teacher and has attended the Kushi Ling Center since its creation.

Born in Riva del Garda in 1955, he has worked as a doctor in hospitals and communities and has been practicing an approach oriented towards Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology in the field of mental suffering and addictions for several years.

He offers evenings and seminars on Mindfulness and meditation and is committed to spreading actions oriented towards Ecodharma (ecological commitment inspired by Buddhist thought).

A teacher of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and an essayist, she has edited the translations from Tibetan of: The Life of Milarepa (2001, 2004); Cinderella in the Land of Snows (2002); Milarepa, The Great Seal (2004). Among the latest essays in the volume: Women of Enlightenment (2012); The Breath of Trust. (2015) and JO MO.

Women and Spiritual Realization in Tibet (2020. She has been leading meditation seminars on the symbolic feminine and maternal dimensions for years and is co-founder of Sakyadhita Italy.

www.carlagianotti.it

David is a retired professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy and a teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Buddhism.

His many books include “Money Sex War Karma”, “A New Buddhist Path”, and, most recently, “Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis”.

He is particularly concerned with social and ecological issues.

In addition to offering workshops and meditation retreats, he is a founder of the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado.

www.davidloy.org

American, psychologist, teacher and supervisor of the dance movement therapy program Art Therapy Italiana, director of the Chinese Inspirees Creative Movement program.

Member of the Buddhist sangha Vipassana A.Me.Co for many years.

Author of numerous articles in specialized magazines of Dance Movement Therapy and the Discipline of Authentic Movement. Faculty, Discipline of Authentic Movement Circle of Four.

Arie is a Shiatsu therapist and teacher.

He studied with Master Kazunori Sasaki and has practiced Vipassana and Zen meditation, as well as Yoga and Do-In, for many years.

He is also a certified Focusing teacher.

A disciple of Lama Thubten Yeshe, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and Kensur Jampa Tegchok, she studied Tibetan Buddhism at Nalanda Monastery in France and is a registered FPMT teacher.

She completed psychotherapy training at Tara Rokpa School in Ireland and combines her knowledge of Eastern and Western psychology in her courses, also using creative elements.

She has been in charge of the education programme at the Kushi Ling Center since 2001.