Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Founder and Spiritual Director of Nalandabodhi
 

The founder and president of Nalandabodhi, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, is a leading Buddhist teacher in North America and an advocate of American and Western Buddhism. A lover of music, art and urban culture, Rinpoche is a poet, an avid photographer, an accomplished calligrapher and visual artist, as well as a prolific author. Rinpoche is fluent in English and well-versed in Western culture and technology. He is also the founder of Nitartha International, a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to preserving the contemplative literature of East Asia.

Dilyak Drupon Rinpoche
His Holiness The 17th Karmapa's General Secretary
 

Since the 17th Karmapa arrived in India in January 2000, Rinpoche has been at Gyuto Monastery serving the Karmapa as his primary attendant. Rinpoche also has substantial responsibilities for Dilyak Monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal, and acts as an important advisor to Nalandabodhi. He resides primarily in Rumtek, Sikkim, India. In 2006, Rinpoche was appointed as His Holiness the 17th Karmapa's general secretary.