Lama (Dr) Ngawang Jorden earned Kachupa (B.A.) and Loppon (M.A.) degree in Buddhist Philosophy from the Sakya College. In 1991, he received Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree from Harvard Divinity School and Ph.D. in 2003. Currently he is teaching Tibetan language and Buddhism at the University of Chicago. He frequently travels to Europe, Nepal and South East Asia to teach Buddhism and deliver lectures. He regularly teaches at the International Buddhist Academy in Nepal, and at the TIBETcenter Chicago.

He received his spiritual teachings from several Tibetan masters, such as, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness Sakya Trizin (Head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism), His Eminence Chogay Trichen Rinpoche (Head of the Tshar sub-school of Sakya), His Eminence Luding Khen Rinpoche (Head of Ngor sub-school of Sakya), Most Venerable Khenpo Appey Rinpoche and many others, such as the late His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche, the late Venerable Deshung Rinpoche, late Venerable Khenpo Rinchen (who was also a tutor of His Holiness Sakya Trizin), late Venerable Tharig Rinpoche, and late Venerable Khenpo Lodo Sangpo (who was his first teacher at the Sa-Ngor-Tshar-Gsum monastery in Sikkim).

More information about Lama (Dr) Ngawang Jorden can be found on his website http://salc.uchicago.edu/facultybios/jorden.html

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