Lama Rangdrol is the only African-American teacher of Buddhism recognized by the First Conference of Tibetan Buddhist Centers in North and South America, convened by the Office of Tibet and attended by the Dalai Lama. He was honored as a special invited guest to the Dalai Lama's teachings on "World Peace Through Inner Peace" in Miami, Florida.
Before entering the dharma stream, Lama Rangdrol worked as a licensed psychiatric technician and Drama Therapist in departments of psychiatry including UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital, USC University Hospital, numerous acute psychiatric hospitals and outpatient clinics serving severely mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and homeless populations. Lama Rangdrol aslo holds a degree in music from the University of Redlands School of Music as well as certificates of study from the National Shakespeare Company (New York) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London).
In 1995 he entered retreat at Pema Osel Ling under the tutelage of Dzogchen lineage holder Lama Tharchin Rinpoche where he remained immersed in the Dudjom Tersar lineage for two years. During this time he also received teachings from Khenpo Orgyen Tinly Rinpoche (Khenpo Chozod), Tulku Thubten, Lama Nawang, Lama Gyaltsen, Lama Namkhar, Lama Yeshe Wangmo, Thinley Norbu, and Khenpo Yurmed Tinly (abbot of the Dalai Lama's personal monastery in Dharamsala). He became Khenpo Yurmed Tinly's private student in 1998 and remained with him until the Khenpo's death in 2005. Known for his clarity of insight, Lama Rangdrol has taught Buddhism to Tibetan, Zen, Vipassana, SGI, ecumenical, non-sectarian, Christian, Interfaith, and secular communities. He has authored five books, two music Albums, and has recently completed a documentary about his travels to Thailand and Cambodia. Samples from the soundtrack are available above.
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Lama Rangdrol, founder of Rainbowdharma.com, is the father of a multiracial family including four children and three grandchildren. He maintains international headquarters in Hawaii, USA.
Hello friend, thank you for the add, We wish you all the best and hope you will find interest in our web sites. We are happy to give more information when needed. Please send this link to your friends. Tashi Delek, the Buddha kids
I'm wishing you and your participants a beautiful time of healing and sharing love. We here in Cologne gather a few times a week to meditate together in our buddhahall. There is live music to it and silence altering. Maybe you liketo listen to some pieces of music on my site here: just click on the pic:-) Much love, Raji
Thank you so much for the beautiful invitation to your retreat. I would sincerely love to be there. Currently I'm a student, returning to education to gain a teaching qualification. So I will need to check my finances and get back to you.
P.E.A.C.E. my brother, what's good? Thanks for the add. I have pretty dope music, I checked it out my regular page a couple years back. If you get the chance, you would be nice if you'd check out my song and give a little feedback, It's my first recorded song,P.E.A.C.E.
Welcome to my space, Lama Choyin. Thank you so much for the add. I like your music, friendship and your site. Stay in touch if you like and have a blessed day. Grtz, John.
Om mani padma hum, dear Lama Choyin Rangdrol. We have not forgotten your tibetan people and are spreading the message of human Rights.May one day prevail freedom, we will never give up.
<br />Tashi Delek
<br />Sarasvati
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day. HH Dalai Lama I hope you are having a great weekend~ Tashi Delek~Barbara
"I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice." (Nelson Mandela)
