Biography of Geshe Dorji Damdul
Geshe Dorji Damdul did his schooling in TCV School, Dharamsala with main interest in Physics and Mathematics. In 1988, soon after his high school in Science stream, he joined the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala for formal studies in Buddhist logic, philosophy and epistemology. After 15 years of study in Buddhist philosophy he finished his Geshe Lharampa Degree in 2002 from Drepung Loseling Monastery. He joined Gyudmed Tantric College for a year for Tantric studies.
In 2003, the Office of H.H. the Dalai Lama sent him to Cambridge University, England for English studies. He was a visiting fellow in Girton College, Cambridge University. In 2004 -05, he served as the philosophy lecturer for the whole semester for Emory University Study Abroad program held in Dharamsala, India.
He was appointed as the official translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama in 2005. In 2008, he was appointed as a visiting fellow in Delhi University to give lectures in three of the University's departments - Philosophy, Psychology, and Buddhist Studies.
Presently, while assigned with the same task of translating for H.H. the Dalai Lama inside and abroad India, he is serving as the Director of Tibet House, Cultural Center of H.H. the Dalai Lama, New Delhi. He gives lectures and leads philosophy classes and meditation retreats in Tibet House, Delhi University, Tibetan Youth Hostel and so forth. He also travels widely in India and abroad, like Mumbai, Bangalore, USA and so forth to teach Buddhist philosophy and practice.
Geshe Dorji Damdul DharmaTalk @ TaiPei Buddhist Centre Singapore (26 - 28 Nov 2010)
