Demo Rinpoche
Adjunct Faculty, Buddhism
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education
Geshe Lharampa., Gelugpa University, 2012
M.A., Union Theological Seminary, 2018
biography
Demo Rinpoche entered Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod at the age of five and officially joined the monastery in 1987, where he spent nearly thirty years of uninterrupted education in meditation, debate, memorization, philosophy, and composition under the Dalai Lama’s direct supervision. After completing his studies at Drepung, Rinpoche received the highest monastic degree of Geshe Lharampa from Gelugpa University in India in 2011. He continued his studies at Gyume Tantric College and was a visiting scholar under the auspices of the Dalai Lama at Sarah College of Higher Tibetan Studies in Dharamsala, India. In 2018, he received his Master’s Degree in Inter-Religious Engagement from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Currently based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rinpoche serves as Teacher and Spiritual director at Jewel Heart, a well-known Tibetan Buddhist Center in the west.