MIT President Rafael Reif with Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the Director of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also serves as the Buddhist Chaplain to the Institute. His office is located at W11-063. Please send an e-mail to Linda Krause (lkrause (at )mit (dot) edu to schedule an appointment.

At the age of ten years, he entered a Buddhist monastery in Rajgir near ancient Nalanda University and was subsequently ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is his spiritual mentor. He received his spiritual training in India, Nepal, and Japan under the guidance of several eminent teachers.
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For further information on Venerable Tenzin and his work visit www.iMonk.org
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