Lead USA Coordinator · 916-224-2163
Six monks from Lawa Khangtsen, Sera Jey Monastery — plus USA coordinators and advisors.
[CONFIRM touring roster] — confirm the actual October 2026–March 2027 travelling party before treating every profile below as on tour.
Lharampa Geshe
Ven. Jampa Dhonden joined Lawa Khangtsen in 1998 and received the Geshe Lharampa in 2025. He completed a tantric year at Gyuto Monastery and ranked first in his class in 2002 and 2004 (Madhyamika). Since 2026 he has served as resident Geshe and teacher of Sera Jey in Gangtok.
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Lharampa Geshe
Ven. Lobsang Donyoe enrolled at Sera Jey in 1999 and received the Geshe Lharampa in 2023. He completed a tantric year at Gyuto with mandala specialization and oversees the studies of monastic students.
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Lharampa Geshe
Ven. Lobsang Tsultrim joined Sera Jey in 1996 and received the Geshe Lharampa degree in 2019. He trained in tantric ritual and mandala practice at Gyuto Monastery and has served on the teaching and examination faculty at Sera Jey since 2022.
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Lead Monk
Geshe of Buddhist Philosophy
Ven. Tashi Lama joined Sera Jey Monastery in 1995 and completed the Five Major Treatises by 2014. He earned an MPhil in Buddhist Philosophy in 2019 and completed a tantric year at Gyuto Monastery with specialization in mandala practice. He has served as a member of the monastic assembly since 2022 and has joined foreign tours to Vietnam, Taiwan, and Laos. In 2024 he was elected to lead Lawa Khangtsen for a three-year term. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama encouraged Geshe Tashi Lama and the team of six to reach into the global community through this World Peace Tour.
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Geshe of Buddhist Philosophy
Ven. Tsering Dhondup was ordained at a village monastery and entered exile in 1998. He joined Sera Jey in 1999, earned an MPhil in 2022, and completed tantric training at Gyuto in 2024. He served Khen Rinpoche for one year and is currently in a six-month tantric practice.
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Lharampa Geshe
Ven. Yeshe Gyaltso was admitted to Sera Jey in 1999 and received the Geshe Lharampa in 2023. He pursued specialized studies in Buddhist science and psychology through Emory University and completed tantric mandala training.
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Spiritual Director, Lion's Roar Dharma Center · Lead USA Coordinator
Stephen Bryant Walker, LMFT — co-founded Lion's Roar Dharma Center in 1992 with Geshe Yodron (Lharampa Geshe Lobsang Gyatso); received lineage transmission in 1995. Studied with Chögyam Trungpa, at Naropa (1975–80), and Zen with Joshu Sasaki Roshi; recognized as one of few Western lamas in the Gelug lineage. Founder of Middleway Health & Middle Way Health Foundation; Folsom prison chaplain.
lamajinpa.lrdc@gmail.com · 916-224-2163
Advisor · URI Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
Geshe degree (Drepung Loseling, 18+ years); MA & PhD in Education, University of Rhode Island. Director, International Nonviolence Summer Institute; Level 3 Kingian Nonviolence Trainer; MLK Jr. Peacemaker Award.
thuptendar@uri.edu · 401-874-2875
Patty Marcotte — Dharma Secretary to Lama Yeshe Jinpa. 916-203-5160
