Edmund

male, 87 years old
Edmund Carpenter (born 1922) has taught anthropology for 40 years at the Universities of Toronto, California and Harvard. He began his fieldwork as...

Dechen Shak-Dagsay

female, 50 years old
Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a contemporary singer of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras. She is the Tibetan-born daughter of the Venerable Dagsay...
Trinley Thaye Dorje

Trinley Thaye Dorje

male, 26 years old
Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May, 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of...
Larry Brilliant

Larry Brilliant

male
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Brilliant is a medical doctor, epidemiologist, technologist, author and philanthropist. Born in Detroit, Michigan (May 5,...
Andreas Gruschke

Andreas Gruschke

male, 49 years old
Andreas Gruschke (born on April 16th, 1960 in Tengen-Blumenfeld (Germany) is a German author, photographer and Tibet researcher. His scientific...
Alex Lowe

Alex Lowe

deceased (1999)
Stuart Alexander "Alex" Lowe (1958-1999), was widely considered his generation's finest all-around mountaineer prior to his October 5, 1999 death...
Sarat Chandra Das

Sarat Chandra Das

male, deceased (1917)
Sarat Chandra Das worked as a spy for the British, going on expeditions into Tibet to gather information on the Tibetans, Russians and Chinese....
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

Thubten Zopa Rinpoche

male, 63 years old
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche (born 1946) is a lama from Thami, a village in the Solo Khumbu region of Nepal. Early in life he was recognized as the...
Loten Namling

Loten Namling

male
Loten Namling is a noted Tibetan singer, musician artist and entertainer currently living in exile in Switzerland. He is working on his innovative...
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

male, deceased (2002)
H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002) was a renowned teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. He was known and respected in...