LRZTP (Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program) is an international school for translators and interpreters of Buddhism established by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the mid-1990s in Dharamsala, India. The school project was started as part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe’s vision for spreading the Buddhadharma around the world, the aim fulfilled by FPMT (Foundation […]

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program wishes to send everyone greetings of the Happiest New Year 2025! May all of you be healthy and wealthy, in good spirits and may everyone’s accumulations of merit and wisdom keep going strong throughout 2025. May this New Year be peaceful and blessed for all beings, may all those who

We are very happy to announce that the registration for the next 2-year language and translation course at Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program is officially open! The tenth program will begin on 17th October 2025 and finish on 8th October 2027. Please, check our website for details about the study plan, fees and requirements for

For the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program students of the ninth edition it all began on 24 April 2023. Their journey through the mountains and valleys of Tibetan grammar has been an adventurous one. But they have made it! The whole group graduated with wonderful results on 19 April 2024 and had their well deserved

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program wishes to send everyone the best and the happiest Tashi Delek for this New Tibetan Year of Wood Dragon. May all beings be happy and have causes of happiness, may they be free from suffering and its causes, may they not be separated from true happiness which is devoid of

It has been almost eight months since the LRZTP 9 two-year intensive Tibetan language course began in Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo school in Dharamsala. On 14th December students gave their final exams for Module 3 of the first year of studies and started their long awaited and well deserved winter holiday. And although the first year

It has already been two months since LRZTP 9 started. On April 24th 2023 the LRZTP school inaugurated its first two-year intensive course in Dharamsala since the Covid-19 pandemic. With twelve new students the ninth program in the history of the school officially began. As is always the case, some students already had some background

The time has finally come. In the last week of April 2023 Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program finally inaugurated its ninth Tibetan language intensive 2-year course. For the first time in three years new students were able to arrive in Dharamsala and start their classes. Originally LRZTP 9 was scheduled to kick off in October

LRZTP wishes everyone Happy Losar! The New Tibetan Year of Water Rabbit has come. We hope it will be a wonderful year for all of you. May all be well and enjoy good health, wealth and friendships. LOSAR TASHI DELEK!

After the three-year ordeal of the Covid-19 pandemic and all the restrictions it brought, we are finally ready to welcome new students to Dharamsala for the two-year program of Tibetan language for translators and interpreters. Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translators Program is a world-famous school for future translators of Buddhism, anyone who wishes to become an