On March 25, 2026 Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program will inaugurate a new community class for those who have a good grasp of Tibetan language and would like to deepen their knowledge of Tibetan still more. The class will be based on a Buddhist philosophical text and will be taught entirely in Tibetan. The teacher […]

Having celebrated the Tibetan Losar the students and teachers of LRZTP 10 went for a weekend pilgrimage to Tso Pema (Rewalsar) to dedicate the New Year to Guru Rinpoche and to pray for the success of the program. The pilgrimage happened on 6-8 March 2026 and the majority of students as well as many teachers

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program wishes everyone everywhere a Happy and Auspicious New Fire Horse Year! To all our students and teachers, to all the precious gurus of all lineages – may all your aspirations be fulfilled. May all sentient beings find true happiness and its causes, may all lower realms be empty. As our

2025 has been an eventful year for Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program. First, there was the bittersweet moment of saying goodbye to the graduates of LRZTP 9, who in June received their certificates and are now continuing their studies in monasteries or training as interpreters in various places. Then in September came an extremely sad

It is with deep sadness that we share news of the passing of LRZTP’s beloved teacher Geshe Tenzin Wangdak (1972-2025) after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Geshe-la left this life on September 8th 2025 surrounded by friends and students while being cared for in Delek Hospital Dharamshala. His friendly guidance will be sorely

After two years of hard work and dedication the students of LRZTP 9 can finally say: yes, we have made it! Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo school’s ninth two-year Tibetan language program has now come to an end. The group of eleven students who came to Dharamsala in 2023 from all over the world are now happy

It is quite hard to believe but the ninth two-year Tibetan language program of the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo school in Dharamsala is almost coming to an end. It began in April of 2023 and now the students are entering their final module of studies. After the winter break the students returned to school with their

Happy Tibetan New Year everyone! Today the Wood Snake year begins, 2152 of the Tibetan calendar. On this occasion LRZTP sends Tashi Delek to all our students, teachers, staff, graduates as well as all Dharma friends all over the world. May peace prevail and may all suffering and its causes cease, bringing beings to the

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