Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche
Founder of Dharma Publishing & author of Kum Nye books
Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, a traditionally trained teacher and author in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center. Rinpoche was born in 1935 in eastern Tibet, where he studied with many of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. The first lama of the Nyingma lineage to establish residence in the United States, Rinpoche established a mandala of organizations to actualize his long-range vision of preserving the ancient teachings of the Buddha and transmitting them to the modern world. Download more in this extended biography.
Arnaud Maitland
Director, Dharma Publishing & Senior Kum Nye Teacher
Arnaud Maitland, JD, MA Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Psychology, senior student of Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, studying and working in Rinpoche’s organizations since 1977. Arnaud is an international retreat and seminar leader and is currently director of Dharma Publishing and Center for Skillful Means. Author of two books, MasterWork – Mastering the Energy of Time and Living without Regret – Growing old in the Light of Tibetan Buddhism, Arnaud currently lives at Ratna Ling, the home of Dharma Publishing and Dharma Press.