Paths of Practice with Pema Khandro, PhD

About this episode

Pema Khandro, PhD discusses her journey in Tibetan Buddhism, her academic work, and the importance of community and scholarship in practice.

Pema Khandro, PhD, is a scholar-practitioner and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. She is the founder of the non-profit organization Ngakpa International and oversees its projects: the Dakini Mountain Retreat Center, the Buddhist Studies Institute and the Yogic Medicine Institute. Pema Khandro’s academic work specializes in the history of Dzogchen, women in Buddhism, and Tibet’s Buddhist yogis. She has a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, a Master’s degree in Religious Studies specializing in Tibet, and a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Virginia. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies and she studies English, Tibetan and Chinese languages. For more information about Dr. Pema Khandro and the resources mentioned in the episode, please visit the following links: https://pemakhandro.org/ https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/ www.DakiniMountain.org www.YogicMedicineInstitute.org We talked about: *Being first introduced to meditation and Buddhism at five years old and recognizing a teacher’s lesson that was 30 years in the making *Dharma friends and finding community in the solitary nature of the path *Pursuing scholarship as a practitioner, Dzogchen, and…

People in this episode

Host: Vincent Moore

Guest: Pema Khandro, PhD

Topics covered

• Tibetan Buddhism
• Dzogchen
• women in Buddhism
• meditation
• community
• scholarship

Keywords

• Tibetan Buddhism
• Dzogchen
• meditation
• women in Buddhism
• scholar-practitioner
• community
• Dakini Mountain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ngakpa International, Dakini Mountain Retreat Center, Buddhist Studies Institute, Yogic Medicine Institute

Places: University of Virginia

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