The Treasury of Lives

Julia Stenzel Director of Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, Centre for Buddhist Studies of Kathmandu University, Nepal. She received her doctorate from McGill University in Canada. She received her Dharma education at Dhagpo Kundrol Ling, a monastic hermitage in France, under the guidance of the late Tibetan Buddhist master Lama Gendun Rinpoche. Julia is a member of Sakya Pandita Translation Group and Subashita Translation Group.

Published January 2023

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