![]() In Summer 2003, Bringing the Tradition Home: An interview with Choyin Rangdrol appeared in Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s Turning Wheel Magazine. Award For Community Service for pioneering Buddhist teachings in Oakland’s Black community. In 2002, he was awarded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Also present were Ralph Steele, Angel Kyodo Williams, George Mumford, Rachel Bagby, Hilda Baldoquin, Lawrence Ellis, Alice Walker, and Jan Willis. In 2002, Lama Rangdrol taught among the largest group of African American Buddhist teachers in world history at Spirit Rock’s (Woodacre, California) historic African American Retreat. Khenpo Gyurmed Trinley Rinpoche was published in Snow Lion Newsletter subsequently published in Cuadernos de Budismo, en Espanol. In Winter 2001 lama Rangdrol’s article, An Interview with Ven. They founded Diversity components in major Dharma organizations, the “Alphabet Sangha” LGBTQI, Buddist of Color social Activism networks and so on… known for activism in American politic today. Others went on to establish themselves as Buddhist of Color luminaries. In, 2000, Lama also participated in sponsoring and compiling the seminal booklet, “Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism In Our Buddhist Communities.” Some of the contributors were Buddhist of Color notables of the day. In 2000, Rangdrol began teaching Buddhism in the African American community of Oakland, California, and authored Black Buddha-later featured as a classic in American Buddhism (Buddhadharma Magazine Summer 2005). He remained a student in service of the khenpo for seven years. In 1998, he became the private student of Khenpo Yurmed Tinly (Katog Dzogchen lineage), the abbot of Bhutan’s Gantay Monastery as well as abbot of the Zilnon Kagyeling Monastery in Dharamsala, India. In 1996, Rangdrol wrote a seminal essay titled, “American Buddhism What Does It Mean for People of Color,” published on the first website (ww.) exclusively established for Buddhist People of Color. He remained immersed in the Dudjom Tersar lineage for two years while receiving teachings from Khenpo Orgyen Tinly Rinpoche (Khenpo Chozod), Tulku Thubten, Lama Nawang, Lama Gyaltsen, Lama Namkhar, Lama Yeshe Wangmo, and Dungste Thinley Norbu. In 1994 he entered Vajrayana retreat in the Nyingma Dzogchen tradition at Pema Osel Ling under the tutelage of lineage holder Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. He complimented his mental health career with studies in the arts including the University of Redlands School of Music (B.A.), and graduate work in Ethnic Theater at Sacramento State University as well as certificates of study from the National Shakespeare Company (New York) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London). He teaches regularly in the Seattle Area when not traveling or giving counsel to students and scholars at home and abroad.īefore entering the Dharma stream, Lama Rangdrol worked as a licensed psychiatric technician and Drama Therapist in departments of psychiatry at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and USC University Hospital, as well as numerous acute psychiatric hospitals, prison, and outpatient clinics serving mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and homeless populations. His work on meditation in the African American experience is recognized worldwide. He has authored five books on race relations in American Buddhism, two music albums, and produced an award winning film. Known for his clarity of insight, he has taught meditation in Buddhist, ecumenical, non-sectarian, Christian, Interfaith, and secular communities on three continents. The founder, Lama Rangdrol, is an independent teacher of Buddhism and meditation in the Nyingma Dzogchen tradition. ![]() ![]() Rainbowdharma is a discreet organization of international Buddhist practitioners. ![]()
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