Stephane Bedard
Stéphane Bédard, Ph. D., is a master-instructor of ikebana and a founding member of Les Traductions Nalanda. He has been translating texts and many books into French since 1978, including many works by Chögyam Trungpa. He now lives in Ottawa where he teaches Shambhala Art Programs and Shambhala Levels, and works as an expert-translator for Cultural Affairs with the government of Canada.
The Kiss and the Pimple
In 1981, even though we were not tantrikas yet, the Vidyadhara invited some members of the Nalanda Translation Committee French Section, which was established in Montreal three years before, to the...
THANK YOU
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Changling Rinpoche
Changling Rinpoche, a devoted student of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, is the current abbot of the Shechen Monastery Shedra (monastic university) in Nepal.
