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In 1970, I met my principal teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, at his monastery outside Darjeeling and began my study and practice of Buddhism.

Kalu Rinpoche was a senior meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition and the lineage holder of the Shangpa tradition.

After completing the preliminary practices and learning Tibetan, I translated for Kalu Rinpoche on his first two North American tours (1972 and 1974-75).

From 1972-76, I helped to develop Rinpoche’s first center in North America in Vancouver, British Columbia.

At the same time, I had the good fortune to study with Dezhung Rinpoche, a Sakya master who lived in Seattle.

During this period, I made my first forays into written translation with three texts, all of which were published by Rinpoche’s center in Vancouver: Writing of Kalu Rinpoche (a short text on the basics of Tibetan Buddhism written by Rinpoche expressly for Western students), A Continuous Rain to Benefit Beings (