Venerable Ngawang Lekshe Pende was born in Germany in 1965 and practiced in different spiritual traditions before he became a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1995. He studied psychology and worked in a psychiatric hospital. He took ordination with the great Sakya Lama Chobgye Trichen Rinpoche in 1997 and served as the manager and director of Nalanda Monastery in the south of France for 8 years. He has done solitary retreat and led many retreats and introductory courses in different centres in Europe.
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