Conference 2014 Opening Remarks
Vice President of Tsadra Foundation, Lama Drupgyu Anthony Chapman, welcomes all the participants and reflects on the long journeys of many of the translators and practitioners present at this historic opening of the 2014 Translation & Transmission Conference.
Event: TT Conference 2014 – Opening Remarks
Date: October 3, 2014 – 8:30 am
Speaker: Anthony Chapman
Topics: Inspiration, Intention, Welcome
Anthony Chapman
Tsadra Foundation (Vice-President and Director of Contemplative Scholarships)
Anthony Chapman, (Lama Drupgyu Tenzin), a student of Kalu Rinpoche since 1972, and a monk from 1974 to 1995, participated in the first traditional three-year retreat for Westerners from 1976 to 1980, in France. Kalu Rinpoche subsequently appointed him as Lama of his center in Paris, and later Lama Drupgyu became the first westerner to be appointed Druppön, or Retreat Master, leading three-year retreats on Saltspring Island, Canada. Subsequently, he participated for six years in the translation of Jamgon Kongtrul’s Treasury of Knowledge. Anthony Chapman assisted in the establishment of Tsadra Foundation and was Director of Programs from 2000 to 2012. In 2010 he managed the transition of Tsadra Foundation’s Contemplative Program into the Advanced Contemplative Scholarships–supporting three-year retreatants around the world. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Foundation as well as Director of Contemplative Scholarships.
