Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme 6

Application form

Name:

Mailing Address:

Tel:

E-mail:

Date of birth:

Sex:

Marital status:

Native language:

Please answer the following questions:

1. What is your relationship with FPMT - which centers have you visited and taken classes or courses at? Or in which center or in which capacity have you previously offered service to the FPMT?

2. For how long have you been practicing Buddhism in the Tibetan tradition?

3. Do you maintain a guru-disciple relationship with Lama Zopa Rinpoche? Have you asked Rinpoche for practices or advice in the past?

4. Please list the other lamas/teachers with whom you have a guru-disciple relationship:

5. Please describe briefly your motivation for joining the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme. Have you received advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche or any other lama/teacher to do this course? And give an idea of your understanding of the challenges of doing the LRZTP and of being an interpreter:

6. Describe briefly your educational background: (give a list of your degrees or diplomas, and the institutes where you’ve earned them)

7. Which other skills do you have?

8. Which other languages did you study in the past? (Please rate the level of each language from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) in terms of comprehension, speaking, reading and writing)

9. Which other languages would you feel able to interpret into?

10. Have you studied Tibetan language in the past? (If so, please describe when and where you have taken Tibetan language classes, and how well you’re able to speak and understand Tibetan from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent)

11. Do you have an agreement with a specific FPMT center to work as an interpreter? Will an FPMT center sponsor you during your two years classroom program in Dharamsala, India?

12. Is there a particular FPMT center (or country or region) you would like to work as an interpreter?

13. Program fee will be approx. 4300USD (largely depending on the exchange rate at the start of LRZTP6), with a 500USD non-refundable deposit? Will you be able to pay this fee?

14. How will you support yourself during the two years classroom study program in Dharamsala? (at least 250USD per month would be required to support yourself on a very basic level, but preferably more)

15. Are you married and/or have children? If so do you think you successfully complete the two year classroom program? And then be an interpreter in an FPMT center afterwards?

16. Have you been to India before? If so, please describe briefly your experiences with the country and aknowledge the fact that you’re aware of the challenges of living in India:

17. What is your current visa status for India? How many months/years can you get on a tourist visa? (So please check the website of the Indian embassy in your country for details)

18. How is your physical and mental health? Do you take any medication to support yourself physically or mentally? Did you have lung in the past and, if so, what were the symptoms?

19. Are you happy to accept that LRZTP is, above all, a Dharma project, and that we should try as much as possible to engage in moral behavior and Dharma discipline? (Once you have submitted this form, we will give further information about living in a Dharma community and specifically, some of the guidelines for conduct maintained at LRZTP)

20. Do you accept that you would study in the LRZTP in order to become an interpreter in an FPMT center?

Please submit a recent digital (passport) photograph as well as a supporting reference letter from an FPMT center director, teacher or anyone who supports your application.

Please confirm that any answers given below are correct and complete, without withholding any valuable information.

Signature and date:

Please return your application form to [email protected]