Tenzin Priyadarshi Rinpoche Founder & Director of the Center, Buddhist monk

The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi Rinpoche is a innovative health, education and social welfare world revered Buddhist monk, renowned for his programmes. His endeavours include humanitarian aid and conict resolution work, his developing projects that promote humanitarian expertise in the elds of leadership, ethics, aid, conict resolution and cultural philosophy and cultural understanding. understanding in countries such as , , Japan, USA, and to benet their Priyadarshi is the Founder and Director of the disadvantaged populations. He was Project Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Advisor to a team of architects from MIT, Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Technology (MIT), which designs and disseminates and Cambridge University, developing Tsunami innovative programs on teaching secular ethics Safe Houses for families in Sri Lanka. The and human values. He is also the Founding foundation has also been working to curtail Director and President of the Prajnopaya Institute tuberculosis and bring health care to rural areas and Foundation, a worldwide humanitarian in India. organisation. He has been actively involved in inter-religious At ten years old, he entered a Buddhist monastery dialogue with religious leaders such as Pope in near Nalanda University. He studied John Paul II, Archbishop , Pope traditional Indo-Tibetan and Japanese Buddhism Benedict XVI, and HH Gyalwang Karmapa. He and was ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama promotes contemplative learning beyond who is his spiritual mentor. He studied under the religious boundaries. guidance of several great teachers. In 2003 he completed his graduate studies in Comparative He serves on the Board of several academic and Philosophy of Religion at Harvard University. humanitarian organisations, and lectures internationally on philosophy, science, As Founding Director and President of the inspiration, ethics and socio-political thought. Prajnopaya Institute and Foundation, Priyadarshi He also teaches traditional promotes the provision of care for all regardless of and practice through the Prajnopaya Institute. ethnicity, religion or gender, by developing