We congratulate our Spiritual Director, Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, on receiving the Outstanding Social Service Award from Drepung Loseling Monastery in India. On August 24,

2012 in a special ceremony presided over by His Eminence Gaden Tripa Rinpoche, the spiritual head of the Geluk lineage, Drepung Loseling Monastery in India honored Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi with a special award for his outstanding social services and accomplishments over the past two decades.

These accomplishments include:

* Founding the Atlanta based Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. (DLM, Atlanta) in 1991,

   leading to its emergence as one of the most vibrant and active Tibetan Buddhist institutions in North America.  DLM Atlanta offers comprehensive programs in Tibetan Buddhist Studies,

   practice and culture.  (visit: www.drepung.org)

* Establishing the ongoing tours of The Mystical Arts of Tibet and Drepung Loseling

   Educational Fund to help promote global peace and healing through sharing Tibet’s sacred 

   arts and culture; to raise awareness of Tibet’s endangered culture and the need for basic

   human rights; and to raise much needed funds to helpDrepung Loseling Monastery

   preserve Tibet’s spiritual education and tradition in exile in India.

   (visit: www.mysticalartsoftibet.org and www.drepung.org )

* Facilitating the establishment of the Emory-Tibet Partnership (ETP) in 1998. Under his

   directorship ETP has developed various innovative programs designed to bridge the

   Western & Tibetan intellectual traditions for their mutual enrichment.

   (visit:www.tibet.emory.edu)

* Facilitating the establishment of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI), a landmark

   undertaking to develop and implement comprehensive modern science education in Tibetan

   monastic institutions.  In partnership with the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, ETSI

   is dedicated to fulfilling His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long standing vision for bringing

   modern science into the core curriculum of monastic institutions.

   (visit: www.tibet.emory.edu/science/index.html)

* Developing the meditation protocol for Cognitively Based Compassion Training in 2005.

   Serving as the Contemplative Principal Investigator, Geshe Lobsang has overseen

   numerous scientific research studies and educational programs utilizing this protocol. 

   (visit: www.tibet.emory.edu/cbct/index.html)

    H. E. Ling Rinpoche presents kata to Geshe   

    Lobsang-la

H. E. Tokden Rinpoche, current Abbot of Drepung Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Loseling, offers his congratulations to Geshe Lobsang-la

Senior monks presents their congratulatory katas to Geshe Lobsang-la

Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi