Was it Kunzig Shamar Rinpoches idea to ask Professor Sempa Dorje to become your teacher?
Yes, it was his idea. He really worked hard towards this and now we’re really happy. Who decides about the content of your studies, which texts, etc.? In my case, being a spiritual teacher, I have to have a wide knowledge of everything and for this he teaches me a lot. Mainly we study about Dharma and also about other subjects like History for example. Prof. Sempa Dorje gives us some choices regarding what we want to learn. He is very openminded and deals also with modern topics, for example, Science. Are your studies currently mainly Kagyu-oriented and later will they also be about the teachings of other lineages? The basis of any buddhist study should be the general teachings of the Buddha and as an ornament we have the Kagyu teachings. Can you give some examples of some of the main texts you’ve studied recently? So far I’ve studied the very basic and well-known teachings of the Buddha. Right now I’m going through the Abhidharma. Do you study excerpts or the full texts? The whole thi
