Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program Tibetan language and interpretation study program Its main aim is to provide qualified interpreters for Dharma centers worldwide.

The Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) is a 4-year interpretation program offered by the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). The program consists of two years of study in Dharamsala, India, followed by two years of onsite training at a center as an apprentice interpreter under a Tibetan teacher. LRZTP1 started in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, in 1996, and si

nce then close to 30 students have successfully completed the four-year program. Students without the aim to become a Dharma translator/interpreter are welcome to join the first two years of the program for intensive Tibetan language and Dharma studies. LRZTP now offers a comprehensive online Tibetan language program as well as individual tutoring.

10/06/2026

Learning the Ume script in LRZTP (courtesy of )
07/06/2026

Learning the Ume script in LRZTP (courtesy of )

Diving into the world of Tibetan Ume script feels like unlocking a ...

Yes, obstacles are part of our lives. Also part of LRZTP curriculum 🤪Friday power cut, so listening comprehension class ...
30/05/2026

Yes, obstacles are part of our lives. Also part of LRZTP curriculum 🤪Friday power cut, so listening comprehension class required acute hearing skills.

We love having guests here at LRZTP. Especially sweet guests are our graduates. On 19th May we were visited by Kate, gra...
20/05/2026

We love having guests here at LRZTP. Especially sweet guests are our graduates. On 19th May we were visited by Kate, graduate of LRZTP8. She gave a few words of encouragement to the LRZTP10 students and talked about her experiences of learning Tibetan at our school. Thank you for your visit, Kate!

Throwback to the early March Losar pilgrimage to Tso Pema by the students and teachers of Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Transla...
16/05/2026

Throwback to the early March Losar pilgrimage to Tso Pema by the students and teachers of Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program.

The film documents a group trip by students and teachers from the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program (LRZTP) to Tso Pema - Rewalsar. March 2026.Tso Pe...

As part of the Classical Tibetan curriculum students of Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program began studying excerp...
15/05/2026

As part of the Classical Tibetan curriculum students of Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program began studying excerpts from བར་དོ་ཐོས་གྲོལ་ཆེན་མོ། "The Great Liberation from Bardo through Hearing", section on the bardo of becoming.

The pilgrimage happened on 6-8 March 2026 and the majority of students as well as many teachers took part in it. The sch...
17/03/2026

The pilgrimage happened on 6-8 March 2026 and the majority of students as well as many teachers took part in it. The school also made donations in the holy places for the sake of all students and teachers of the program.

Having celebrated the Tibetan Losar the students and teachers of LRZTP 10 went for a weekend pilgrimage to Tso Pema (Rewalsar) to dedicate the New Year to Guru Rinpoche and to pray for the success of the program.

Losar Tashi Delek from LRZTP! ལོ་གསར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།
18/02/2026

Losar Tashi Delek from LRZTP! ལོ་གསར་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།

Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program wishes everyone everywhere a Happy and Auspicious New Fire Horse Year!

The new students of LRZTP 10 come from: Mexico, Austria, United States, Canada, Israel, Brazil, France, Poland, Russia, ...
08/12/2025

The new students of LRZTP 10 come from: Mexico, Austria, United States, Canada, Israel, Brazil, France, Poland, Russia, Belgium, India, United Kingdom, Spain and Switzerland. The program currently has eighteen students and two who attend the first eight weeks of the course. The new program was inaugurated on 17th October and classes began on 20th October.

2025 has been an eventful year for Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translation Program. First, there was the bittersweet moment of saying goodbye to the graduates of LRZTP 9, who in June received their certificates and are now continuing their studies in monasteries or training as interpreters in various pla...

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