Center for Healthy Minds

Kunga Lhundup was born on March 23, 1987. He was ordained and received his novice ordination vows from Lama Pema Namgyal. He studied Tibetan grammar, chants and rituals for a year and engaged in the six branches of practice according to Kalachakra for three years. In 2005, he joined Drepung Gomang Monastic College, Drepung Monastic University as one of the three great Geluk Monastic Institutions of Tibet with a history of over 500 years. Of the two main colleges under the university, Drepung Gomang Monastic College is one of them. In 2017, he received Gelong vows (full ordination Bhikhu vows) from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and since then he has been sincerely observing and abiding by his vows with great respect and devotion. From 2005, he studied Buddhist Philosophy including the five major disciplines of Buddhism and graduated at the end of 2021. He studied science for four years at Drepung Gomang Science Center Venerable was also awarded the Buddhist Studies Research Programme Certificate by the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration on his research on Prajnaparamita from 2015-2019. He has also taught at the Kalachakra Meditation Institute. Currently, he is a member of Middle Way Approach in Neuroscience as a monk researcher' at the Russian Science Center Joint project of Scientist and Buddhist Monasteries, Unit B, Mundgod. He has been invited three times to Taiwan to teach at the Jonang Takten Dharma Center, where he serves as a resident teacher. He also studies Chinese while there. As a teacher, he hopes to make Buddhism accessible so that it will benefit people of all walks of life and all sentient beings.