“Spiritual guidance at the Dharma Centre of Canada is provided through an organic network of core teachers, rather than through a hierarchy. The Dharma Centre is blessed to have a treasury of many qualified people among the teachers, on the board and among the members who can be asked for counsel in their area of experience and wisdom. Our core teachers meet two criteria: regularly teaching at the Dharma Centre and being trained and immersed in the spirit of Namgyal Rinpoche.”
Karma Chime Wongmo (Emerita)
has been studying, practicing and teaching Buddha Dharma for many years, even before she knew that was what it was.
Lama Sonam Gyatso (Emeritus)
Born in England in 1942, Sonam Gyatso is the Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher of the Namgyal Centre of Toronto.
David Berry
first studied with Namgyal Rinpoche in 1971 and traveled with him to Antarctica, the Arctic, and to Indonesia scuba diving.
Jack Connelly
Jack's explorations in the Buddha Dharma began in India more than 40 years ago.
Steven Gellman
is a renowned Canadian Composer, pianist and educator, now retired as Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa. He has been a practitioner of Dharma and Meditation for 50 years, since first meeting his Root Teacher, Namgyal Rinpoche.
Terry Hagan & Mala Sikka
Mala and Terry were Resident Teachers of the Dharma Centre between 2007 and 2022. In 2015 they completed a three year retreat in India under the guidance of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and have taught Buddha Dharma and ‘Life ~ Moves© ’ courses together since 2004.
Derek Rasmussen
graduated from the three year Buddhist minister's training program at the Kinmount Academy and Seminary, whose faculty included…
Karen Russell
has been teaching Meditation and Buddhadharma since the late 1980s, after graduating from the three-year program at the Kinmount Academy and Seminary.
Lama Mark Webber
has been practicing, studying and teaching Buddha Dharma and meditation for forty-five years.
Tryg Schonning & Trudy Gold
teach in a circle where everyone is encouraged to participate and express their views openly.
Kim Sawyer
Kim Sawyer has been studying Buddha Dharma and practising meditation and yoga for over 47 years.
Linda Hochstetler
has studied both mindfulness meditation and Vajrayana Buddhism for more than a quarter century. She trained in mindfulness meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn in the 90s and studied under Namgyal Rinpoche from 1995 until his death in 2003. She has received permission to teach in the Namgyal lineage and currently studies Vajrayana Buddhism with Qapel.