Buddhism & Christianity: Tradition, History and Culture

Shri Dharmakirti, a disciple of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, was born in a Sikh family. He studied biochemistry in college, and later worked as an advertising executive and computer programmer. After encountering the Prasangika Madhyamika system of Arya Nagarjuna, he left home when he was twenty-seven, and became a disciple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. During the six years he spent at the feet of his Guru in Dharamsala, he received initiation and further instructions in the practice of Mahayana Buddhist Highest Secret Mantra, into the lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa. He now lives in retreat in the Kullu valley, and occasionally teaches.