BIOGRAPHY

Cortland Dahl graduated from Naropa University in 2000 with a Master's degree in Buddhist Studies and Tibetan language. Since that time, he has worked as an instructor at Kathmandu University's Center for Buddhist Studies, a translator at the Nitartha Institute, and as interpreter for various lamas. He currently works as director of the Rimé Foundation (www.rimefoundation.org), which he founded in 2004, and was recently appointed director of the newly formed Tergar Institute (www.tergar.org), under the direction of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.

His published works include Middle Beyond Extremes; Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom; and the forthcoming Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries (the first of two volumes).

Cortland lives with his wife Tenzin and little boy Sangye, dividing his time between Kathmandu, Nepal, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Bodhgaya, India.