FPMT · Gelug
Venerable Thubten Kalden
Brazilian Buddhist monk, born Marcos Troia in Rio de Janeiro. He left a career in investment banking at twenty-five, travelled to Nepal and India, and studied at Kopan Monastery and Sera Je, as well as Tibetan in Dharamsala. He was ordained by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 2020 and fully ordained by the Dalai Lama in 2023, has served in Dharma centres in Spain, the United Kingdom, France and Nepal, and teaches across the FPMT network.
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