Tim Olmsted

Tim Olmsted has been a student of meditation for 35 years. For 12 of those years, he lived in Nepal, working as a psychotherapist and studying with many of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, including Mingyur Rinpoche’s late father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. After returning to the United States, Tim served for three years as the director of Gampo Abbey, the largest residential Buddhist monastery in North America. In 2003, Tim founded the Yongey Foundation to support and promote Mingyur Rinpoche’s activities in the West. Tim now travels internationally, presenting Mingyur Rinpoche teachings, and is the president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation. www.tergar.org

Read, Watch, Listen

• The Great Experiment, an interview with Tim Olmsted from Tricycle Magazine