Thupten Kunga Chashab
Education
Dr. hab. In 2023, I obtained the degree of habilitation in Humanistic Studies, specifically in Literature, from the Academic Council of Literary Studies at the University of Warsaw.
Ph.D. In May 2003, I completed a Ph.D in Humanistic Studies at the University of Warsaw. My thesis is entitled ‘‘System of Classical Tibetan Grammar, SUM CU PA and RTAGS KYI ’JUG PA, Based on Dharmabhadra’s Si tu zhal lung (1806). It was written under the supervision of Professor Marek Major, University of Warsaw.
M.Phil. In 2001, I completed my M.Phil. in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway. My thesis is entitled ‘‘The Lives of Dngul Chu Yab Sras” (Dharmabhadra 1772-1851 and Dbyangs can grub pa 1809-1887), including a Study of the Religious Expenditure and Tibetan Monetary System in the 19th Century.” It was written under the supervision of Professor Per Kvaerne, University of Oslo.
B.A and M.A. degrees in Buddhist Philosophy:
Abhidharma: In 1993, I studied Abhidharma. The main text was Vasubandhu’s “Abhidharma-kosha” and the Vinaya at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India.
Madhyamika Philosophy: In the years 1990 to 1992, I obtained the Master of Madhyamika philosophy, which is valued to be equivalent to the Master of Arts (M.A) at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India. Chandrakirti’s ‘‘Entering the Middle Way” was the main part of the curriculum.
Prajnaparamita Philosophy: From October 1982 to 1983, I learned the Tibetan science of reasoning and that of the mind and logic.
From 1984 to 1989, I obtained the degree of Master of Prajnaparamita (the Perfection of Wisdom), which is considered equivalent to a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India.
Science of Valid Cognition and
Mind Logic: I studied ten years of commentary on Valid Cognition (tshad ma rnam ’grel) based on Dharmakirti’s commentary on Dignaga’s “Compilation of Valid Cognition, tshad ma kun btus” along with other studies, Prajnaparamita, and Madhyamika.
Grammar, poem, calligraphy and literature: Besides my philosophy studies in Dharamsala, I also studied Classical
Tibetan Grammar Sum cu pa and Rtags kyi ’jug pa with its allied topics
based on “Grammar Commentary of Si tu Panchen called Decorated by Pearl Garland, Si tu sum rtags Mu tig ’phreng mdzes”.
I also studied commentary on a Tibetan poem composed by Bod mkhas
pa Mi pham dge legs rnam rgyal (1618-?). Tibetan history and calligraphy were also studied at the aforementioned institute.
Basic education
Primary school: Tibetan Refugee Primary School (TRP), Sollu Chelsa Tibetan settlement, Nepal.
High school: Jana Jagriti Vocational Middle School, Sollu Sellary, Nepal.
10th class SLC exam: Completed the 10th class board examination (conducted by the Ministry of Education of Nepal, 1978).
Rituals and texts: I spent three years (1979 to the end of 82) at Shelkar monastery (Sollu Chelsa) where I studied Buddhist ritual practice and texts.
Work Experiences
Experience at University of Warsaw:
Since October 1994, I have taught Tibetan language and grammar to students in the Mongolian and Tibetan Studies section of the Department of Turkology and Inner Asian Peoples at the University of Warsaw.
In the same section mentioned above, I also provided lectures on “Methodology of Tibetan Buddhist Practice” and “Special Topic Lecture” to our M.A. students, which included presentations of Tibetan source materials and my own research findings. Also held a seminar for M.A. students.
I also provided lectures on selected topics in Tibetan Buddhist culture and practice to M.A. students of Religion Studies of Asia and Africa, as well as on the everyday living culture of the Tibetan people for students of Cross-Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw.
B.A advisor
Aleksandra Lech, Tibeto-Chinese Conflict in the 20th Century, Licencjat na kierunku orientalistyka w specjalności mongolistyka i tybetologia na programie. Sep 7th, 2015.
M.A advisor Ageer Cun, Treatise of The Trees” – The 18th century collection of Tibetan aphorisms (legs bshad) by the Buddhist master Gung thang bstan pa’i sgron me – translation, critical text analysis and commentary, Faculty of Oriental Studies: Mongolian and Tibetan Studies, September 2025.
B.A review
Szymon Sztengiel, The Concept of Intermediate State, Between Subsequent Rebirth (bar do) According to the Tibetan Buddhist Teachings, First cycle degree – bachelor- Oriental studies specialty: Mongolian and Tibetan studies for study program, June 24th, 2019.
M.A. review
Tenzin Tsenyi, Tibetan Deity Tashi Ober (bkra shis ’od bar): Rites and Rituals on the Basis of Literary and Oral Sources and Practices, Second cycle degree – Master – Inner Asia: Mongolian and Tibetan Studies (in English) for study program, October 13th 2021.
Ph.D review
Lobsang Nyendak, Title of Thesis: རླུང་སེམས་ཕྲ་མོ་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་བཏགས་པའི་ང་ཙམ་
གྱི་བདག་ལ་དཔྱད་པ། Critical Analysis of the Self as Mere I Imputed on the Subtle Mind and Energy, The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education, recognized by Bangalore University, Karnataka, 2023.
Book review I reviewed a Tibetan language book by Agita Baltglave, entitled “Tibetiešu valodas mācība” བོད་སྐད་སློབ་དེབ།, published in Riga, Latvia, 2023.
University of UAM, Poznan
From 2004 to 2017, I also worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Adam Mieckiewiec, Poznan, where I taught modern Tibetan language and grammar.
Since 2012, I have also taught a semester-long course on Tibetan culture to every newly admitted student of Indology at UAM for a few years.
Jagiellonian Univeristy
During the winter semester of the 2011-2012 academic year, I taught Tibetan Classical Grammar to students in the Cultural and Buddhist Studies section at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
At the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics
While in the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, I taught Tibetan grammar to the junior students of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, the Tibetan History for the teacher trainees of the Education Department of CTA, conducted at our institute, and the internship workshop on Tibetan grammar for the younger staff trainees of the Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamsala. I also took on the responsibilities of treasurer and disciplinarian, each for a year, at the aforementioned Institute.
Other
I also work as a translator, providing both written and oral translations from Polish into Tibetan and oral translations from Tibetan into English on numerous occasions, for the Office for Immigrant Cases (Urzędu ds.). Cudzoziemców, Taborowa 33, 02-699Warszawa.
From September 8 to 28, 2019, I participated in the “Master of Didactic Workshop” held at the University of Oslo, Norway. The twenty-day-long workshop was co-organized by the Ministry of Education of Poland and the University of Oslo, Norway.
In the summers of 1996, 1997, and 1998, I offered a Tibetan language course for Czech students at Charles University in Prague.
I worked part-time as a cataloguer at the Museum of Asian and Pacific Art in Warsaw and offered a few lectures on Tibetan Buddhism, organized by the same Museum.
In 1997, I participated in organizing an international seminar entitled “The World of Tibetan Culture,” which was held at the University of Warsaw.
Publications
Books
Monograph, “The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Ruler and his Guide to Shambhala, A study based on the 16th century manuscript, Vidyadhara-the Messenger (Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya) by Ngag dbang ’jig grags of Rin spungs (translation and comparative text analysis), University of Warsaw Publishing House, Warsaw 2021.
Monographo in Tibetan, “Oral History of La stod shel dkar dga’ ldan legs bshad gling Monastery, (from the beginning of the 20th century till 1959 and the restoration of the monastery in exile), by Thupten Chashab, Warsaw 2021.
Monograph, main co-author of, “Catalogue of the Tibetan Texts in the Pander Collection, Part A (Complete) and Part B (Partial) held by the Jagiellonian Library, Krakow, Elipsa, Warsaw 2015.
Co-author of the book, “A Preliminary Report on the Wangli Kanjur Kept in the Jagiellonian Library, Crakow, Published by Research Center of Buddhist Studies, University of Warsaw, 2010.
Monograph, “System of Classical Tibetan Grammar“, SUM CU PA and RTAGS KYI ’JUG PA according to Dharmabhadra’s Si tu Zhal lung (1806), (introduction, text and annotated translation), University of Warsaw Publishing House, Warsaw 2008.
Articles
Article, “The Geomantic Cartography of Tibet in the Shape of Supine Demoness, Between legend, Myth and Reality”, in Tibet and Himalayas, Past and Present I. Proceedings of The 1st International Conference on Tibet and Himalayas: Past and Present”, Elipsa, Warsaw. 2025.
Article, “The Political Success of Mdo mkhar Zhabs drung at the Time of Political Unrest (1713-1762), in Central Tibet”, Rocznik Orientalistyczny, Tom LXXVIII, Z. 1, 2025, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, 2025.
Article, “Shel dkar chos sde Monastery of Ding ri, Tibet: The Tradition of the Monastery Before 1959 and Its Revival in Exile” in Guruparampara, Studies on Buddhism, India, Tibet and More, in Honour of Professor Marek Mejor, University of Warsaw Press, Warsaw 2022.
Article, “A Poem Dedicated to Professor Stanisław Godziński, on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday”, in Przegląd Orientalistyczny, IV (276), PTO Publishing House, Warsaw, 2020, printed in 2022.
Article, “Survey of Pander Tibetan Collection at the Jagiellonian Library, Cracow and Overview on the Literary Genre of Rig pa ‘dzin pa’i pho nya, Vidyadhara-the Messenger” in Bestande der ehemaligen Preußischen Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin in der Jagiellonen-Bibliothek,Peter Lang 2018.
Article, “The Life of Ngag bang ’jigs grags, the Last Ruler of Rin spungs, Based on the text Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya or (Vidyadhara-the Messenger), in Rocznik Orientalistyczny, Tom LXX, zeszyt 2, Elipsa, Warszawa 2017.
Article, “Some Observations on the Book “Bod ljongs kyi lo rgyus go bab dpyad zhib stod cha, Comment on the Historical Study of Tibet Vol. I pp. 253-268 (Remarks on its Self-Contradiction), in the book Trans Himalayan Tibet: Histories, Languages and Literature, Manakin Press, New Delhi, India, 2016.
Article, “Guide to Shambhala in a Unique Manuscript by the Sixteenth Century Tibetan Ruler of Rin spungs (Extract from his letter to his father Ngag dbang rnam gyal)”, in Rocznik Orientalistyczny, Tom LXVIII, zeszyt 2, Elipsa, Warszawa 2015.
Article, Preliminary Findings of the Research Project on Pander A and B Tibetan Collections Kept at the Jagiellonian Library in Cracow, by Thupten Kunga Chashab and Filip Majkowski, in Rocznik Orientalistyczny, Tom LXVII, zeszyt 1, Elipsa, Warszawa 2014.
Article in Tibetan, “Bod Tram gyi ’byung ba brjod pa, Origin of the Tibetan Coins”, in Za ma tog, vol 10, Tibet House Delhi, India 2014.
Article, “Transmission of Si tu Pan Chen’s Grammar Teaching According to his Autobiography, in A Tibetan Studies, An Anthology [PIATS 2006 Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies GmbH, Andiast, Switzerland 2010.
Article, “Shortened Words, Skum yig in Tibetan U med writing”, in Rocznik Orientalistyczny: Altaica et Tibetica, Tom LXIII, zeszyt 1, Elipsa, Warszawa 2010.
Article “A Study of Religious Expenditures in the 19th century” in ACTA ORIENTALIA, vol.63, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002.
A short article on the 10th March Tibetan Uprising day for Norwegian daily newspaper “Aftenposten”, in Oslo, Norway, 2001.
Translated articles (1990-1993) in the Journal ‘‘Lhag bsam rtsegs pa,” The Institute of Buddhist Dialectics
Translation of “Atmosphere and Solar System” in Tibetan, Dharamsala, 1990.
Translation of “Idea of Society and its Function” in Tibetan, Dharamsala, 1991.
Translation of “The Concept of Reality and the Concept of Sense, by Plato and Aristotle, in Tibetan, Dharamsala, 1992.
Translation of “Buddhism East to West” from Kindness and Clarity by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, in Tibetan, Dharamsala, 1993.
Conferences
On the 17th of November 2025, I presented a paper on the title, A Study on the Twelfth-Century Birchbark Tibetan Manuscript Kept at the Municipal Museum, Żory, Silesia, at the 14th International Conference Culture of Asia and Africa; Old Subjects New Approaches, organized by the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures and the Polish Society for Oriental Studies, Warsaw, 2025.
On the 21st to 22nd October 2024, I took part in organizing the 1st international conference on “Tibet-Himalayas, Past and Present”, at the University of Warsaw under the patronage of the University of Warsaw and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW.
Scientific visit to the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India from 25-27th October 2023; Participation in an open discussion on the legacy of late Venerable Lobsang Gyatso la, the director of the mentioned institute and a lecture on the book, “The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Rulers and his Guide to Shambhala” to the students of the Institute of Buddhist dialectics on 28th of Oct. 2023.
On the 5th of July 2022, I presented a paper on “A Political Success of Mdo mkhar zhabs drung Tse ring dbang rgyal at the Time of Political Unrest, Focused on His Autobiography”, at the 16th Seminar on Tibetan Studies, held in Prague, Czech Republic, organized by the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS).
In 2019, I presented a paper on “Revival of Shel dkar chos sde Monastery in Exile” at the 15th Seminar on Tibetan Studies, held from 7th to 13th July in Paris, organized by the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Also, I was the chairperson of the session “PS2 Monastic Communities and their Histories”.
On October 22nd to 24th 2018, I presented a paper on “The Tibetan Collection (Pander A and B) at the Jagiellonian Library and its Peculiarities” at “7th International Conference of Oriental Studies: Collections of Texts and Artefacts in Cracow”, organized by the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cracow and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw.
In June 2017, I presented „General Over View on Tibetan Manuscript and On Going Project on Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya, Pander A 199, accession 535, found in Pander Tibetan Collection Kept at Jagiellonian Library, Cracow”, at the conference “Present Status and Future Prospective of the Collection of Prussian National library in Berlin, kept at Jagiellonian Library, held in Cracow.
On October 18-19/2016, I participated in “The 5th International Conference of Oriental Studies: Concept, Methods, Challenges and Perspectives” held at the University of Warsaw, organized by the Association of Polish Oriental Studies and the Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW presented a paper on Metrical System of the Rig pa ‘’dzin pa’i pho nya by Ngag dbang ’jig grags – in general.
On September 8-10/ 2016, I attended the “Seventh International Conference of Tibet Support Groups” held at Saint-Louis University, Convened by Tibet Interest Group and European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
On June 19-24, 2016, I presented a paper on “the life of Rin spung ruler Ngag dbang ’jig rten dbang phyug grags pa” at the 14th international conference organized by the International Association for Tibetan Studies, held at the University of Bergen, Norway.
In November 2015, I gave a presentation on the Catalogue of Pander Tibetan Collection, prepared by me and Filip Majkowski, at the conference held at the University of Warsaw.
In November 2014, I participated in “The 4th International Conference of Oriental Studies, Manuscript and Book Culture in Asia and Africa,” held at the University of Warsaw. I presented a paper on the text “Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya, Vidyadhara-the Messenger” composed by Rin spungs Ruler Ngag dbang ’jig rten dbang phyug grags pa.
In November 2012, I participated and gave a talk about the Pander collection at “The 3rd International Conference of Oriental Studies, Exploring Language and Culture of Asia, held in Krakow, Poland.
On March 22nd, 2012, I participated in a seminar on “Tibet Today, Problems and Solution” held at the University of Warsaw, organized by Lech Wałensa Foundation and Other Space Foundation, Ratuj Tybet, Poland.
In August 2010, I presented a paper on “Bstan pa spyi’i rnam gzhag, Description of Doctrine in General, by Legs pa don grub of 16th century, a Tibetan text found in the Pander collection, Cracow, at the 12th International Tibetan Studies conference, organized by the International Association of Tibetan Studies, held in Vancouver, Canada.
On October 11th-12th 2008, I attended the conference “the 1st Europe Tibetan Congress” as a representative of the Tibetan Community in Poland, held at Basel, Switzerland.
In September 2006, I presented a paper on “Transmission of Si tu’s Grammar Tradition” at the 11th International Tibetan Studies conference, organized by the International Association of Tibetan Studies, held in Bonn, Germany.
In September 2003, I presented a paper on classical Tibetan grammar, “Mkhas pa’i kha rgyan, The Ornament of Wise” at the 11th international conference on Tibetan Studies, organized by the International Association of Tibetan Studies, held at Oxford University, England.
In 2000, I attended a seminar entitled ‘‘Revival of Buddhism in Mongolia”, held at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
In 2000, I also attended the ‘‘Asia 2000 Conference” held in Oslo, Norway.
In 1987, I presented a paper on “Tibetan Society and Its Importance” at the seminar for ‘‘Students of Higher Tibetan Studies” held at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi, India.
Lectures and Seminars
On February 2024, at the invitation of the Municipal Museum of Zory, Silesia, I delivered a talk on research findings of the 12th-century Tibetan birchbark manuscript kept at the mentioned museum.
In November 2023, I gave a talk on “Preservation of the Tibetan Culture in Diaspora” as a part of the “Eastern Day Event” organized by SKN
Geografii Ekonomicznej i Badan Regionalnych, SGH Warszawa.
On the 28th of October 2023, on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics I participated in the discussion of the legacy of the late director Lobsang Gyatso and presented a lecture on the book, “The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Ruler and his Guide to Shambhala, A study based on the 16th century manuscript, Vidyadhara-the Messenger (Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya)”, at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India.
On March 5, 2022, on the occasion of the Tibetan New Year (Water Tiger Year) celebration, I gave a lecture on the tradition and symbols of the Tibetan New Year at the Museum of Asia and the Pacific in Warsaw, Poland.
In December 22, 2021, I took part and gave a lecture on “Shambhala in the Manuscript Vidyadhara-the Messenger”, at the International Online Lecture Series on Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist Studies, organized by the Department of Asian Studies, University of Latvia.
On 26th of February 2020, I gave a talk on “The Tibetan Culture and the Current Situation of Tibet” as a part of an event organized by SKN Geografii Ekonomicznej I Badan Regionalnych, SGH Warszawa.
On June 6th 2019, I gave a lecture on “Shambhala According to Rin spungs pa Ngag dbang ’jig grags’ text” at “Seminar on Buddhist Thought and Meditation,” the 2nd of this kind, organized by Research Centre of Buddhist Studies, UW and the Department of Turkologii and Inner Asian Peoples, Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW, Warszawa.
On February 21st, 2019, I gave a lecture on „Tibetan Buddhism in Practice” at the 1st seminar on “Buddhist Thought and Meditation” organized by the Research Centre of Buddhist Studies, and the Department of Turkology and Inner Asian Peoples, Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW, Warszawa.
On July 11th, 2017, I gave a lecture on the first part of the text “Vidyadhara-the Messenger” by the last Rin spungs ruler Ngag dbang ’jig grags, “His Explanation on the Guide to Shambhala” at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamsala, India.
On July 14th, 2017, I gave a lecture on the second part of the text “Vidyadhara-the Messenger” by the last Rin spungs ruler Ngag dbang ’jig grags, “The Life of Author Himself and His Father” at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamsala, India.
On July 18th, 2017, I gave a lecture on the book “Study on Tibet History, status analysis, Bod ljongs kyi lo rgyus go bab dpyad zhib stod cha, Vol. I, by Wang Rgod, Shes rab and Thang Cha We, at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamsala, India.
On July 19th, 2017, I gave a lecture at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Mecloed Ganj, Dharamsala, India, on 12 years of personal experience of teaching and research, and academic career.
On July 21st, 2017, I gave a lecture on the formation of verbs and nominal endings at the College of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamsala, India, based on my personal experience of teaching the Tibetan language.
In 2016, I was invited by Geden Meditation Dharma Center and the Tibet support group in Riga to give a lecture on Tibetan culture and the present situation in Tibet on the occasion of the 80th birthday of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama in Riga, Latvia.
In January 2015, I gave a talk on „Reorientacje, pochodzą z Orientu – co o nas myślą? Izrael / Japonia / Syria / Tybet / Polska”, Organized by Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warszawa.
In March 2013, I participated and gave a talk at the seminar, “Tibet Today, Tibet Lived and Tibet Imagined”, held at the University of Warsaw, organized by the Oriental Institute of the University of Warsaw, Lech Wałensa Foundation, Other Space Foundation, and Ratuj Tybet, Poland.
In March 2012, I gave a talk on „Tibet Today – Problems and Solutions” on the occasion of commemorating the 53rd Tibetan uprising day, held at the University of Warsaw, organized by the Oriental Institute of the University of Warsaw, Lech Wałensa Foundation, Other Space Foundation, and Ratuj Tybet, Poland.
In 2011, I took part in a panel discussion on “Free Tibet ?” organized by Studenckie Kolo Naukowe Spraw Zagranicznych, at Szkole Glownej Handlowej, Warszawa.
In January 2008, I gave a talk on “Tibetan diaspora living in India and Nepal in exile”, organized by the Cycle of Scientific Research on Asia (Koło Naukowe Badaczy Azji), Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw.
In September 2005, I gave a talk on “Different Denominations of Tibetan Coin Srang” in Bonn, organized by the German Association for Tibetan Culture, Bonn, Germany.
In January 2004, with the invitation of the Oriental Institute of Tubingen University, I held a seminar regarding “Semantic Roles, Case Relations and Cross-Clausal References in Tibetan Grammar” in Tubingen University, Germany.
In June 2002, with the invitation of Prof. Peter Schwieger, I visited Bonn University and took part in his seminar on Classical Tibetan grammar.
In 1989, I participated in a seminar on Madhyamika philosophy held at Drepung Monastery, Mundgod, South India.
Research grants
Project, “Scholarly description of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs of Pander A and B collections kept in the Jagiellonian Library, and critical analysis of selected excerpts” – 2011/01/B/HS2/01154 was funded by the National Research Centre (NCN), Poland, at the Jagiellonian Library, 2011-2014.
I took part in a research grant, N N103 1906 33, “Lost Part of Wanli Kanjur”, funded by National Research Centre (NCN), Poland, at the Jagiellonian library, Cracow, 2008-2009.
In 2004, I participated in a research project, B11, at Tubigen University, led by Zesler, titled “Semantic roles, Case relation and cross-clausal references in Tibetan.”
In 1998, I visited Mongolia as a member of a joint research project entitled ‘‘Revival of Buddhism in Mongolia” organized by the Department of Religion and Culture, University of Oslo, and Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw.
Awards
In November 2024, I received the Scientific Award from Polska Akademia Nauk for the monograph, The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Rular and His Guide to Sambhala.
In November 2023, I received a distinction award for my excellent scientific achievement from the Rector of the University of Warsaw.
In 2020, I received a Third Grade individual award from the rector’s office of the University of Warsaw for my scientific achievement of publishing a monograph, “The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Ruler and his Guide to Shambhala, A study based on the 16th century manuscript, Vidyadhara-the Messenger (Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya) by Ngag dbang ’jig grags of Rin spungs (translation and comparative text analysis).
In 2017, I received an award from the Rector’s Office of the University of Warsaw for my twenty years of service at the same Institute.
In 2016, I received the Third Grade award from the Rector’s office of the University of Warsaw for publishing a monograph, “Catalogue of the Tibetan Texts in the Pander Collection, Part A (Complete) and Part B (Partial) held by the Jagiellonian Library, Krakow.
In 2010, I was awarded the Third Grade Individual Award for my scientific achievement of publishing a book, “System of Classical Tibetan Grammar”, SUM CU PA and RTAGS KYI ’JUG PA, according to Dharmabhadra’s Si tu Zhal lung (1806), (introduction, text, and annotated translation).
In the year 1993, I was awarded the winner of the debate competition on the topic of ‘‘Organization of Tibetan Political Groups” organized by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC), Dharamsala, India.
In 1990, I was awarded as one of the best Tibetan calligraphers. A calligraphy contest was organized by the Tibet House, New Delhi.
Member of the National and the International Organization
Since 2003, a member of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS).
Since 2018, a member of the Polish Oriental Association (PTO), Poland.
Since 2007, a member of the Association of the Tibetan Community in Poland.
1990-1994, an editorial member of Lhag Sam Tsek Pa Journal, Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India.
Tibet Related Events and Activities
On September 24, 2025, I delivered a lecture on the Tibetan language and its history at the 29th Festival of Sciences organized by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw.
On May 14, 2022, on the occasion of Museum Night (Noc Musealna), I, along with department members, presented a Tibetan folk dance and conducted a workshop on the dance at the University of Warsaw’s Library (BUB).
Since 1994 till today, I have been actively involved in Tibet-related activities organized by Tibet supporters or the Tibetan community in Poland. I have been elected as president and vice president of the Association of Tibetan Community in Poland on multiple occasions for both positions.
Every year, I actively participate in organizing three annual events: the Tibetan New Year celebration, the commemoration of the 10th March Tibetan uprising, and the birthday celebration of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama. In conjunction with the New Year and the birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama, we organize cultural presentations for the Polish public. I was a member of the Polish-Tibet Friendship Association in Warsaw.
I gave talks on Tibetan culture and politics to various groups, including schoolchildren and adults.
I was a member of the editorial board of ”Lhag bsam rtsegs pa”, the annual journal of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, Dharamsala, India.