Lama Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche is a distinguished master of the Ñingmapa order. He has been a professor at the Sanskrit University of Benares, a founding member of Sarnath's Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and founder of the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center in New York. He is the author of numerous books and has traveled extensively in India, Europe, Russia or the USA. to impart his teachings.