TULKU PEMA RIGTSAL is a student of Khenpo Dazer Rinpoche, Khenpo Chokhyab Rinpoche, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, Yangtang Rinpoche, and others. He is a holder of the Namkha Khyung Dzong lineage, a subtradition of the Dudjom Tersar. He resides in Humla, Nepal, where he oversees a monastery of five hundred monks and nuns and a community of retreatants and lay practitioners. LAURA SWAN is a student of Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche and others. She began her study of Tibetan and buddhadharma in 2005 at Rangjung Yeshe Institute and continued her studies at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling's monastic shedra. She has translated for 84000, Samye Translations, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, and more recently for the Khyentse Vision Project.