An oral interpreter and literary translator of Tibetan, he was appointed as a senior Nalandabodhi teacher in 2005 by his teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and received the title Mitra, or “spiritual friend.” He has written for Buddhadharma, Bodhi, and Shambhala SunSpace and published two volumes of translation, Trainings in Compassion (2004) and The Karmapa’s Middle Way (2008), with Snow Lion Publications. An oral interpreter at Nitartha Institute (nitarthainstitute.org) since 2000, he is currently working on several translation projects and teaches regularly throughout North America and the world. Tyler Dewar's Journal Entries