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Drangsong Foundation

2026 Events with Drangsong Foundation & Sowa Rigpa International College

Sowa Rigpa Herbal Medicine Training Program | Online & in Nepal

March-April | Online Introduction to Sowa Rigpa Herbal Medicine
April-May | Herbal Pharmacology Intensive Training in Kathmandu
August- September | Herbal Botany Expedition to Nubri Valley

Stay tuned! More details and registration coming soon.

Lhamen Foundation

After a decade of service to the Drangsong Foundation (formerly Ngakmang Foundation), Drubpon Pema Rigdzin (Lama Freddie) has recently formed Lhamen Foundation, a religious non-profit organization that serves as a vehicle for his dharma activities Visit: lhamen.org or email info@lhamen.org

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Drangsong

Our mission is to serve the medical and wisdom traditions of Asia; an offering to the lineages that have inspired us and countless others over the millennia.

We are a registered nonprofit organization in California, with active projects in Nepal & India.

We began our work as Ngakmang Foundation in 2015, adopting the new name and expansion of our activities in 2023.

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Yuthok Yonten Gonpo

Master of Sowa Rigpa | 12th Century

oṁ ṛṣibhyoḥ namaḥ | དྲང་སྲོང་རྣམས་ལ་ཕྱག་འཚལ་ལོ།

Our Projects

Traditional Medicine, A partnership with the Sowa Rigpa International College in Kathmandu, the first institution in Nepal offering an accredited degree in Sowa Rigpa – the Science of Traditional Himalayan and Tibetan Medicine.

Traditional Medicine in Nepal

Drangsong Foundation are partners with the Sowa Rigpa International College in Kathmandu, offering the first accredited degree course in Sowa Rigpa –Traditional Tibetan & Himalayan Medicine.

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Upadesha Medical Text Archive

We are developing a digital archive of medical texts in Sanskrit and Tibetan languages. Using the latest advances in information technology, this project is an offering to support the study and practice of classical medicine.

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Dharma

A continuity from our earlier work as the Ngakmang Foundation, our team researches, translates, and teaches topics connecting spiritual traditions and healing.