Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts.
Dechen Shak-Dagsay is a modern musician of traditional Tibetan Buddhist mantras expressed in recent lyrical contexts.
Shak-Dagsay was born in Kathmandu, Nepal [1] in 1959. [2] [3] When she was 4 years old, Shak-Dagsay's family moved to Switzerland, where she grew up. [4] She is the eldest daughter of Dagsay Tulku Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama. [5]
Shak-Dagsay describes herself as committed to "preserving Tibetan culture in the West", having studied and performed traditional Tibetan music and dance throughout her childhood and adolescence. She has performed songs from her albums "Jewel" and "Day Tomorrow" at Carnegie Hall in New York CIty for the Tibet House Benefit Concert. [5] [6] She has also performed at the Kee Club in Hong Kong. [5]
She is also the founder of the Dewa Che charity organization, which engages in social projects in Tibet. [4]
Shak-Dagsay is also featured on the Beyond albums with Tina Turner, Regula Curti, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye. [7] [9]
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Tulku Dakpa Rinpocheསྤྲུལ་སྐུ་གྲགས་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ is a lama in the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism,. He was recognized by His Holiness Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche as a reincarnation of Drupwang Rogza Sonam Palge, a hidden yogi of eastern Tibet. He has graduated from the Mindrolling Monastery’s University of Tibetan Buddhism as a certified lineage holder of both sutra and tantra.
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