Javier Torales Montero

Javier started practising meditation in 2001 and in 2003 he moved to Barcelona to pursue postgraduate studies in Mathematics. It is there where he started to engage more deeply in the study and practice of Buddhism. In 2006 he joined a Three-Year Retreat program in Lerab Ling, the main retreat centre of Rigpa in the south France, where he currently resides. During the last 18 years, he has served as an interpreter and instructor in events and practice retreats in France, Spain and Mexico, and in 2022 he was entrusted as a teacher within Rigpa by Mindroling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche.