Lene Handberg

Lene Handberg, STR, is the co-originator of the Unity in Duality Training and Educational Director of Tarab Institute International, an organisation with branches in Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Sweden, Holland, Slovakia, Spain and India, devoted to advancing the universalities of ancient Indo-Tibetan personal and spiritual wisdom. A native of Denmark, Lene Handberg was a student and protégé of Tibetan Buddhist lama, Dr Tarab Tulku XI, Lharampa Geshe, a contemporary scholar, who developed a very complete Modern presentation of advanced Indo-Tibetan teachings, he called Unity in Duality, Tendrel. Lene Handberg helped Tarab Rinpoche to develop the Unity in Duality Training and to disseminate this knowledge and investigative practice-oriented tradition.

Lene Handberg, whom Tarab Tulku in 2004 asked to take full responsibility for the continuation of the UD Program as this was planned, teaches this universal approach of ancient Indo-Tibetan wisdom around the world, including in India. In 2002, Lene Handberg assisted Tarab Tulku in convening the International Unity in Duality / Tendrel Conference in Munich, Germany, a meeting with the Dalai Lama as the keynote speaker where they explored the relationship between modern science and the inner wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism.

After Tarab Tulku XI passed away far too early in 2004, Lene Handberg additionally started the Unity in Duality Training in India (2005); in Slovakia (2006), The Netherlands (2009), and in Spain (2020) together with the teams of engaged students in these countries and UD Graduates.

She studied psychology and tibetology at Copenhagen University. She holds a Semrig Thablam Rabjam degree (STR degree/Accomplishments in Unity in Duality Eastern Inner-science and its Application). In addition to her role as the director of Education of Tarab Institute International and Tarab Ling Institute, India, she continues the writing and compilation of Tarab Tulku’s work.

Website: Tarab Institute International www.tarab-institute.org