In this interview renowned scholar and teacher, Ven. Geshe Lhundrub looks back on his early training in Tibet and observes the changes he has seen take place as Buddhism comes to the West. Ven. Geshe Sopa was born in Tsang, Tibet in 1923. As a novice monk, he studied at Gaden and later Sera. In 1959 he was chosen as one of The Dalai Lama’s debate examiners at the Great Monlam Festival. Later that year he arrived in Dharamsala and, at the Dalai Lama’s wishes, he then moved to America where he liv