Lama Karma Justin Wall

Lama Karma (Justin Wall) is a teacher in the Shangpa Kagyu and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He completed two three-year retreats at Palpung Thubten Chöling Monastery and one six month retreat at Shangpa Karma Ling, with extensive dark retreat practice. He is the director of the Milarepa Retreat Center in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, and is the lead designer and facilitator with Numadelic Labs, a nonprofit coordinating research into transformative group ceremonies in virtual reality that explore contemplative practice, death, and dream states.Beyond his wife and daughter, his primary teachers include Lama Norlha Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.

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