Co-founder of the Gelup Buddhist Center Ganden Shedrup Ling, Victor M Fontane studied Business Administration and Industrial Engineering and has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism for over 27 years. He received Kalachakra Initiation and Empowerment from the Dalai Lama  Tenzin Gyatso twice, Tibetan Buddhist Lama, Venerable Kirti Rimpoche and most recently from Venerable Khentrul Jamphel Lodro Rimpoché from the Rimé School of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Victor has participated in studies and analysis of the Bible, Secret Doctrine by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Agni Yoga by Nicholas Roerich, Kabbalah and other spiritual traditions and ancient teachings.