Biography of Hazlitt
American-born Hazlitt Eiler Krog has studied and practiced Buddhism for 25 years. His journey began with three years of study under a well-known teacher of American Buddhism. This training helped prepare him to powerfully connect with the lineages of authentic unbroken Tibetan Buddhism starting in 1991 when he received the Kalachakra Initiation conferred by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York City. For more than a decade after that, he received many blessings, meetings, empowerments, and teachings from His Holiness and many other renowned Tibetan Buddhist masters, including Sogyal Rinpoche.
In 2002 Hazlitt first encountered Tibetan-born meditation master and scholar, His Holiness Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. He immediately recognized Khen Rinpoche as his root teacher. Since that time Hazlitt has participated in over 30 formal residential retreats totaling two years with Khen Rinpoche, plus many months spent with him outside of retreat on pilgrimage in Asia and directly assisting him with North American teaching tours and Dharma activities including composition and editing of "The Buddha Path."
In 2008, Hazlitt was authorized to teach the foundational principles of Buddhism by Khen Rinpoche under the title Upasaka Bodhisattva Pema Bhadra Dorje, Dharma Teacher of The Buddha Path. Since that time, Hazlitt has spent a total of two years engaged in Dharma teaching tours throughout North America and offered over 300 sessions of teachings. He is known for his warm and informal teaching style, incorporating guided mediations, insightful teachings, dialog, and Dharma music.
Hazlitt graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a Bachelor of Arts degree titled “Music, Video and Film Production.” Prior to becoming a Dharma teacher, he started and ran two successful boutique web agencies that served startups and the Fortune 500. Over the years has worked as a musician and songwriter, videographer and editor, multimedia and web producer, business developer and project manager, public speaker, and author. He is co-author of the colorful children’s book, “Attack of the Killer Video Book Take 2: Tips and Tricks for Young Directors.”
Hazlitt's aspiration is to integrate Dharma teachings with music and media in ways that inspire all beings to practice to realize their Buddha Nature as swiftly as possible.
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