Lama Tsultrim travels to Darjeeling and receives teachings on Ngöndro (Preliminary Practices) and Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara) with Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche. She meets Dudjom Rinpoche and Chatral Rinpoche. 

She travels to see His Holiness the Karmapa in Sikkim at Rumtek Monastery. Because she is a foreigner, she is allowed to stay for only one week.

That winter, Lama Tsultrim returns to Bodhgaya, reconnecting with Baba Ram Dass and meeting his followers, who are practicing the first Goenka Vipassana courses.

She travels to Manali and goes into a six-month retreat doing the Kagyu Ngöndro under the guidance of Apho Rinpoche and Gegen Khyentse.