Arne Schelling has been a Buddhist since his teenage time, and is now mainly working as a Dharma instructor, editor, and translator in different sanghas of all Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He has helped to establish various Buddhist centers in Germany, is an archivist and a videographer, a physician in Western and Chinese medicine, a piano player, an instructor for Siddhartha’s Intent, and a teacher at Nitartha Institute.

Additionally, Arne serves as a committee member and student in the Milinda teacher training project and is a student of both “The Complete Path” program in Kathmandu and the “Nalanda Master Course” in Delhi. He works for Khyentse Vision Project, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, and as a tutor for the Longchen Shedra and the Mipham Project (Brazil). Arne is also responsible for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's center in Berlin.