Complex sentence: Lama Jampa Thaye was born a Catholic in 1952 in Manchester, England and met his first spiritual teacher, Karma Thinley Rinpoche, at the age of 20 in 1973.
Split into simpler sentences: Lama Jampa Thaye was born into a Catholic family in 1952 in Manchester, England. He met his first spiritual teacher, Karma Thinley Rinpoche, at the age of 20 in 1973.