Geshe Sonam Rinchen was born in the Tehor region of Kham in Eastern Tibet. He began his religious studies at the age of twelve at Dhargye Monastery, the largest local monastery in his area of Kham. He pursued his studies there for the next seven years and completed the basic studies in logic. At nineteen, [...]

Biography of Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the spiritual director of The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, is the reincarnation of the Sherpa Nyingma yogi Kunsang Yeshe, the Lawudo Lama. Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, not far from the cave Lawudo, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, [...]

His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (1903-83) Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, the late senior tutor to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, was the 97th holder of the Throne of Gaden and head of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was ordained by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, to whom his predecessor had also been tutor, and [...]

Tenzin Lungtok Thinley Choephak, the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche Born at McLeod Ganj Dharamsala HP in 1985. In 1987 His Holiness the Dalai Lama had recognized him as the reincarnation of his predecessor Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Thinley and an enthronement ceremony followed. In 1990, he was formally enrolled at Drepung and Loseling Monastery with [...]

Click Here for Teachings by Lama Thubten Yeshe Lama Thubten Yeshe Born in Tibet in 1935 not far from Lhasa in the town of Tölung Dechen. Two hours away by horse was the Chi-me Lung Gompa, home for about 100 nuns of the Gelug tradition. It had been a few years since their learned abbess [...]

Ven. Tenzin Deshek was born in Tibet near Mt. Kailash. At the age of ten he escaped with his family across the Himalayas and became a refugee in India. Four years later, he entered Namgyal Monastery where, following fifteen years of study, he received the degree of Master of Sutra and Tantra. Lama Deshek has [...]

  Click Here for Teachings from His Holiness Dalai Lama HH Dalai Lama’s Books Biography His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. His Holiness was born July 6 1935, in a small hamlet located in Amdo, northeastern Tibet. At the age of two, the child, named Lhamo Dhondup [...]