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 [...]

Biography of Dudjom Rinpoche In the past Dudjom Rinpoche was Rigdzin Nuden Dorje; in the future, it is said, he will be born as the Sugata Möpa Thaye; while in the present he manifests as the representative of Padmasambhava, Drogben in person. His Holiness’s previous incarnations have included some of the greatest gurus, yogis and [...]

Biography of H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was born in 1910 in Denkhok Valley, eastern Tibet, to a family descended from the royal lineage of the ninth century King Trisong Detsen. While still in his mother’s womb, he was recognized by the great master Mipham Rinpoche as an extraordinary incarnation. He [...]

Click Here for Teachings from Dzongsar Rinpoche   Biography of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961 in Bhutan, recognized as the mind emanation of one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the his time Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodro (1893?1959). The Khyentse lineage, starting with the great Jamyang [...]

Biography of Chatral Rinpoche Kyabje Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche, also known as Chetul Sangye Dorje*, is one of the few living disciples of the great master Khenpo Ngagchung and is widely regarded as one of the most highly realized Dzogchen (Zogpachenpo) yogis. In addition to his relationship with Khenpo Ngagchung, Chatral Rinpoche also studied with [...]

Click Here for Teachings from Thrangu Rinpoche Find Thrangu Rinpoche’s Books Here Biography of Thrangu Rinpoche THE SEVENTH KARMAPA founded the Thrangu Monastery some 500 years ago and appointed one of his most gifted disciples to be its abbot. This was the First Thrangu Rinpoche. More recent incarnations have spent much of their lives in [...]

  Biography of His Eminence the 8th Rinpoche Precise details of the birth of the present Dorzong Rinpoche were foretold very clearly by the Seventh Kyabje Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche, the root teacher of the Seventh Kyabje Dorzong Rinpoche. These details were also given by the Eighth Kyabje Khamtrul Rinpoche and by a well-known realized master, [...]

Biography of Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche The Third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was born in 1954 to a prominent Lhasa family. Extraordinary signs accompanied his birth. Even at an early age, his devotion to His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa was unsurpassed. His entire life example manifested the perfection of a great bodhisattva. After the passing of His [...]

  Biography of Mingyur Rinpoche The 7th Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a highly venerated teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Nepal in 1975, and was recognized as a tulku by both His Holiness the Sixteenthth Karmapa and His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. When Rinpoche was nine, [...]