Region of birth and childhood
Phagri Monastery
The incident at Bodh Gaya and its consequences
Kuten Lama, the new oracle
The difficult 1950s
The escape to India
The Buxa community
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Lobsang Trinley Lhundrub Chokyi Gyaltsen
The first Panchen ("great scholar") Lama, the abbot of Tashilhunpo Monastery, was given the title by the Great Fifth, who wished to honor his tutor.
Subsequent Panchen...
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Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1974) was born in Tibet, 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...
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Choden Rinpoche of Seraje Monastery, one of the highest lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist Traditon was virtually unknown outside Tibet until 1985. He did not escape from his country after the Chinese takeover in 1959...
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His Holiness the 18th Dromtug Rinpoche (formerly known as Jamseng Rinpoche) is one of the highest-ranking Lamas and is recognized by Serkong Tritul Rinpoche, a great Lineage holder of the Kadampa School of Tibetan...
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The Venerable Abbot Geshe Lharampa Lobsang Phende was born on 1941 in central Lhasa, near Gaden Monastery in Tibet. At the age of 12, he was admitted to Gaden Shartse Monastery, later receiving the fully-fledged...
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Lama Michel, born in 1981, has been recognized by Lama Gangchen and many great lamas as a Tulku – the reincarnation of a Tibetan Buddhist Master. He has chosen to be born in Brazil not only in order to benefit the...
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Very few people alive today are capable of even reading and comprehending the Commentary on Valid Perception, so we are fortunate to have in Geshe Yeshe Wangchuk a scholar who is moreover qualified to write a...
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Born in Lhasa, Tibet, in 1939, Kyabje Gelek Rinpoche was recognized as an incarnate lama at the age of four. Carefully tutored from an early age by some of Tibets greatest living masters, Rinpoche gained renown for...
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His Eminence Venerable Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was born in the Kham region of Eastern Tibet in 1922. Following his recognition as a reincarnation of the great practitioner, Gongkar Rinpoche, His Eminence joined the...
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Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, the thirteenth and present incarnation, was born in the year of the Earth-Ox-with-golden-nose-ring on July 1, 1948. His father's name was Karma Dugdak, and his mother's name Paltso.
As Jetrung...
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His Eminence Kyabje Zemey Dorje Chang is one of the most erudite scholar-yogi masters of this century to arise from the esteemed Gaden Shartse Monastery.
Zemey Rinpoche was a very devoted student of H.H. Kyabje...
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The previous incarnation of Geshe Tendar was a great scholar and practitioner of the higher tantras. He was renowned for his great learning of Sutras and Tantras, specializing particularly in the higher tantras.
He...
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Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche, also known as Bamchoe Rinpoche, was born in 1932 in the region of Kongpo, in southeastern Tibet. At the age of two, he was recognised by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of...
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The 13th Kundeling Rinpoche Tagtsha Jetung Rinpoche
The First Kundeling Tagtsa Jetung Rinpoche was a great being who was considered to be an emanation of the master Baso Je Chokyi Gyaltsen. Baso Chokyi Gyaltsen was...
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Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (1903-1983), 97th Ganden Throne Holder, and yongs ‘dzin to the 14th Dalai Lama was born in 1903 in Yabphu near Lhasa. Yabphu is a holy place of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini, being shaped...
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