Lineage Holders
His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang
His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, the 37th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage anKyabgönd 7th reincarnation of the ...
His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chungtsang
His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chungtsang, the 36th throne holder of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage and the 8th reincarnation of ...
Center Lamas
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche, Founder
Born in Eastern Tibet in 1936 and discovered by the Tibetan King of Nangchen at the age of seven, the ...
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, DDSC Spiritual Director
Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche, DDSC Spiritual Director was born in Kham, in the Nangchen region of Eastern Tibet, and is a ...
Khenmo Konchok Tsechik, DDSC Resident Ani
Venerable Khenmo Konchok Tsechik was born in 1982, became a nun of the Drikung Samtenling Nunnery in Dehradun, India in ...
Acharya Konchok Gamtso, DDSC Resident Ani
Ani Konchok Gamtso became a fully ordained nun in the year 2000 belonging to the Drikung Kagyu Order of Tibetan ...
Lama Bunima
Lama Bunima was born in 1963 in Gargon village in Tibet to a nomadic family, and he kept watch over ...
Lama Thubten Nima (Lama Gape)
Lama Thubten Nima was born in 1965 into conditions of political turmoil and exile associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution ...
Khenpo Tenzin
Lama Tenzin is from the eastern part of Tibet where he attended Gar Monastery and learned the Drikung Kagyü lineage ...
Drupon Tsering Rinpoche
Drupon Tsering Rinpoche took refuge at the age of eight from His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. Three years later, Tsering Rinpoche ...
Visiting Lamas
Drupon Yeshe Rinpoche
Drupon Trinley Yeshi Rinpoche is one of the head retreat masters and yogis of the Drikung Kagyu lineage ...
Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin
Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin took his monk's vows at the age of 14. He studied the Thirteen Major Texts with Khenchen ...
Dorzin Konchok Dhondrup
Lama Dorzin Konchok Dhondrup took refuge under H.E. Garchen Rinpoche in 1984 and is a monk from the Gar Monastery ...
Khenpo Choephel
Khenpo Choephel is originally from Drigung Thil Monastery, the head-monastery of the Drikung Kagyu lineage ...
Drupon Samten Rinpoche
Drupon Samten Rinpoche was born in the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh and the age of six, he entered the Tibetan Buddhist ...
Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden
Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden joined Sera Mey Monastery in 1970 and obtained Geshe Lharampa degree in 1990 ...
Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche
Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche was born in 1939 in the Nangchen region of eastern Tibet as the reincarnation of Lama Phurga ...
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
The village of Tsari and the surrounding areas are among the most sacred places in Tibet. It was there that ...
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodra RInpoche is a vice principal of Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in Sechar, Sichuan Province ...
Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche
Tulku Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche (born Pemba Sherpa, in 1982) is the Nyingmapa Tulku from the beautiful Sherpas’ land in the ...
Khenpo Gawang
Khenpo Gawang is the founder and spiritual director of Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, Tennessee ...
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, founder and spiritual guide of the Mindrolling Lotus Garden in Virginia, is the daughter of Kyabje ...
Drupon Thinley Ningpo
Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo was born in the Nagchu District of Tibet. He engaged in the study of a wide ...
Venerable Abbess Thich Nu Dong Kinh
Most Venerable Abbess Thich Nu Dong Kinh, since 1983, has directly received instructions and guidance from Most Venerable Thuong Thanh ...
Venerable Thích Thông Hiền
Venerable Thích Thông Hiền has directly received instructions and guidance from Most Venerable Thuong Thanh Ha Tu, who is well ...
Lama Gursam
At the age of six, Lama Gursam entered the Drikung Kagyu Monastery in Tso Pema, India, where he completed his ...
Tulku Neten Rinpoche
The 1st Neten Rinpoche was the Tulku (reincarnated Lama) of Tsangchung Sangye Pasang and was the one who built the ...
Khen Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek
Khen Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek was born in Tibet in 1939. At age 7, he was ordained as a Buddhist ...
Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche
Rinpoche was born during the second Kalachakra Empowerment by His Holiness The Dalai in Bodhgaya, India. At the age of ...
Tashi Kyil Monks
Six monks from Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehra Dun, India tour the USA to educate the public about the culture ...
Most Venerable Arjia Rinpoche
Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, officially the 8th Arjia Hotogtu, born 1950 in Haiyan County, Qinghai, is one of the most ...
Most Venerable Jhado Rinpoche
Jhado Rinpoche (Tenzin Jungne) was born in 1954 to a nomadic family living in the area of Namtso Lake, 220 ...
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center, ...
Khenpo Tenzin Nyima
Ven. Khenpo Tenzin Nyima was born in 1973. At the age of five, his grandmother and uncle taught him the ...
Drupon Rinchen Dorjee
Having great altruistic motivation from early childhood, Drupon Rinchen Dorjee entered Tana Monastery in Tibet in 1984, where the numerous ...
Khenpo Thupsang
Khenpo Konchok Thupsang was born in Tibet and had his early training at the Gar Monastery in eastern Tibet. He later ...
Venerable Geshe Ngawang Sonam
Geshe Ngawang Sonam received his novice monk’s vows in 1996 from the late Kyabje Dhakpa Rinpoche and his full ordination ...
Venerable Dr. Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương
Dr. Bhikkhunī Thích Nữ Giới Hương (world name Śūnyatā Phạm) was born in 1963 in Bình Tuy, Vietnam and ordained ...
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang, an Abbot Emeritus of Sera Mey Monastic University, was born in 1933 near the Lithang locality ...
His Eminence Tritsab Gyabra Rinpoche
The present Tritsab Rinpoche was born in 1981 and was identified by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche in ...
Venerable Dong Yonden Gyatso
Venerable Dong Yonden Gyatso is one of the most respected modern scholars and public educators in eastern Tibet. He is a prolific writer ...
Khenpo Konchok Sangpo
Khenpo Konchok Sangpo was born in Tibet and became a monk at age 12 in 1996 at Ato Tashi Choling ...
His Eminence 13th Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche
His Eminence 13th Kundeling Tatsak Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of his predecessor ...
Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö Rinpoche
Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö Rinpoche is a Rimé (non-sectarian) and Jonang Kalachakra Master of Tibetan Buddhism. Inspired by the Kalki Kings ...
Venerable Thupten Ngodup – Nechung Oracle
Venerable Thupten Ngodup, Nechung Kuten-la, the medium for the Nechung Oracle (Kuten), the State Oracle of Tibet, holds a position ...
