Lineage Holders
![His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang](https://drikungdharmasurya.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chetsang-Rinpoche-221x300.jpg)
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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Lama Bunima
Lama Bunima was born in 1963 in Gargon village in Tibet to a nomadic family, and he kept watch over ...
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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 ...
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Khenpo Tenzin
Lama Tenzin is from the eastern part of Tibet where he attended Gar Monastery and learned the Drikung Kagyü lineage ...
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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
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Drupon Yeshe Rinpoche
Drupon Trinley Yeshi Rinpoche is one of the head retreat masters and yogis of the Drikung Kagyu lineage ...
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Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin
Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin took his monk's vows at the age of 14. He studied the Thirteen Major Texts with Khenchen ...
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Dorzin Konchok Dhondrup
Lama Dorzin Konchok Dhondrup took refuge under H.E. Garchen Rinpoche in 1984 and is a monk from the Gar Monastery ...
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Khenpo Choephel
Khenpo Choephel is originally from Drigung Thil Monastery, the head-monastery of the Drikung Kagyu lineage ...
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Drupon Samten Rinpoche
Drupon Samten Rinpoche was born in the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh and the age of six, he entered the Tibetan Buddhist ...
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Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden
Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden joined Sera Mey Monastery in 1970 and obtained Geshe Lharampa degree in 1990 ...
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Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche
Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche was born in 1939 in the Nangchen region of eastern Tibet as the reincarnation of Lama Phurga ...
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Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche
The village of Tsari and the surrounding areas are among the most sacred places in Tibet. It was there that ...
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Khenchen Tsultrim Lodro Rinpoche
Khenchen Tsultrim Lodra RInpoche is a vice principal of Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in Sechar, Sichuan Province ...
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Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche
Tulku Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche (born Pemba Sherpa, in 1982) is the Nyingmapa Tulku from the beautiful Sherpas’ land in the ...
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Khenpo Gawang
Khenpo Gawang is the founder and spiritual director of Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, Tennessee ...
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Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, founder and spiritual guide of the Mindrolling Lotus Garden in Virginia, is the daughter of Kyabje ...
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Drupon Thinley Ningpo
Venerable Drupon Thinley Ningpo was born in the Nagchu District of Tibet. He engaged in the study of a wide ...
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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 ...
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Venerable Thích Thông Hiền
Venerable Thích Thông Hiền has directly received instructions and guidance from Most Venerable Thuong Thanh Ha Tu, who is well ...
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Lama Gursam
At the age of six, Lama Gursam entered the Drikung Kagyu Monastery in Tso Pema, India, where he completed his ...
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Tulku Neten Rinpoche
The 1st Neten Rinpoche was the Tulku (reincarnated Lama) of Tsangchung Sangye Pasang and was the one who built the ...
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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 ...
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Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche
Rinpoche was born during the second Kalachakra Empowerment by His Holiness The Dalai in Bodhgaya, India. At the age of ...
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Tashi Kyil Monks
Six monks from Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehra Dun, India tour the USA to educate the public about the culture ...
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Most Venerable Arjia Rinpoche
Lobsang Tubten Jigme Gyatso, officially the 8th Arjia Hotogtu, born 1950 in Haiyan County, Qinghai, is one of the most ...
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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](https://drikungdharmasurya.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Rigzin-Dorjee-Rinpoche.jpg)
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center, ...
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Khenpo Tenzin Nyima
Ven. Khenpo Tenzin Nyima was born in 1973. At the age of five, his grandmother and uncle taught him the ...
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Drupon Rinchen Dorjee
Having great altruistic motivation from early childhood, Drupon Rinchen Dorjee entered Tana Monastery in Tibet in 1984, where the numerous ...
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Khenpo Thupsang
Khenpo Konchok Thupsang was born in Tibet and had his early training at the Gar Monastery in eastern Tibet. He later ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang
Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jamyang, an Abbot Emeritus of Sera Mey Monastic University, was born in 1933 near the Lithang locality ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Khenpo Konchok Sangpo
Khenpo Konchok Sangpo was born in Tibet and became a monk at age 12 in 1996 at Ato Tashi Choling ...