Lineage Holders

His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lama Bunima was born in 1963 in Gargon village in Tibet to a nomadic family, and he kept watch over ...
Lama Abao

Lama Abao

Lama Abao was born in 1969 in a nomad family that endured many hardships just to survive ...
Lama Thubten Nima (Lama Gape)

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

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

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 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

Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin took his monk's vows at the age of 14. He studied the Thirteen Major Texts with Khenchen ...
Dorzin Konchok Dhondrup

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

Khenpo Choephel is originally from Drigung Thil Monastery, the head-monastery of the Drikung Kagyu lineage ...
Drupon Samten Rinpoche

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

Khen Rinpoche Ngawang Jorden joined Sera Mey Monastery in 1970 and obtained Geshe Lharampa degree in 1990 ...
Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche

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

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 Lodro Rinpoche

Khenchen Tsultrim Lodra RInpoche is a vice principal of Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy in Sechar, Sichuan Province ...
Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche

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

Khenpo Gawang is the founder and spiritual director of Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, Tennessee ...
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

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

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

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

Venerable Thích Thông Hiền has directly received instructions and guidance from Most Venerable Thuong Thanh Ha Tu, who is well ...
Lama  Gursam

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

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

Khen Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Delek was born in Tibet in 1939. At age 7, he was ordained as a Buddhist ...
Siling Tongkhor Rinpoche

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

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

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

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

Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center, ...
Khenpo Tenzin Nyima

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Khenpo Konchok Sangpo was born in Tibet and became a monk at age 12 in 1996 at Ato Tashi Choling ...