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'''Ringu Tulku Rinpoche''' is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such as HH the [[16th Gyalwa Karmapa]] and HH [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. He took his formal education at [[Namgyal Institute of Tibetology]], Gangtok and [[Sampurnananda Sanskrit University]], Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the [[Ecumenical Movement]] in Tibet.
'''Ringu Tulku Rinpoche''' was born in Tibet in 1953, and escaped with his family to Sikkim in 1960. He studied at the [[Namgyal Institute of Tibetology]] in Gangtok, and [[Sampurnaanda Sanskrit University]] in Varanasi. He was a Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. Since 1990 he has been teaching at various Buddhist centers in the West, primarily in Europe. He has been a visiting faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, since 1997. He founded Bodhicharya, an international organization to prserve and transmit Buddhist teachings. Rinpoche's home monastery in Tibet, Rigul Monastery, is currently being expanded through his support.
 
===Main Teachers===
XVIth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; XIV Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatso, Khenchen Thubten Tsodru, Khenpo Yeshe Chodar, Khangdong Tertrul Chi-me Rigdzin.
 
===Main Lineages===
Karma Kagyu; Longchen Nyingtik; Chetsun Nyingtik.
 
===Publications===
''The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great'' (Shambhala Publications, 2006).
 
 


Since 1990 he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and Meditation at more than 50 Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centers in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various interfaith dialogues. He authored several books on Buddhism as well as some children's books both in Tibetan and European languages.


He founded [[Bodhicharya]], an international organization that coordinates the worldwide activities to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings, to promote intercultural dialogues and educational & social projects.


===External Links===
===External Links===

Revision as of 16:12, 9 June 2006

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche was born in Tibet in 1953, and escaped with his family to Sikkim in 1960. He studied at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, and Sampurnaanda Sanskrit University in Varanasi. He was a Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. Since 1990 he has been teaching at various Buddhist centers in the West, primarily in Europe. He has been a visiting faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, since 1997. He founded Bodhicharya, an international organization to prserve and transmit Buddhist teachings. Rinpoche's home monastery in Tibet, Rigul Monastery, is currently being expanded through his support.

Main Teachers

XVIth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche; XIV Dalai Lama Tendzin Gyatso, Khenchen Thubten Tsodru, Khenpo Yeshe Chodar, Khangdong Tertrul Chi-me Rigdzin.

Main Lineages

Karma Kagyu; Longchen Nyingtik; Chetsun Nyingtik.

Publications

The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great (Shambhala Publications, 2006).



External Links

http://www.bodhicharya.org

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