Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

H. E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002)

Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche belongs to the last generation of teachers to have been fully trained in Tibet in the vast wealth of Vajrayana teachings and methods. He held superb teaching lineages, primarily in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Vajrayana, which he taught unceasingly throughout his life. The main emphasis in whatever he taught was pure motivation.

After the Communist conquest of Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche went into exile in India and Nepal. During the next twenty years, in various refugee camps and settlements, Rinpoche served as lama who administered to the refugees’ spiritual needs, as a camp leader who organized work projects, and as a physician Tibetan medicine.

Rinpoche traveled to the United States in 1979. The combination of his warm personality, his depth of knowledge, and his meditative realization magnetized thousands of students. His tireless teachings led him to Europe, Russia, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, and South America. He resettled in Brazil in 1995 after successfully establishing numerous centers and meditation groups in the United States and other places. In order to maintain his lineage teachings, he ordained a number of his Western students as teachers and gave them specific authorizations to teach.

Rinpoche’s work is maintained by Chagdud Gonpa Foundation in North America, by Chagdud Gonpa Brasil, and by Chagdud Gonpa Hispanoamerica in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The Mahakaruna Foundation administers support for Chagdud Gonpa and associated monasteries in Tibet and Nepal.

Teachers and Centers carrying on the Work of H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

Rigdzin Ling
Lama Drimed Norbu
P.O. Box 279
Junction City, CA 96048
Ph: (530) 623-2714;
Fax: (530) 623-6709
www.chagdud.org
[email protected]

Ati Ling / Padmasambhava Peace Institute
Jigme Tromge Rinpoche
23125 Fort Ross Rd.
Cazadero, CA 95421
Ph: (707) 824-0291--CGF events
(707) 623-5629--PPI
www.atiling.org
[email protected]

T'hondup Ling
Lama Chödak Gyatso Nubpa
P.O. Box 292499
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Ph: (323) 953-0755
www.thondupling.org
[email protected]

Phuntsog Ling
c/o Sylvia Salazar
Santa Barbara, CA
Ph: (805) 569-0766
[email protected]

Yeshe Ling
Northern San Francisco Bay Area
Ph: (707) 963-8340
[email protected]

Chhö Khor Ling
c/o Sue Hubbard
Arcata, CA
Ph: (707) 445-8248
[email protected]

Padma Ling
Lama Inge Zangmo
1014 W Seventh Ave.
Spokane, WA 99204
Ph: (509) 747-1559
[email protected]

Amrita
Lama Padma Gyatso
2223 N.E. 137th Street
Seattle, WA 98125
Ph: (206) 368-7974
www.amritaseattle.org
[email protected]

Minjur Ling
Ashland, OR
Ph: (541) 201-0096
[email protected]

Dechhen Ling
Lama Trinley