Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche was born in 1924 in China near the
Tibetan border. At the age of 7 he was recognized to be a tulku, or
consciously reincarnated teacher, by the great meditation masters
Chokyi Lodro and Tulku Natsog Rangdrol. Rinpoche was trained at Payul
Dhomang Monastery in eastern Tibet by such adepts as Sangye Gon, Tulku
Natsok Rangdrol, Payul Chogtrul Rinpoche, and Apkong Khenpo. Rinpoche
spent many years in solitary retreat with his root guru Tulku Natsog,
moving from one isolated location to another. In 1959, with the
Communist invasion of Tibet, Rinpoche fled to India, where he lived for
12 years. Then, H.H. the Dalai Lama and H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche requested
Gyatrul Rinpoche to move to the West to teach the Dharma. In 1976,
Rinpoche was appointed as H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche’s spiritual
representative in America.
Traveling to many countries over the past 30 years, Rinpoche has
touched the hearts of thousands of people and founded many Buddhist
centers. These include Tashi Choling, Orgyen Dorje Den in the San
Francisco Bay area, Norbu Ling in Austin, Texas, Namdroling in Bozeman,
Montana, and a center in Ensenada, Mexico.
More about Rinpoche here.
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