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'''Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche''' was born in 1955 in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet. At about the age of two, he was recognized by His Holiness the [[Sixteenth Karmapa]] as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg [[tulku]]s, and enthroned as the supreme abbot of [[Thrangu Monastery]]. The Traleg incarnation line is one of the most important Kagyü tulku lineages in Tibdet and is traced back to the time of Saltong Shogam, one of the 'three men of Kham' who were among the five closest students to [[Gampopa]] and the only students to receive the complete transmission of both [[Vajrayana]] and [[Mahamudra]] instructions from him. | |||
Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne, Australia; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centers. | Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne, Australia; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centers. | ||
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Revision as of 11:22, 29 September 2008
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was born in 1955 in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet. At about the age of two, he was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg tulkus, and enthroned as the supreme abbot of Thrangu Monastery. The Traleg incarnation line is one of the most important Kagyü tulku lineages in Tibdet and is traced back to the time of Saltong Shogam, one of the 'three men of Kham' who were among the five closest students to Gampopa and the only students to receive the complete transmission of both Vajrayana and Mahamudra instructions from him.
Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne, Australia; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centers.
In North America, Traleg Rinpoche has established and is the spiritual director of the E-Vam Buddhist Institute in New York.