Trungram Gyaltrul
The fourth Trungram Gyaltrul (* 1968 ) is the head of the Trungram lineage and one of the most important trulkus within the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
Life
He was born in 1968 into a Nepalese Sherpa family and recognized by the 16th Gyelwa Karmapa as the reincarnation of the 3rd Trungram Gyaltrul. The 16th Karmapa provided him with Khenchen Thrinle Pelchor Rinpoche as his personal tutor, who has accompanied him to this day. In addition to a classical Tibetan education at the Nalanda Institute in Rumtek , Sikkim, which earned him the title Karabchampa (the equivalent of the Geshe title of the Gelugpa tradition) in 1990 , he is considered to be a doctoral degree at Harvard (Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies) the first Tibetan trülku to obtain a Ph.D. received. He is the founder of the United Trungram Buddhist Foundation and the United Trungram Buddhist Fellowship (UTBF).
Publications
Trungram Gyaltrul's dissertation on Gampopa's life and work
Web links
- United Trungram Buddhist Fellowship
- United Trungram Buddhist Foundation
- Dharmakaya
- Trungram International Academy
- Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya
Individual evidence
- ↑ The spelling of the name does not follow the Wikipedia naming convention of Tibetan terms, but the spelling used in Trungram Gyaltrul's dissertation, by which he is commonly known.
| Trungram Gyaltrul (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Trungram Gyaltrul, Drungram Gyaltrul, Tenpa Gyaltsen, Gyalwa Lama, Trungram Sherpa, Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche Sherpa |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trungram Gyaltrul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche; Drungram Gyaltrul; Tenpa Gyaltsen; Gyalwa Lama; Trungram Sherpa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan clergyman, head of the Trungram lineage of Tibetan Buddhism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |