His Eminence, The Jangtse Chöje, Rizong Sre Rinpoche

We were Blessed to receive Teachings from His Eminence in South Africa in 2007. His Eminence Rizong Rinpoche is one of the most highly respected lamas alive today.

Born in Ladakh, as an infant he was recognised and enthroned as the reincarnation of the Rizong Sre Tulku, and since that time has dedicated his life to the study and practice of the enlightenment path.

He joined Drepung Loseling Monastery, Lhasa, in the mid-1940s. In Tibetan spiritual circles he is regarded as a modern-day Milarepa, having lived a life of simplicity and meditation since his youth.

Recently he completed a strict three year retreat in a remote cave of Ladakh so inaccessible that it was snowed in for six months a year.

In the past he has served as abbot of firstly the Gyume Tantric College and then Drepung Loseling Monastery. At present he holds the post of Jangtse Chöje Rinpoche - (Dharma master of the Northern Peak), one of the three highest seats in the Gelukpa School.

Khensur Denma Lochö Rinpoche

We are working towards a visit from Rinpoche during 2010.
Khensur Denma Lochö Rinpoche was born in Kham, eastern Tibet, in 1928. At the age of six he was recognised as the reincarnation of a famous yogi, Chöying Gyatso. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastery at the age of eleven. Rinpoche received his Lharampa Geshe degree in 1953 (coming first in his class) and completed his Tantric exams at Gyume Tantric College in 1958. He received many teachings from the late Venerable Ling Rinpoche (the senior tutor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and became the main lineage holder of all his teachings.

After escaping to India in 1959 Rinpoche spent two years on a research fellowship at Calcutta University and was principle of the Buddhist School of Dialectics in Ladakh for six years.

In 1967 he was abbot of a monastery in Manali before moving to Dharamsala where he now resides. He served as Abbot of Namgyal Monastery (the private monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama) from 1986 to 1991.