Name Traleg Rinpoche | Spouse Felicity Lodro (m. 1986) | |
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Died July 24, 2012, Melbourne, Australia Books The Essence of Buddhis, Karma: What It Is - What It Is, The Practice of Lojong, The Influence of Yogacara, Asanga's Abhidharmasamuccaya | ||
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Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche (1955–2012) was the ninth incarnation of the Traleg tulku line, a line of high lamas in the Kagyu lineage of Vajrayana. He was a pioneer in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to Australia.
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- Part 2 traleg kyabgon rinpoche on chogyam trungpa rinpoche crazy wisdom the mahsiddha tradition
- Traleg kyabgon rinpoche in dialogue with ken wilber recognising the dark side in meditation
- Biography
- Teaching in the West
- References
Traleg kyabgon rinpoche in dialogue with ken wilber recognising the dark side in meditation
Biography
Traleg Rinpoche was born in 1955 in Kham (Eastern Tibet), and two years later was recognized by HH 16th Gyalwa Karmapa as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg Tulkus and enthroned as the Abbot of the Thrangu Monastery. He was taken to safety in India during the 1959 Chinese Communists invasion of Tibet. There he was given a traditional tulku education, supplemented by five years of schooling at Sanskrit University in Varanasi, India. He lived and studied for several years at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, the main seat in exile of the Kagyu Lineage. He died on July 24, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
Teaching in the West
In 1980 Rinpoche transmitted the Dharma in Australia where he established Kagyu E-vam Buddhist Institute in Melbourne. He relinquished his monastic vows, became a lay teacher and married. He earned a master's degree in Comparative Philosophy from La Trobe University. In 1989, he taught extensively at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, visiting the North American affiliates of HH Gyalwa Karmapa. In 2004 he established the Evam Institute in New York in Chatham, NY. He also taught extensively in the Karma Thegsum Choling network of the Karmapa's centers and at Shambhala Buddhist centers. His wife, Felicity Lodro, is also an active dharma teacher.
