Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

The Ninth Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche is the current incarnation of the Traleg tulku line, a line of high lamas in the Kagyu lineage of Vajrayana. He is a pioneer in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to Australia.

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.

Teaching in the West

In 1980 Rinpoche transmitted the Dharma in Australia where he established [http://www.evaminstitute.org.au/ Kagyu E-vam Buddhist Institute] , in Melbourne. He relinquished his monastic vows, became a lay teacher and married. He earned a Masters 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 teaches extensively in the Karma Thegsum Choling network of the Karmapa's centers and at Shambhala Buddhist centers.

Bibliography

*"The Benevolent Mind", by Traleg Kyabgon, Zhi-sil Cho-kyi Gha-Tsal Publications (2003), ISBN 1-877294-28-4
*"The Essence of Buddhism", by Traleg Kyabgon, Shambhala (2001), ISBN 1-57062-468-2
*"Mind at Ease", by Traleg Kyabgon, Shambhala (2004), ISBN 1-59030-156-0
*"The Practice of Lojong", by Traleg Kyabgon, Shambhala (2007), ISBN 1-59030-378-8

ee also

*Thrangu Rinpoche
*Nalandabodhi
*Shambhala Buddhism

External links

* [http://www.evam.org/ The Evam Institute in New York homepage]
* [http://www.evaminstitute.org.au/ The Kagyu E-Vam Institute in Melbourne]
* [http://www.kagyu.org/karmapa/tea/tea06a.html An introduction by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche]
* [http://www.ordinarymind.net/ An Australian Buddhist magazine established by Traleg Rinpoche]
* [http://www.karmapaxvi.com Recalling a Buddha] documentary on the life and activity of the Sixteenth Karmapa, featuring commentary form Traleg Rinpoche.