Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche

Kyabje Gelek Rimpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama who was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1939. He is a tulku, an incarnate lama, of Drepung Monastic University, where he received the scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree given, at an exceptionally young age.

Gelek is a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters who tutored the current (14th) Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

In 1959, Gelek fled to India from Tibet and gave up monastic life. He is the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life." [http://www.rmanyc.org/programs/tp/1.cfm]

Beat-poet Allen Ginsberg was among the more prominent of Jewel Heart's members.Ginsberg met with Gelek Rinpoche through the modern composer Philip Glass in 1989. [http://www.allenginsberg.org/lifeline.php/2.cfm] Allen and Philip jointly staged benefits for the Jewel Heart organization.

Bibliography

*"Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation", Riverhead Books, 2001, ISBN 1-57322-196-1
*"The Tara Box: Rituals for Protection and Healing From the Female Buddha" (with Brenda Rosen), New World Library, 2004, ISBN 1-57731-461-1

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/GOM.pdf GOM] : a course in meditation; based on Tsongkhapa’s Lamrim Chenmo and Lamrim Chungba (New York City 2004)

* [http://meaning.com/transcipts/SEM.pdf SEM] : The Nature of Mind

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/3%20Principles%20Short.pdf THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT] by Je Tsong Khapa; a short commentary (The Netherlands, Autumn 1994)

*SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Bodhicarya%20Ch%201.pdf SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE: Chapter 1]
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Bodhicarya%20Ch%202.pdf SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE: Chapter 2]
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Bodhicarya%20Ch%203.pdf SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE: Chapter 3]
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Bodhicarya%20Ch%204.pdf SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE: Chapter 4]
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Bodhicarya%20Ch%205.pdf SHANTIDEVA’S GUIDE TO THE BODHISATTVA’S WAY OF LIFE: Chapter 5]

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Ganden%20Lha%20Gya%20public%202002B.pdf GANDEN LHA GYEMA] : the hundreds of deities of the Land of Joy (1985-1990)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Guru%20Devotion.pdf GURU DEVOTION]

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Karma.pdf KARMA] : Actions and their consequenses (The Netherlands, Spring 1990)

*LAM RIM TEACHINGS (thoroughly revised 2005 edition; teachings 1987 - 1991)
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/LAMRIM%20I%20contents.pdf LAM RIM TEACHINGS: VOLUME I] - FOUNDATIONS OF THE PATH
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/LAMRIM%20II%20contents.pdf LAM RIM TEACHINGS: VOLUME II] - INITIAL SCOPE
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/LAMRIM%20III%20contents.pdf LAM RIM TEACHINGS: VOLUME III] - MEDIUM SCOPE
** [http://meaning.com/transcripts/LAMRIM%20IV%20contents.pdf LAM RIM TEACHINGS: VOLUME IV] - MAHAYANA SCOPE

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Lojong%207%20points.pdf LOJONG: Training of the mind in seven points] commentary on Geshe Chekawa (1999 New York – Nijmegen)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Lojong%208%20verses.pdf LOJONG: Training of the mind in eight verses] commentary on Langri Tangpa (The Netherlands, Spring 1996)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Love-compassion.pdf LOVE AND COMPASSION] : Teachings on the development and the perfection of altruïsm (The Netherlands, Spring 1992)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Odyssey%20to%20Freedom.pdf ODYSSEY TO FREEDOM] : in sixty-four steps (USA, 1997 and The Netherlands, 1998)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Perfection%20of%20Wisdom.pdf Perfection of Wisdom Mantra] (2006)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Self%20and%20Selflessness.pdf Self and Selflessness] (The Netherlands, Spring 1986)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Three%20Principles%20.pdf THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT] commentary on Je Tsong Khapa (1987-1988; 2001 revised edition)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/Transforming%20Negativities.pdf Transforming negativity into positive living] (USA, 1992. edition: 2004)

* [http://meaning.com/transcripts/TriumphantMa.pdf THE PRACTICE OF THE TRIUMPHANT MA] (The Netherlands, Spring 1995)

* [http://meaning.com/transcipts/Wheel%20of%20Life.pdf THE WHEEL OF EXISTENCE] : The Twelve Links of Dependent existence; Denma Locho Rinpoche: Teachings The Netherlands 1987

External links

* [http://www.jewelheart.org/general_pages/rimpoche.html Bio of Gelek Rinpoche] , from Jewel Heart