Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche
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Known by Buddhist masters and scholars as an emanation of the great yogi Milarepa, Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche is regarded as one of the highest lamas of the Kagyu lineage today. Born into a Sherpa family in Nepal in 1968, many auspicious signs accompanied Rinpoche's birth. The16th Gyalwa Karmapa recognized Rinpoche when he was 18 months old, predicting this 4th Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche would be of great benefit to all sentient beings.

Gyaltrul Rinpoche studied at Rumtek Monastery and the Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in Sikkim for over eighteen years and received his Masters with first class honors in 1990. There he also received many transmissions and teachings from such great spiritual masters as the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Lama Guenden Rinpoche. Presently, Rinpoche is completing a doctoral dissertation at Harvard University in the fields of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Comparative Religion.

Each year Gyaltrul Rinpoche also travels throughout Europe, Asia and the US, giving teachings and overseeing activities of his worldwide organization, the United Trungram Buddhist Foundation. Recently, Rinpoche purchased property in upstate New York near Monticello City with the intention of establishing a traditional three-year retreat center there in the very near future. It is Gyaltrul Rinpoche's wish to share the Buddhadharma – the truth, the path of non-violence and the path of peace with others.