The Second Kalu Rinpoche
| PersonType | Category:Authors of English Works Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Category:Tulkus |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | The Second Kalu Rinpoche |
| MainNameTib | ཀར་ལུ་ཡང་སྲིད་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ། |
| MainNameWylie | kar lu yang srid sprul sku |
| SortName | Kalu Rinpoche, 2nd |
| bio | His Eminence the 2nd Kalu Rinpoche was born on September 17, 1990 in Darjeeling, India. His father, Lama Gyaltsen, was a nephew of the previous Kalu Rinpoche and had also been his secretary since his youth. The 2nd Kalu Rinpoche was recognized on March 25, 1992 by Tai Situ Rinpoche. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has officially confirmed the recognition.
On February 28, 1993, he was inducted into Samdrub Darjay Chöling (Sonada). His father passed away in 1999 and he asked to live in the monastery of Bokar Rinpoche in order to grow and study under his direction. In 2004, he began the traditional three-year retreat, which he completed in 2008. In 2009, he received from Tai Situ Rinpoche all the transmissions of the Shangpa Lineage. On this occasion, he undertook to confer 108 times the cycle of initiations of the lineage from which he is now holder. In 2010, Kalu Rinpoche traveled to the West and took charge of the meditation centers created by the first Kalu Rinpoche around the world. In 2014, he returned to Burgundy, in the center of meditation Palden Shangpa La Boulaye, to teach and to resume the tradition of Monlam Shangpa initiated by his predecessor. |
| YearBirth | 1990 |
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