Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim

  

PersonType	Category:Authors of Tibetan Works Category:Khenpos Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Tsultrim
LastName / namelast	Gyamtso
MainNamePhon	Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
MainNameWylie	Mkhan po tshul khrims rgya mtsho
nameprefix	Khenpo
AltNamesOther	Gyamtso, Tsultrim  ·  Tsultrim Gyamtsho  ·  Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso  ·  Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche  ·  Kenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso  ·  Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso
bio	Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso is a noted scholar and teacher who was born in Eastern Tibet in 1935. After completing this early training, he spent five years wandering throughout Eastern and Central Tibet undertaking extensive solitary retreats in caves. When he reached Tsurphu Monastery, he received instruction from the head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the 16th Karmapa, who later named him a khenpo, which is a title of scholastic mastery. In 1977 he came to the West to teach Tibetan language and Buddhism. Known for his highly engaging teaching style, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso has been traveling and teaching in the West ever since, placing an emphasis on the careful training of Westerners. Some of his students include Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Lama Shenpen Hookham, Karl Brunnhölzl, and Elizabeth Callahan. (Source Accessed July, 21 2020) Visit his official site at ktgrinpoche.org
YearBirth	1935
YearDeath	2024
TibDateGender	Male
ReligiousAffiliation	Kagyu - Nyingma
TeacherOf	Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche  ·  Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen  ·  Karl Brunnhölzl  ·  Elizabeth Callahan  ·  Shenpen Hookham
IsInGyatsa	No
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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.