Karma Trinley Ling

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje

Trinley Thaye Dorje, the 17th Karmapa was born in 1983 in Lhasa, Tibet. He is the son of the third incarnation of Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, the great Rime scholar and Nyingma tulku and Dechen Wangmo, the daughter of a noble family descended from King Gesar of Ling. From a very young age he told people that he was the Karmapa. In 1994 the Karmapa and his family left Tibet and went to Nepal and then India. Immediately after his escape he was formally recognized by the 14th Sharmapa in Delhi according to the spiritual tradition maintained in the Karma Kagyu lineage. He then was given the name Trinley (Buddha activity) Thaye (limitless) Dorje (unchanging). At this moment His H.oliness resides in Kalimpong, India.

H.E. Shamar Rinpoche

Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche (the 14th Shamarpa) was born in Derge, Tibet in 1952 as the nephew of the 16th Karmapa. He was recognized by the 16th Karmapa at the age of 4. In 1959 he left Tibet and went into exile in Sikkim together with the 16th Karmapa. In Rumtek he received the full transmission of the Kagyu lineage teachings from the 16th Karmapa and other Tibetan masters. The Shamarpa remained by the 16th Karmapa until his death in 1981. The Shamarpa travels extensively giving teachings at Karma Kagyu centers on all continents.

Trehor Lama

Trehor Lama was born in Kham (Tibet) in 1963. At the age of 13 he was recognized as a reincarnation of Agyal Rinpoche. At the age of 21, before leaving Tibet to go into exile he  made a pilgrimage through Tibet. In Nepal he stayed in different monastery’s including the monastery of Kalu Rinpoche in Sonada where he made the Three Years retreat. In Rumtek, Sikkim he gave teachings at the monastery of the Karmapa. In 2004 Trehor Lama was sent to Nice, France by the Shamarpa and the Karmapa.

Khenpo Ngedon Rigdrol

Khenpo Ngedon Rigdrol became a monk at the age of 19 while still living in Kham in eastern Tibet. Three years later he left Tibet for Nepal where he studied for a short while before attending Nalanda Buddhist Institute at Rumtek, Sikkim. After attaining the Khenpo title he was requested to become the debating and study partner of the Karmapa in Kalimpong, India. In 1994 he began teaching Buddhist Philosophy at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi, and in 2001 at the request of His Holiness the Karmapa he began teaching at Shri Diwakar Vihara Buddhist Research and Education Institute in Kalimpong, India. Currently, Khenpo is based at Karma Guen in Spain where he teaches and supports the Library and Translation projects.