Books By Konchog Gyaltsen - Author

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche was born in 1946 near Mount Tsari in southwestern Tibet. In 1959 his family became refugees in India when the Communists invaded Tibet. Rinpoche attended school in India and in 1968 took monk's vows from Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche. Later he became one of the first to graduate from the then newly established Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi. Among the great teachers Rinpoche received teachings from were His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Sixteenth Karmapa, and Khunu Lama Rinpoche. Rinpoche also completed a three-year retreat at Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh under the guidance of Vajradhara Kyungka Rinpoche. In later years, Rinpoche also received teachings from the tripön of Drigungtil Monastery, Vajradhara Pachung Rinpoche, and his successor Vajradhara Gelong Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche. In the 1980s, Rinpoche arrived in the United States and established the Tibetan Meditation Center (now in Frederick, Maryland), as well as other centers across the country over the n