His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 89th Birthday Celebration with Special Guest Yangten Rinpoche
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born as Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935 in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai Lama, and thus an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, the Buddha of Compassion.
In celebration of His Holiness turning 89 this year, Kurukulla Center is very happy to announce that His Holiness' secretary Yangten Rinpoche will join us for a discussion of His Holiness' Four Main Commitments. Yangten Rinpoche's talk on The Four Commitments will be live-streamed from 11:00 AM -12:00 PM via Zoom. (see link below)
Yangten Rinpoche was born in Kham, Tibet in 1978. He was recognised as a tulku at age 10 and enthroned at Kandze Monstery. In 1990, at the unusually young age of 12, he entered the Geshe program at Sera Mey Monastery and graduated with a Geshe Lharampa degree (with distinction) in 2007 at only 29 years of age.
After graduation, Rinpoche joined Gyuto Monastery for two years and completed the traditional tantric studies there. During his time at Gyuto Monastery, Rinpoche helped His Holiness the Karmapa as a debate assistant. In 2008, Rinpoche was appointed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to work in His Holiness’ Private Office and has assisted His Holiness on many projects, including being selected to to compile a book on Buddhist Science, from the Kangyur and Tengyur.
To learn more about Yangten Rinpoche, an extensive biography written by Tenzin Tsepag, His Holiness' English translator, can be found here.
We hope you can join us either onsite or virtually.
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