His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche

His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche was born in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, in 1985. In 1987, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama recognized him as the reincarnation of His Holiness the 6th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche (1903 – 1983), who was the principal tutor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. His Holiness refers to him as “my Root Guru,” and expressed his gratitude to his Guru in trhe foreword to his full length biography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche.

Kyabje Ling Rinpoche was a root guru of TBob Thurman‘s as well, from exactly 60 years ago. He ordained him as a novice monk at that time, years later initiating hias forgiven layperson into the Guhyasamaāja and Yamāntaka Tantras. The new Kyabje Ling Rinpoche will be conferring the precious refuge ceremony and the Medicine Buddha initiation. He once incidentally proved to Dr. Thurman his continuity with his previous, when, at the age of 3 years, he remembered key things about their past interactions which he could not possibly have known from others. H.E. the 7th Ling Rinpoche has completed all five Geshe Studies subjects (Logic, Perfection of Wisdom, Middle Way Insight, Higher Science, and Monastic Discipline) and was awarded His Geshe Degree from Drepung Loseling Monastic University in South India, in November 2016. H.E. 7th Ling Rinpoche has also recently completed a year of further studies at Gyuto Tantric College in Dharamsala. His Holiness the Dalai Lama continues to closely guide Him. Official website of H.E. the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche: www.lingrinpoche.info