About Tulku Thondup Rinpoche

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, born in Golok in Amdo, Tibet in 1939 and passed away in 2023, was identified as the reincarnation of Konme Khenpo, a renowned scholar of Dodrupchen monastery, at the age of four. He received education at Dodrupchen monastery, studying different Buddhist texts and eventually becoming the monastery's ritual master. In 1958, he relocated to India and taught at Lucknow University from 1967 to 1976, and then at Visva-Bharati University from 1976 to 1980. In 1980, Thondup Rinpoche moved to the United States and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He dedicated his efforts to translating and researching Tibetan Buddhist texts, particularly those of the Nyingma lineage tradition, through the Buddhayana Foundation.
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche, born in Golok in Amdo, Tibet in 1939 and passed away in 2023, was identified as the reincarnation of Konme Khenpo, a renowned scholar of Dodrupchen monastery, at the age of four. He received education at Dodrupchen monastery, studying different Buddhist texts and eventually becoming the monastery's ritual master. In 1958, he relocated to India and taught at Lucknow University from 1967 to 1976, and then at Visva-Bharati University from 1976 to 1980. In 1980, Thondup Rinpoche moved to the United States and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He dedicated his efforts to translating and researching Tibetan Buddhist texts, particularly those of the Nyingma lineage tradition, through the Buddhayana Foundation.