Conversation around the dilemma of buddhist practice
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche was Born in Kham, Eastern Tibet in 1952, Ringu Tulku is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher whose scholarship, fluent English, and entertaining, responsive teaching style have become popular among students of Buddhism throughout the world.Ringu Tulku was recognised by His Holiness the sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa as the incarnation of one of the tulkus of Ringu monastery, a Kagyüpa monastery. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In particular he studied with some of the most distinguished masters of the Nyingma and Kagyü traditions, including Thrangu Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche and the Gyalwang Karmapa. He was also a close disciple of Khenpo Tsöndrü. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical Movement in Tibet. In 1975 he was awarded the title of Khenpo, and in 1983 the title of Lopön Chenpo (Great Master).