Khensure Rinpoche Tenpa Gyaltsen
(Nyima Wandu)
"Khensure Rinpoche Tenpa Gyaltsen was born Nyima Wangdu in 1932
in the village of Kyinag near Lhasa, Tibet. When he was 11 years
old, he became a monk at Drepung Gomang Monastery where he studied
and taught until 1959 when he escaped from Tibet with His Holiness
the 14th Dalai Lama. In 1966, Rinpoche obtained His Geshe Lharampa
degree, the highest level of achievement in the study of Buddhist
philosophy. In 1979 at the request of His Holiness, Khensure Rinpoche
went to Japan to teach at the Tibetan Research Library in Tokyo and
lectured at Kyoto University and Moroyoka University. In 1986 he
returned to Drepung Gomang in India where he served as Abbot for
the next three years. In 1989 he returned to his teaching duties
in Japan. He returned to India 1994 and in 2001, Khensure Rinpoche
completed a six-year retreat which included a special three-year,
three-month, three-day retreat. During his stay at the Tibetan Cultural Center, Khensure
Rinpoche plans to give teaching from Tsonkhapa�s Lam Rim Chenmo."
Information from the Tibetan Cultural Center
(created 2 May 2002)