Teachers
Gangteng Tulku Kunzang Pema Namgyal
In 1955, Kunzang Pema Namgyal, the ninth Gangteng Tulku, was born near Tongsa, in a remote, mountainous, and stunningly beautiful area of central Bhutan. One day, at the age of three, Kunzang Pema Namgyal played alongside the family cows that he had followed into the forest. That day he had taken his father’s gau (locket) with him, which contained a small statue of the Buddha given to his father by the King of Bhutan. Opening the gau, he delicately removed the statue. Suddenly, the statue rose up, said, “I’m going to Gangteng Gonpa,� and flew away! When Kunzang’s father learned that his son had lost his precious statue, he began to spank the boy. Kunzang managed to blurt out his explanation; his father’s movement was immediately arrested.
Born in Kham in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Tertön Sogyal, a teacher to the thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, one of the most outstanding spiritual masters of the twentieth century. Jamyang Khyentse supervised Rinpoche’s training and raised him like his own son. In 1971, Rinpoche went to England where he received a Western education, studying Comparative Religion at Cambridge University. He went on to study with many other great masters, of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, serving as their translator and aide.
Julia Jus is a Health Consultant and has been residing in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand since 1993. She has been running Rejuvenation Retreats at various resorts in Northern Thailand. She deeply believes in the power of the human body to regenerate itself to optimum health. Her programs are designed to cleanse the body. During the program there are many lectures on nutrition and ways to keep the body healthy. She is a Raw Food Chef and for those that have the opportunity to taste her delicious food it is truly a culinary delight.
HE Samten Dorji, Tsulag Lopen Rimpoche
At the age of six in 1970, Tsulag Lama embarked on the journey that has taken him to be the one of the most revered and respected spiritual leaders in the kingdom of Bhutan. Presently the Chancellor for the Monastic Community, he looks after the monastic education ministry and is considered the highest authority in traditional monastic education system. During his rise, he headed highest of ranking and respected Buddhist Colleges like Tango Buddhist College, Cheri Meditation centre and Dodedra Buddhist Institute for several years.
The 9th Mindrolling Khenchen Rinpoche
His Eminence the 9th Minling Khenchen Rinpoche of Ög Min Ogyen Mindrolling was born in the family of Mindrolling of the divine Nyok lineage. Khenchen Rinpoche was born to Jetsun Dechen Wangmo, the aunt of the present Mindrolling Trichen on 5th January, 1970 in the Drachi Valley in Tibet. Originally given the name of Jigmey Namgyal, Rinpoche was recognised as the reincarnation of the 8th Minling Khenchen Rinpoche by the omniscient 14th Dalai Lama, 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and Lhatog Rinpoche. Being born in the Mindrolling lineage, the Ven. Jigmey Namgyal, now known as Khenchen Rinpoche, is the lineage holder of the Khenrab branch of the Mindrolling tradition.
