Gankar Tulku Rinpoche
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Women’s
International Center
Proudly presents the Peace and Justice Award
to Gankar Tulku Rinpoche
Gankar Tulku Rinpoche is a celebrated Tibetan spiritual leader and head
of the Dzindu Monastery in Tibet. At the age of four he was formally recognized
as the third incarnation of Gankar Tulku, the great master of the Dzindu
Monastery, whose second incarnation was killed in the atrocities committed
by the Chinese after they invaded Tibet in 1950. At five, Gankar Tulku
Rinpoche was ordained a novice monk, and his care and education were entrusted
to a great Buddhist master, Tara Tulku Rinpoche. At ten, he entered Drepung
Loseling, the largest Buddhist monastery in the world, where many of the
greatest Buddhist scholars have been trained. When he was twenty-one,
he was ordained by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. In 1996 he was awarded
the Geshe Lharampa degree, the highest academic honor attainable in the
Buddhist world. He has completed his advanced studies at the Gyuto Tantric
University, graduating with the highest honors, and now continues studying
directly under His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
Rinpoche is presently based in India at the Drepung Loseling University
but travels yearly. He leads tours with groups of monks, some of whom
are scholars, musicians, and artisans, and participates in many public
events, forums, and conferences. He is the founder and director of Khacholing
Center in Minnesota and Tardo Ling Center in San Francisco, and continues
to work for the rebuilding of the Dzindu Monastery in Tibet.
Spreading messages of peace, harmony, and fellowship wherever he travels,
Rinpoche is sought after for his spiritual teachings and is a world ambassador
for Buddhism.
H.H. The XIV Dalai Lama (letter)
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