Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche

Gyatrul Rinpoche (1925-2023) was a senior lama of the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

After fleeing from Tibet into exile in India in 1959, Gyatrul Rinpoche continued his spiritual training and served the Tibetan community in India in various ways until 1972, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent him to Canada to offer spiritual guidance to Tibetans who had settled there.

Since then, he taught widely throughout North America, establishing numerous Buddhist centers, which include Tashi Choling in Oregon, Orgyen Dorje Den in the San Francisco Bay area, Norbu Ling in Austin, Texas, Namdroling in Bozeman, Montana, and a center in Ensenada, Mexico.

(Rigpa Wiki)

*image courtesy of Orgyen Dorje Den