H.E. the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche was born in eastern Tibet in 1904. He was considered the supreme meditation master of the Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and the activity emanation of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great. Having spent more than one-third of his 80 years in solitary meditation he became...

His Eminence, the second Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche (formerly known as Yangsi Kalu Rinpoche) was born September 17, 1990 during offerings to the special Shangpa Kagyu protector, Six-Armed Mahakala, at his previous home, Samdrub Darjay Chöling Monastery in Sonada India. Auspicious signs accompanied the birth as the Monastery was covered with...

Venerable Lama Karma Dorje was born in a village near Gangtok, Sikkim. He began his Buddhist training at the age of twelve and became a novice monk at the age of 30, at Sonada Monastery in Darjeeling with H. E. Kalu Rinpoche. He later took full ordination at Rumtek, Sikkim,...

Venerable Lama Mingma Sherpa is currently the Resident Lama at KTL in Honolulu and Regional Director for Shangpa Kagyu Centers in Honolulu, Santa Fe, Truth or Consequences, NM, and Palden Shangpa, Vermont. Born in Karfok, Ilam, Nepal in 1978, Lama Mingma became a Buddhist monk at the age of eight...

Dr. Fred Cooper has received the complete transmission of the Mahamudra tradition of Tibetan Buddhism from H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche. He has also received detailed Mahamudra transmissions from Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and H.E. Kalu Rinpoche. Fred is a Theoretical Physicist on the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute and President...