Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a
Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools
of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such as HH the 16th Gyalwa
Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche.
He took his formal education at
Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnananda Sanskrit
University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in
Sikkim for 17 years.
His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical Movement in
Tibet and he is a keen advocate of the RiMe approach which embraces all
the Tibetan Buddhist traditions. (read about it in wikipedia
)
Since 1990 he has travelled and
taught Buddhism and Meditation at more than 50 universities, institutes
and Buddhist centres around the world. He also
participates in various interfaith dialogues. He has authored several books on
Buddhism as well as some children's books both in Tibetan and European
languages.
