Kalu Rinpoche (1905 - May 10, 1989) was a Buddhist meditation master, scholar and teacher. He was one of the first Tibetan masters to teach in the West. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... The cultural elements of Buddhism vary by region and include: Buddhist cuisine Buddhist art Buddharupa Art and architecture of Japan Greco-Buddhism Tibetan Buddhist sacred art Buddhist music Buddhist chant Shomyo Categories: Buddhism-related stubs ... The history of Buddhism spans from the 6th century BCE to the present, starting with the birth of the Buddha Siddharta Gautama. ... Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The following is a List of Buddhist topics: A Abhidharma Ahimsa Ajahn Ajahn Chah Ajanta Aksobhya Alexandra David-Néel Amara Sinha B... A number of noted individuals have been Buddhists. ... Buddhist beliefs and practices vary according to region. ... The percentage of Buddhist population of each country was taken from the US State Departments International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [1]. Other sources used were CIA Factbook [2] and adherents. ... An image of Gautama Buddha with a swastika, traditionally a Buddhist symbol of good luck, on his chest. ... The Buddhist temple Wat Chiang Man, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which dates from the late 13th century Buddhist temples and monasteries, sorted by location. ... Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Several Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term. ... There is great variety in Buddhist texts. ... Before Common Era Trad. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... Meditation usually refers to a state of extreme relaxation and concentration, in which the body is generally at rest and the mind quieted of surface thoughts. ...

The term Rinpoche is an honorific title (meaning "precious one" or "precious jewel") which is frequently used to address or describe reincarnated Tibetan lamas. Kalu is rarely referred to without this title.

Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche was born in 1905 during the Female Wood Snake year of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar in the district of Treshö Gang chi Rawa in the Hor region of Kham, Eastern Tibet. 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Kham (Tibetan: ཁམས, Simplified Chinese: 康, Pinyin: Kāng) province is one of three ancient provinces comprising traditional Tibet (the other two being Amdo and U-Tsang). ... This article is on Historic Tibet. ...

When Kalu Rinpoche was fifteen years old, he was sent to begin his higher studies at the great monastery of Palpung, the foremost center of the Karma Kagyu school. He remained there for more than a decade, during which time he mastered the vast body of teaching that forms the philosophical basis of Buddhist practice and completed two three-year retreats. Rinpoche's gurus included the foremost disciples of the supreme master of the Rimé or Eclectic Movement, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. Among them were the Fifteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Khakhyap Dorje; Situ Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo, the abbot and foremost teacher of Palpung monastery; Zhechen Gyaltsab Byurme Namgyla, the great Nyingma master who was regarded as Mipham Rinpoche's unequaled disciple; and the meditation master Drupon Norbu Dondrup, whose teaching had a profound impact on Kalu Rinpoche's life. At the same time, his Dharma brethren included the foremost masters of his generation: Kongtrul Khyentse Ozer, Zhechen Kongrtrul Rinpoche, Jamyang Khyentse Choki Lodro, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and many others. The Kagyu (bka brgyud) school (known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school) of Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana) traces its origins to the teachings of the Indian mystics Tilopa (988-1089 CE) and Naropa (1016-1100 CE), whose lineage was transmitted in Tibet by the great translator Marpa... Rimé in Tibetan letters The Rimé movement (Wylie: Ris-Med) is a Buddhist school of thought founded in Eastern Tibet during the late 19th century largely in part by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, the latter of whom is often respected as the founder proper. ... The Karmapa (Sanskrit: the action (of all Buddhas)) is the title of the head of the Karma Kagyu, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the lineages of tulkus, reincarnated lamas, in the Kagyu school. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was born in the Denhok Valley at Kham Derge, Eastern Tibet in 1910 to a family directly descended from the ninth century King Trisong Detsen. ...

At about the age of twenty five, Rinpoche left Palpung to pursue the life of a solitary yogi in the woods of the Khampa countryside. For nearly fifteen years, he strove to perfect his realization of all aspects to the teachings and he became renowned in the villages and among the nomads as a true representative of the Bodhisattva's path. The word Yogi can mean either: a practitioner of yoga Yogi Berra, a baseball player, named after a yogi Yogi Bear, a Hanna-Barbera character, named after Yogi Berra Yogi Rock, a rock on the planet Mars, named after Yogi Bear. ... Prince Siddhartha Gautama as a bodhisattva, before becoming a Buddha. ...

Kalu Rinpoche returned to Palpung to receive final teachings from Drupon Norbu Dondrup, who entrusted him with the rare transmission of the teaching of the Shangpa Kagyu. At the order of Situ Rinpoche, he was appointed Vajra Master of the Great Meditation hall of Palpung Monastery, where for many years he continually gave empowerments and teachings.

During the 1940's, Kalu Rinpoche visited central Tibet with the party of Situ Rinpoche, and there he taught extensively. His disciples included the Reting Rinpoche, regent of Tibet during the infancy of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

Returning to Kham, Rinpoche became the abbot of the meditation center associated with Palpung and the meditation teacher of the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. He remained in that position until the situation in Tibet forced him into exile in India. The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...

Kalu Rinpoche has taught extensively in the Americas and Europe, and during his three visits to the West he had founded teaching centers in over a dozen countries. In France, he has established the first retreat center ever to teach the traditional three-year retreats of the Shangpa and Karma Kagyu lineages to Western students. The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...

At 3:00 P. M., Wednesday, May 10, 1989, Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche, passed away at his monastery in Sonada. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On September 17, 1990 Rinpoche's Tulku was born in Darjeeling, India to Lama Gyaltsen and his wife Drolkar. Lama Gyaltsen, the nephew of Kalu Rinpoche, had served since his youth as Rinpoche’s secretary. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Tibetan Buddhism, a tulku is a reincarnated lama. ... The Toy Train approaching Darjeeling Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and centre of the region of the same name, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. ...

Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche officially recognized Kalu Rinpoche’s yangsi (young reincarnation) on March 25, 1992, explaining that he had received definite signs from Kalu Rinpoche himself. Situ Rinpoche sent a letter of recognition with Lama Gyaltsen to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, who immediately confirmed the recognition. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lamas are a sequence of leaders, since 1391, from the Gelug school. ...

On February 28, 1993, Kalu Rinpoche Yangsi was enthroned at Samdrup Tarjayling. Chamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche and Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche presided over the ceremony, assisted by Kalu Rinpoche’s heart-son, Bokar Rinpoche. Situ Rinpoche performed the hair-cutting ceremony and bestowed on the young tulku the name Karma Ngedön Tenpay Gyaltsen —Victory Banner of the Teachings of the True Meaning. He is now known as the Third Kalu Rinpoche February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

See Also

Buddhism in America Covering 15 acres, California’s Hsi Lai Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in the western hemisphere. ...

Publications by Kalu Rinpoche

Profound Buddhism: From Hinayana to Vajrayana, Clearpoint Press, 1995, ISBN: 0963037153

Excellent Buddhism: An Exemplary Life, Clearpoint Press, 1995, ISBN: 0963037145

The Dharma: That Illuminates All Beings Like the Light of the Sun and the Moon, State University of New York Press, 1986, ISBN: 0887061575

Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism, Snow Lion Publications, 2004, ISBN: 1559392126

Luminous Mind : Fundamentals of Spiritual Practice, Wisdom Publications, 1996, ISBN: 0861711181

Gently Whispered: Oral Teachings by the Very Venerable Kalu Rinpoche, Station Hill Press, 1995, ISBN: 0882681532

External links

• Quiet Mountain Directory, Biography of H. E. Kalu Rinpoche (http://www.quietmountain.org/dharmacenters/changchubling/kalu.htm)

Monasteries and Centers Founded By Kalu Rinpoche

• Kagyu Tekchen Choling, Argentina (http://www.kagyuargentina.org/)

• Kagyu Pende Gyamtso, Brazil (http://www.kalu.org.br/)

• Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling, BC Canada (http://www.kkc.bc.ca/)

• Kagyu Thubten Chöling Monastery, NY, USA (http://www.kagyu.com/)

• Kagyu Droden Kunchab, CA, USA (http://www.kdk.org/)

• Dashang Kagyu Ling, France (http://www.mille-bouddhas.com/)

• Karma Ling Institute, France (http://www.karmaling.org/)

• Centro Milarepa, Italy (http://www.centromilarepa.org/)