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 Drupon Samten - DKC Spiritual Director
Drikung Kyobpa Choling was founded in 1996 by Drupon Samten Rinpoche, under the guidance of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsung. Drupon Samten Rinpoche was born in the Himalayan Mountains of Ladakh. At the age of six, he entered the Tibetan Buddhist Monastery, Lama Yuru, which was built in the 12th century and is where Naropa did many years of retreat. He studied with 13 accomplished teachers, learning Buddhist philosophy, ceremony, butter sculpture, painting, music, lama dance, healing, and astrology. Drupon was 22 when he went into a 3-year retreat as a student of a great meditation retreat master, Khyunga Rinpoche. Under the retreat master's guidance, Drupon completed the traditional Three Year Meditation Retreat and the Six Yogas of Naropa. In 1987, his Holiness Drikung Kyabgon sent him to the United States to teach at the
Tibetan Meditation Center and he stayed with Khenchen Rinpoche there for many years. On January 20th, 2001, he was enthroned by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang in India, in front of over 800 monks attending the Snake Year teachings at Jang Chubling Monastery, and received the title Drupon Samten Rinpoche, Vajra Meditation Master.
Drupon Samten has been teaching in the United States, Taiwan, Malaysia and Chile since 1987. He has obtained a very good command of the English language. He teaches with clarity, compassion and wisdom, and is open to help everyone he meets. |
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At the age of seven, Lama Tsewang Dorjey became a
monk at Phyang Monastery, a monastery of the
Drikung Kagyu tradition, located in Leh,
Ladakh. He received his primary education in
the monastic school at Phyang Monastery. He
later joined the Drikung Kagyu Institute in
Dehra Dun India, where he continued his
education in religious academics and
rituals. In 1998 he participated in Tibetan
Buddhist dance tour for world peace after
receiving special training at Drikung Kagyu
Institute in monastic ritual musical
instruments, sacred dance, and religious
ceremonies. He is now the resident lama at
DKC Tibetan Meditation Center in Escondido.
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Ngakpa Wangdu began
seriously studying Tibetan Buddhism in 1985
at the Tibetan Meditation Center in
Washington, DC. Under Khenchen Rinpoche, he
studied meditation and Buddhist philosophy,
with special emphasis on the Jewel Ornament
of Liberation. He developed a system for
computer publishing bilingual Tibetan and
English meditation texts. He has studied
with Drupon Samten since he arrived in the
USA in 1987. |
