Gehlek Rinpoche - Definition and Overview

Kyabje Gehlek Rimpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist lama who was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1939. He is an tulku, an incarnate lama, of Drepung Monastic University, where he received the scholastic degree of Geshe Lharampa, the highest degree given, at a exceptionally young age.

Gehlek is a nephew of the 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso. He was tutored by many of the same masters that tutored the current (14th) Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

In 1959, Gehlek fled to India from Tibet and gave up monastic life. He is the founder and president of Jewel Heart, "a spiritual, cultural, and humanitarian organization that translates the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism into contemporary life."[1] (http://www.rmanyc.org/programs/tp/1.cfm)

Publications

Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation

• Hardcover: 184 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.78 x 8.28 x 5.33
  • Publisher: Riverhead Books; (September 27, 2001)
  • ISBN 1573221961

• Paperback: 208 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 8.01 x 5.14
  • Publisher: Riverhead Books; (October 1, 2002)
  • ISBN 1573229520

The Tara Box: Rituals for Protection and Healing From the Female Buddha (with Brenda Rosen)

• Hardcover: 96 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.54 x 6.22 x 4.14
  • Publisher: New World Library; Kit edition (April 1, 2004)
  • ISBN 1577314611

External link

• Bio of Gehlek Rinpoche (http://www.jewelheart.org/general_pages/rimpoche.html), from Jewel Heart