KatogMatiLing Tibetan Buddhist Sangha

Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche was born in Tibet. He became a monk at age seven and spent his life studying meditation and techniques for working with the mind to bring about positive change. During his training he received three Khenpo degrees -- a Khenpo is equivalent to a PhD -- from the most prominent Buddhist universities in the world. He is the abbot of a monastery in Eastern Tibet, and has been teaching in the West since 2002. He oversees more than twenty meditation groups across the United States and Canada and travels the world to lecture at universities, institutions, and private organizations. Rinpoche is an environmentalist and an advocate of vegetarianism. Of the Nyingma tradition---the oldest form of Tibetan Buddhism---his teachings focus on changing oneself as a way to change the world. For more information about Rinpoche, and to listen to free recordings of his teachings, please visit katog.org. Khentrul Rinpoche visits Hawaii yearly to give teachings and hold retreats .