Ling Rinpoche

In 1965 Ling Rinpoche was appointed the 97th Ganden Tripa and held the position as the head of the Gelug school for 19 years, longer than any other occupant of this throne.

[2] Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche gave many public and private teachings and initiations throughout his life in Tibet, India, Europe and North America.

[4] The 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche joined Drepung Monastic University's Loseling College in 1990, which was re-established in the Mundgod Tibetan settlement in South India.

Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche was asked to lead a Long Life Puja on March 5, 2004, which was organized by the Tibetan Government to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama taking the Bikshu vows.

Since then he has given teachings and tantric initiations in many countries in Asia and Europe, Canada, Australia, the United States, Mexico and Israel, as well as Tibetan settlements throughout India and Nepal.

[4] Ling Rinpoche organized the Dalai Lama's historic series of Jangchup Lamrim Teachings on the 18 classic Stages of the Path to Enlightenment treatises.

In November 2012, while driving to Goa Airport to greet Dalai Lama who had arrived to give the Jangchup Lamrim teachings, Ling Rinpoche was in a car accident which was fatal for the driver.

[4] Ling Rinpoche attends international events dedicated to preserving Buddhist traditions, including the International Conference on Vinaya and World Peace Puja in Bodhgaya, India and the conference on the relevance of Buddhism in the 21st Century in Rajgir, India that was organized by the Indian Government Ministry of Culture and the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.

Starting in 2004 he has also participated in the Mind and Life Institute dialogues held in India between the Dalai Lama and scientists on a variety of topics, such physics, neuroplasticity and destructive emotions.