About the 8th Zuri Rinpoche

The 1st Zuri Rinpoche was originally based in Tsurphu Monastery of Tibet. Knows as Lhasa, it has been the main seat of the Karma Kayyu Lingeage and residence of the successive incarnations of the Gyalwang Karmapas.

There are four Rinpoches knows as (The Karmapa's four heart sons) who have guided and benefited this magnificent monastery the Venerable Traleg Kyabgon Rinposhe, Thrangu Rinpoche, Zuri Rinpoche and Lodro Nyima Rinpoche. These masters have all taken rebirth at this monastery many times in order to uphold this sacred and holy place with the compassionate wish that beings in the future may continue to benefit from the Buddha Dharma.

The 7th Zuri Rinpoche, for example, have attained enlightenment by reciting the Vajrakilaya Mantra 1,300 million times in his small retreat hut overhanging the cliff of the Princess wencheng Temple in Qinghai. The 7th Zuri Rinpoche passed away in Bhutan, thus created the origination of his next incarnation in this Himalayan kingdom.

The 8th Zuri Rinpoche has carried on the powerful tradition of Vajrakilaya practice and Tsok offerings unceasingly for the benefit of sentient beings. The venerable 8th Zuri Rinpoche was born in Bhutan and recognized by HH 16th Karmapa at tow months old. He was bestowed the Dharma name Karma Migyur Tenpei Gyaltshen Jigme Gocha.

At a young age, The 8th Zuri Rinpoche entered Rumtek Monastery, Located near Sikkim, the karmapa's seat in Sikkim, India, to receive intensive tradtional Buddhist education. Zuri Rinpoche studied at the Karma Shri Nalanda Institute and performed brilliantly under the guidance of the Karmapa.

A qualified lineage teacher and a great reincarnation master, the Venerable 8th Zuri Rinpoche is highly commended by His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Thinley Dorje. Rinpoche said in his teachings that being a Rinpoche( meaning the "precious one" in Tibetan), his mission is to benefit all sentient beings for them to attain true happiness. At the same time, being a member of the "Golden Rosary" of the Karma Kagyu lineage, he is obliged to contribute to the prosperity of the Karma Kagyu lineage, and Buddhism as a whole, committed in the Bodhisattva Path to spread the Dharma and liberate all sentient beings from samsara, and Taiwan, setting up Buddhist centers, giving teaching, conducting pujas, holding retreats and animal protection activities.