Ling Rinpoche

Ling Rinpoche, the 14th Dalai Lama and Trijang Rinpoche at Hyderabad House, N.Delhi. 1956

Ling Rinpoche Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Trinlé (1903-1983) — the 97th Ganden Tripa and senior tutor to the 14th Dalai Lama. He was ordained by the 13th Dalai Lama.

He was one of the most renowned masters of the 20th century, and his students included masters from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

Further reading

Web publications:

• The Sixth Ling Rinpoche, Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Trinley, Treasury of Lives

• Ling Rinpoche, Wikipedia
• Ling Rinpoche, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Biography of Ling Rinpoche at FPMT.org
• Ling Rinpoche Official Web Site
• TBRC Profile

Print publications:

• 'The Autobiography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche', translated by Losang Norbu Tsonawa in Tibet Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 3, Autumn 1983
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama, The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché (Wisdom Publications, 2017)