Друпон Кунсанг Ринпоче

Drubpon Kunsang Rinpoche was born in Ngari at the vicinity of Mt. Kailash in Tibet 1976. When he was six years old, he became monk and studied Dharma, rituals, prayers and so forth. As a little boy, he left Tibet to India and there he grew up.  In Dharamsala , he studied mandala and thanka painting. Then in the Drikung Monastery, he studied philosophy for seven years.  Afterwards he went into a three-year retreat in Amora, India completed the "Six Yogas of Naropa" and the "Five-Fold Path of Mahamudra. He received the award "Champion of the retreat." His main teacher H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche sent him to Nepal for another retreat for four years. Under the direction of His Holiness Dalai Lama, a group of representatives from all different religions came together and met with the scientists to discuss and exchange. Drubpon Kunsang Rinpoche was sent by the Tibetan Government in Dharamsala, India to Switzerland to take part in the project “Science Meets Dharma”. From 2001 to 2005, he studied natural sciences and training in intercultural relations in the Tibet Institute in Rikon in Switzerland. During that time, he met many people from Switzerland who were interested in the Dharma.  H.E. Garchen Rinpoche encouraged him to start a center in Switzerland to teach the Dhamra. In 2005, the Drikung Kagyu Ling Dorje center with Drubpon Kunsang Rinpoche as chief lama was inaugurated by his Eminence Garchen Rinpoche with the blessing of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche.