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Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche was born in 1955 in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet. At about the age of two, he was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg tulkus, and enthroned as the supreme abbot of Thrangu Monastery. The Traleg incarnation line is one of the most important Kagyü tulku lineages in Tibet and is traced back to the time of Saltong Shogam (Wyl. gsal ston shwo sgom) (b. twelfth century), one of the 'Three Men from Kham' who were among the five closest students to Gampopa and the only students to receive the complete transmission of both Vajrayana and Mahamudra instructions from him.
Rinpoche is the spiritual director of E-Vam Institute in Melbourne, Australia; Nyima Tashi in Auckland, New Zealand; and other affiliated centers.
In North America, Traleg Rinpoche has established and is the spiritual director of the E-Vam Buddhist Institute in New York.