Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen

Tulku Nyima Rinpoche was born in the water horse year of 1942 in Tromtar, Eastern Tibet (Kham). The great Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö recognized him as a reincarnate lama (a tulku) when he was just a small child. At the age of 12 he went to Nyoshul Monastery to study, and trained under many masters, including Orgyen Rigdzin, Khenpo Munsel, and Arik Rinpoche - his root teacher. During this time he studied and meditated on the classic works of the Sakya and Nyingma traditions. In 2003, on his first visit to the United States, he met His Holiness Sakya Trizin who recognized him as a 'genuine reincarnate lama of the Sakya tradition.' His Holiness also described him as "well accomplished." He also met His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche of the Drikung Kagyu tradition who publicly encouraged his students to receive teachings from him. In addition, Tulku Nyima is recognized as one of the five emanations of Khenpo Ngakchung, one of the greatest Nyingma masters of the previous century and a prophesied emanation of Vimalamitra and Longchenpa.

Since 2002 he has been the abbot of the Dokho Monastery in Derge, Eastern Tibet. In 2003, he taught at the University of Virginia and several Buddhist centers on the East and West coasts of the United States. That same year he announced his intention to establish his first center in the West and named it Sakya Dokho Choling; it is located in Germantown, Maryland. Tulku Nyima has been the abbot of many different monasteries in Tibet since 1985 and has taught in universities both in Tibet and in America. He has many disciples, among them lamas and tulkus from many regions including Central Tibet, Kham, Amdo, and Inner Mongolia.