Born in eastern Tibet, in 1930, His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche wa recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of the abbot of Chagdud Monastery. The monastery was established in the early thirteenth century and is still standing today. The son of Dawa Drolma, one of the Tibet's most renowned female lamas, Chagdud Rinpoche received extensive training from many great lamas and belongs to the last generation of teachers to have received complete training in the vast wealth of Vajrayana Buddhist teachings and methods while still living in Tibet.
In addition to his scholarship, realization, and boundless compassion, the evovate power of Chagdud rinpoche's singing voice has made him renowned among both Tibetans and Westerners.