Career
Born in Kongpo, located in southeastern Tibet, Dagpo Rinpoche was recognized by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Dagpo Lama Jampel Lhundrup when he was only two years old. When he was twenty four, he continued his studies at Drepung Monastery. In 1959, as the Chinese invaded Tibet, he followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile in India.
In 1961 he moved to France, where he took up a research and teaching position at INALCO at Sorbonne University in Paris.
"In today"s modern society there are huge problems. Sometimes we try to do it by accumulating wealth or by harming and dominating others
"There are those who think they can be happy by taking control over others and misleading them. They commit dishonest deeds.
As a result they create problems for themselves.
"People have to learn to lead an ethical and principled life. You must respect others as well as yourself. You must respect not only human life but also that of other beings.
Ideally we should refrain from killing any form of life.
Conflicts can be avoided through mutual respect and discussions.
