Background
Geshe Thupten Phelgye was born as Dorje Thinley in the Riwoche District of the traditional Tibetan province of Kham.
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He attended school in India at C.S.T. Changlang and South.F.F. School Dehradun.
Career
In 1959, three-year-old Dorje and his family fled. He became a monk in 1973, at age 17, at Seraje College, Sera Monastic University. Starting in 1993, he spent five years in retreat near Dharamsala in the Dhauladhar mountains.
Over the years, He has been tirelessly giving talks and teachings around the world advocating vegetarianism and Universal Compassion for world peace.
His message is simple, all beings deserve equal compassion like ourselves. Universal Compassion Movement is his agenda.
He has taken a leave from his political service in the Parliament and back to Dharma life. He will be serving as a faculty, adviser and a global scholar in the Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington Thupten Phelgye saw the inside of a slaughterhouse as a child, and as a result, he became a strong advocate of vegetarianism.
He has also founded a charitable trust, the Universal Compassion Movement (Universal Content Management ), with the mission of bringing people together to help animals who are slaughtered or suffer cruel and inhumane treatment.
His United States speaking engagements have included Amherst College, Gonzaga University, Harvard University, Naropa University, North Idaho College, University of Idaho, University of California at Santa Barbara, University of San Francisco, and Wheaton College. Thupten Pelgye is active in interfaith dialogue. to focus on the day-to-day practice of "how to be nice and how to be good,"" and also noted his emphasis on practical, "every-day practice" to serve others In 2004, the Dalai Lama requested Thupten Pelgye to serve as "an emissary for peace." He is active in Middle East peace efforts, via the Sulha Peace Project.
In May, 2012, Thupten Pelgye blessed around 100 pets, mostly dogs, at Marymoor Park to promote compassion and peace.
