Background
Phakchok Rinpoche is the first-born grandson of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and his father, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, is the fourth reincarnation of Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa.
Phakchok Rinpoche is the first-born grandson of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and his father, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, is the fourth reincarnation of Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa.
He is Vajra Master of Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery, abbot of several monasteries in Nepal, and assists monasteries and practice centers in Tibet. In addition, he serves as Director of the Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation, a non-profit organization engaged in a wide-range of humanitarian projects. Phakchok Rinpoche has a growing number of centers and Dharma groups around the world as well as students in over fifty countries including Malaysia, United States, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Austria, Scotland, Great Britain and Israel.
In the United States, his main retreat center is Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Cooperstown in upstate New New York
Through his various foundations, Phakchok Rinpoche directs a number of projects, including a Monastic Education Fund that serves monks in two monasteries in the Kathmandu Valley, the Vajra Varahi Healthcare Clinic in Kathmandu, and dental and medical camps to serve remote areas of Nepal with the help of doctors from Singapore, Malaysia and Germany. Phakchok Rinpoche sits on the board of the non-profit organisation Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen, also based in Nepal.
