A Letter from Tsoknyi Rinpoche III on Tashi Lama

I am happy to give my full and complete authorization to Tsewang Rinzing Lama, also known as Tashi Lama, to give teachings in Buddhist theory and practice whenever he may be requested to do so.

Tashi Lama became a monk of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche at the Kat Nying Shedrup Ling monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal in 1975, when he was nine years old. Tashi Lama completed his full monastic training, including philosophical learning and study, training in ritual practices and personal meditation retreat between 1975-1991, primarily under the guidance of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. (Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was well known throughout the world as a meditation master. He passed away in February 1996.) Tashi Lama has served as my main assistant since 1991, when I first began my major work of building Ngesdon Osel Ling monastery in Nepal and giving Buddhist teachings throughout the world. In 1992, Tashi began accompanying me on my travels to teach outside of Nepal.

He is a core teacher in my organization and has traveled and taught with me in the following countries: India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan in Asia; the U.K., France, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria in Europe; the U.S. and Canada in North America; and, Argentina and Brazil in South America.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche III

(Photos by Tony Barrs; 2009 Crestone, CO at Yeshe Rangsal and Vajrasattva Empowerment)