With my heart full of my beloved Rinpoche, I would very much love for you to come to TBI so that we can commemorate the life and times of our Precious Teacher. Please come and feel the spirit, held in the lotus of compassion, of our cherished and adored spiritual guide and mentor, to TBI on Saturday 31st May, 2.00 – 5.00 pm. In our sacred gompa you will be able to pay homage to our dear founder and mentor Kybje Khensur Kangurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche, who passed away peacefully on 22nd January 2014 in his home at Sera Jey Monastery, South West India.

Kyabje Khensur Kangurwa Lobsang Thubten Rinpoche (1925-2014), or simply Rinpoche as his thousands of students around the world affectionately call him, is a Buddhist Monk and also the founder of TBI. He was born in December 1925 to a farming family in the small village of Rinda in a mountainous valley of eastern Tibet (Kham) in what is now the Kartse (Ganzi) Prefecture of Western Sichuan. This area was the birthplace of many great lamas of contemporary times, including Khensur Rinpoche Urgyen Tseten, the late Geshe Ngawang Dhargye and the late Geshe Rabten