Phakchok Rinpoche was born in 1981 to Kyapjé Tsikey Chokling Rinpoché and his wife Dechen Paldron. Rinpoche was recognized at a young age as the seventh Phakchok Rinpoché, an inca...view morePhakchok Rinpoche was born in 1981 to Kyapjé Tsikey Chokling Rinpoché and his wife Dechen Paldron. Rinpoche was recognized at a young age as the seventh Phakchok Rinpoché, an incarnation of a great teacher and meditation master. Receiving ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rinpoche received a thorough education and training in Buddhist philosophy and meditation, studying with some of the most accomplished masters of modern times, his main teachers being his grandfather Kyapjé Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Kyapjé Nyoshul Khen Rinpoché. Rinpoché completed his education at the Dzongsar Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies in Bir, India, where he received the Khenpo title. Rinpoche travels the world, teaching in Buddhist centers, universities, and monasteries from Asia to the US, from South America to Europe.view less