Dilyak Drupon Rinpoche

drupon 1The second Dilyak Drupon Rinpoche was born in Rumtek, Sikkim on August 8, 1965, and recognized as a tulku by the XVIth Gyalwa Karmapa, who sent him a special blessing cord of cloth. He was officially enthroned as the second Dilyak Drupon Rinpoche at the age of six, in Rumtek. In 1974 he received novice vows from the 16th Karmapa, and later bodhisattva vows. He was trained as a youth by His Holiness and other great lamas of Rumtek, and attended His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa during his trip to the West in 1981. He is a graduate of the Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies, from which he received a degree of Acharya.
Since the Seventeenth Karmapa arrived in India in January 2000, Rinpoche has been at Gyuto Monastery serving the Karmapa as his primary attendant. Rinpoche also has substantial responsibilities for Dilyak Monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal, and is an advisor to Nalandabodhi. He resides primarily in Rumtek.
In 2006, Rinpoche was appointed as His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa's general secretary. For more information, see the website for the Karmapa's Office of Administration.