Kalden Rinpoche

His Eminence the Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche

Ordained a novice in his youth, he studied at the Sera Je monastery in India. He received full ordination, gelong in Tibet, at the Tashi Lhünpo Monastery, by the abbot emeritus, the Venerable Khensur Sherab Chödar Rinpoche, where he was appointed as Tulku A special reincarnation. Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche was enthroned by his root guru, Kyabje Denma Gonsar Rinpoche, in Denma (Tibet, China) in 2003 – thus being the only Westerner of the lineage to be recognized in Tibet. In Brazil, he founded the Djampel Pawo Buddhist Center in 2001, where he received his guru Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche in 2012 for the 1st Rabne Chenmo ceremony in Brazil, in addition to other great Lamas throughout all these years.

Venerable Kalden Rinpoche has been continuously turning the wheel of Dharma since the founding of the Djampel Pawo Center with weekly teachings and daily practices. He trains his disciples with a solid Mahayana foundation, structured in the Ganden lineage, based on Lojong, the training of the mind, and Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. Progressively, he leads his disciples to Vajrayana and instructs them in the application and practice of the four classes of Tantra, with emphasis on the teachings on the stages of generation and completion. In teaching each of the texts to his disciples, Kalden Rinpoche takes us back to the same experience as when they were first transmitted.

The Mahayana commitment to caring for all sentient beings until full enlightenment guides the actions of His Eminence Kalden Tulku Rinpoche, who diligently dedicates himself to the care of practitioners and to creating favorable conditions for Dharma practice. In this context, the environment, in the Buddhist sense, refers to the set of relationships that constitute experience: the relationship with the elements, with other beings, with the external world, and with the internal and secret environment of the mind. Since the founding of the Djampel Pawo Center, Kalden Rinpoche has strived for the restoration and rectification of the environment as a basis for the correct understanding, preservation, and development of Dharma. He also stands out for cultivating the relationship with the lords of the environment, the Nagas, as prescribed in the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni.