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Lecture 8: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, "Reflections on the Nonsectarian (ris med) Movement and the Academic Study of Buddhist Traditions"

Friday, May 19, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT
Online

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism under many great masters such as HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He took his formal education at Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok and Sampurnananda Sanskrit University, Varanasi, India and has served as Professor of Tibetology in Sikkim for 17 years. His doctoral thesis was on the Ecumenical Movement in Tibet.

Since 1990 he has been traveling and teaching Buddhism and meditation at more than 50 Universities, Institutes and Buddhist Centres in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and Asia. He also participates in various interfaith dialogues. He authored several books on Buddhism as well as some children’s books both in Tibetan and European languages.

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Joshua Shelton  

buddhiststudies@northwestern.edu

Interest

  • Academic (general)

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