Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen

མཁན་ཆེན་དཀོན་མཆོག་རྒྱལ་མཚན་

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen Rinpoche, born in Tsari, Tibet in the spring of 1946, came to the West in the early 1980’s to found the Tibetan Meditation Center in Washington, D.C. An important Khenchen in the Drikung lineage, Rinpoche completed a nine-year course of study at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India beginning in 1967. In more recent years, Khenchen Rinpoche has spent a great deal of his time traveling in order to give teachings and lead retreats. He has established centers throughout the US and in Chile, and he frequently visits Europe, especially Germany and Austria, as well as Southeast Asia. In 2001 he received the high honor of being enthroned as Khenchen (great abbot). He lives in Frederick, Maryland. (Source Accessed May 1, 2026)

Publications:

The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings. By Gampopa (sgam po pa). Edited by Ani K. Chodron. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1998.
Wheel of Wisdom. Translated by Terence Barrett. Gainsville, FL: Vajra Publications, 2012.
Opening the Treasure of the Profound, Opening the Treasure of the Profound: Teachings on the Songs of Jigten Sumgön and Milarepa. Edited by Khenmo Trinlay Chödron. Boston: Snow Lion/Shambhala Publications, 2013.
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