Tashi Choling Dharma Foundation has a long-standing relationship with the Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche, a meditation master of the Gelugpa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Rinpoche received his training under some of the most competent Buddhist masters in Tibet prior to the Chinese invasion of that country. Later on in India he graduated from Varanasi Sanskrit University with an Acharya degree and spent 18 months in Thailand at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
He first came to Australia in 1977 and taught for three years before leaving for Canada. He has established Buddhist centres and taught throughout North America.
Rinpoche has also been the Spiritual Director of Dorje Ling Retreat Centre (formerly Illusion Farm) in Tasmania for many years.
He is recognised as the 13th incarnation of the great Kagyu teacher, Lama Chabdak, who lived in the Kham region of Eastern Tibet and founded Zuru Gompa 600 years ago.
Rinpoche is known for his gentle compassion and good humoured wisdom.
Rinpoche has written a biography.
Guidelines for his Dharma students.