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Choje Lama Wangchuk Rinpoche Bestows Medicine Buddha Empowerment in Hong Kong, Urges Daily Mantra Practice
The Venerable Choje Lama Wangchuk Rinpoche visited Hong Kong and bestowed the Medicine Buddha
A very special and joyful day at Thrangu Sekhar Retreat Center.
On 24 February 2026, a very special and joyful day at Thrangu Sekhar Retreat
༧ཡོངས་འཛིན་མཁན་ཆེན་ཁྲ་འགུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་གསུང་འབུམ།
A Short Biography
The Very Venerable Ninth
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche
The Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was born in the small village of Ralungda in Kham, eastern Tibet in 1933. At the age of five, he was recognized as the Thrangu Tulku by the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje and the 11th Tai Situ Rinpoche Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo and enthroned at Thrangu Monastery by Traleg Kyabgön Rinpoche.
Dharma Activities
Preserving Buddha's Teachings
Rinpoche provides Buddhist education, fooding and lodging to more than 1000 monks, and nuns in 12 monasteries.
Free Health Care Services
Thrangu Phende Clinic at Namo Buddha provides free health care services to locals as well. Currently, it provides western, Herbal Medicine, and acupuncture services.
Modern Education to Himalayan Children
Rinpoche provides modern education to more than 800 students preserving Himalayan culture.
Spreading Profound Teachings of Buddha
Rinpoche travels all over the world spreading Buddha’s profound teachings. There are 40 plus centers around the world.
The Four Great Tulkus of Thrangu Monastery
A short biography of The Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche’s Regent: Ven. Choje Lama Wangchuk
The Chairman of Namo Buddha Buddhist Meditation and Educational Center
Lama Wangchuk Topden was born in 1982 in Kathmandu; to his late father, Yangki Khamba, and mother, Phurbu Dolma.
In 1987, he started his basic education at The Very Venerable 9th Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche’s school (Shree Mangal Dvip School for Himalayan Children (SMD) located in Boudha, Kathmandu.