His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche
Descending from a long line of incarnations that include the great Mahasiddha Darikapa, His Eminence Gangchen Rinpoche is a renowned healer who is well... His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche

In 1941, the world was gifted with a great Mahasiddha when His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche was born in Western Tibet. Descending from a long line of incarnations that originate from the great Mahasiddha Darikapa, one of the 84 Mahasiddhas, many of Lama Gangchen’s previous incarnations have held the position of Abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. This deep connection with Tashi Lhunpo and the line of Panchen Lamas continues to this day.

The living Mahasiddha Gangchen Lama

The living Mahasiddha Gangchen Lama

At the tender age of five, Lama Gangchen was recognised as the reincarnate Lama-Healer and enthroned at Gangchen Choepeling Monastery. At 12 years old, he received the “Kachen” degree, a qualification usually conferred after 20 years of study.

Lama Gangchen then spent the next five years studying in Sera and Tashi Lhunpo monasteries on the subjects of medicine, astrology, meditation and philosophy. He also studied in various other places such as Gangchen Gompa, Tropu Gompa and Neytsong Monastery and became the disciple of some of the most important Lamas of the Gelugpa tradition including His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.

In 1963, Lama Gangchen left Tibet to join the exiled Tibetan community in India and continued his studies at the Varanasi Sanskrit University in Benares for the next seven years. Later in 1970, Lama Gangchen also received his Geshe Rigram degree from Sera Monastic University.

For the next 10 years, Lama Gangchen served the community as a healer and saved countless lives. His fame as a healer grew to the point where he was engaged as the private physician of the Royal Family.

Lama Gangchen’s first visit to Europe took place in 1981, and within the same year he established his first centre Karuna Choetsok in Lesbos, Greece. From 1982 onwards, Lama Gangchen travelled the world extensively, healing and teaching many who crossed his path, and leading many pilgrimages to various holy places around the world.

Gangchen Lama with his heart disciple Lama Michel (right)

Lama Gangchen with his heart disciple Lama Michel (right)

In 1995, with the vision of making the world a better place, Lama Gangchen initiated the United Nations Spiritual Forum for World Peace to create a permanent Spiritual Forum within the UN structure and to bring contributions in the form of spiritual and material support to the UN. Two years later, out of great compassion, Lama Gangchen founded the Lama Gangchen Kiurok Tsochun Association which spearheads humanitarian aid projects for underdeveloped countries.

Lama Gangchen is an incredibly well respected Lama in the East and more recently in the West, ever since Tibetan Buddhism was brought abroad. Whenever Lama Gangchen visits his personal monastery in Shigatse as well as Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, both located in close proximity with each other, tens of thousands of devotees will gather to receive his blessings. In some instances, it has taken Lama Gangchen three full days to place his hands on the head of every single devotee who came to seek his blessings.

Not only is Lama Gangchen a Tantric master of the Yamantaka, Guhyasamaja, Heruka and Vajrayogini Tantras, he is also well known for his mastery of the Kalachakra Tantras and for his closeness to the mystical land of Shambhala. It is said that Lama Gangchen has taken rebirth in the holy land of Shambhala countless times and even now, he has the ability to astral travel to Shambhala in an instant.

Tsem Rinpoche (right) with Lama Gangchen (centre).

H.E. Tsem Rinpoche (right) with Lama Gangchen (centre).

Lama Gangchen is also renowned for his full accomplishment of the Medicine Buddha practice. It is a common Tibetan belief that to see, feel or visualise Lama Gangchen is equal to being in the presence of the Medicine Buddha. Countless people have survived debilitating and life-threatening diseases with near-impossible chances of recovery with the help of Lama Gangchen’s healing blessings, complemented with Western or traditional Tibetan medication. The blessed healing pills and waters created by Lama Gangchen are highly sought after for their ability to heal the most stubborn problems, afflictions and illnesses.

One of Lama Gangchen’s most important projects is the integration between Tibetan Medicine and allopathic medicine. Tibetan Medicine is incredibly effective but its healing mechanisms are still widely unknown, making this project an incredibly important one in uncovering this treasure trove of knowledge for the benefit of many.

Lama Gangchen at Borobudur, Indonesia, where he conducts Self-Healing Meditation retreats annually.

Lama Gangchen at Borobudur, Indonesia, where he conducts Self-Healing Meditation retreats annually.

After years of travelling the world and being a strong supporter of world peace, Lama Gangchen at present is the Spiritual Director of the International Lama Gangchen Peace Times organisation. His kindness, compassion and continuous effort to promote the growth of the Buddhadharma, alternative healing, world peace and environmental healing has manifested in over 100 Inner Peace Education centres worldwide.

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  • JerrySito

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #1 Author

    在读完这帖子后,我更加认识了尊贵的Gangchen仁波切

    人们总是会把“觉得不好”的东西或事情放大,而却把许多真的好的东西或事情给忘了,仁波切因为修持多杰雄登护法而遭到不公平的待遇,然而大家却忘了:

    尊贵的Gangchen仁波切5岁,被认证为84大成就者的转世,伟大的扎什伦布寺的主持的转世,被认为与药师佛是同等证悟的高僧,仁波切12获得Kachen 学位,并在其后在色拉寺获得格西学位,接下来,仁波切帮助与治愈了无数的人,并成立了世界和平中心以能够持续利益到更多的人

    我想表达的是,如此一位慈善与被认证的高僧,而仁波切他选择了修持多杰雄登护法,那么多杰雄登护法肯定的就绝对不会是“邪灵”,仁波切传授多杰雄登护法的修持法门,就是说这一个法门能够利益与帮助到无尽的众生,因为Gangchen仁波切等同药师佛,84伟大成就者/扎什伦布寺的主持的转世,所以他一定有能力知道与分辨多杰雄登护法其实就是文殊菩萨的化现的。

    Thank You 谢谢
    Jerry Sito 司徒

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  • Wylfred Ng

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #2 Author

    Thank you for the information on His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche.
    It is so touched to see many High Lama and many of the great 84 Mahasiddha still continue to reincarnate to bring Dharma to us.

    As i know, His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche is also one of the Guru of my root Guru, H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche. I respect His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche much and wish Him to live long and continue to turn the wheel of dharma.

    Thank you

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  • Sock Wan

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #3 Author

    H.E the 25th Tsem Rinpoche respects H.E Gangchen Rinpoche a lot, their guru-student relationship started way back in 1987. (http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/respects-to-kyabjegangchen-rinpoche.html) Tsem Rinpoche has received many teachings from Gangchen Rinpoche, one of them is the Black Manjushri practice (http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/prayers-and-sadhanas/black-manjushri.html).

    One cannot deny how highly attained Gangchen Rinpoche is, because at a very tender age of 12 , he has already received the “Kachen” degree, a qualification usually conferred after 20 years of study! When he received the degree he was still child.

    May Gangchen Rinpoche live long and continue to benefit all sentient beings.

    GangchenRinpoche034

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  • Carmen

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #4 Author

    I’ve always been in awe of Gangchen Rinpoche. The first time I heard about Gangchen Rinpoche is when Tsem Rinpoche spoke about Gangchen Rinpoche, with alot of respect as Gangchen Rinpoche is one of Rinpoche’s teachers. Rinpoche has always said that Gangchen Rinpoche is highly clairvoyant, and attained, as Rinpoche says here:

    “So, there I was in the middle of Kathmandu, Nepal and Rinpoche was telling me things about my past that were very accurate and precise. Gangchen Rinpoche also gave me a prediction of my future and what I should do in tremendous detail. Yes, I repeat: he gave me predictions of my future and what I should do in much detail. And in hindsight, 20 years later, it came true. So I am totally and perfectly convinced that Kyabje Gangchen Rinpoche has very advanced psychic abilities, which I witnessed with my own eyes. I was and am still amazed at the clairvoyance of Kyabje Gangchen Rinpoche. If you ever have a chance to visit him, you should. He is an incredible lama with great compassion, knowledge, insight and psychic abilities. He is a great healer in this incarnation as were his previous incarnations. It is said Kyabje Gangchen Rinpoche has many visions of various Buddhas and Dharma protectors and is very close to H.H. Panchen Rinpoche for many lifetimes now.”

    (http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/invocation-to-namkar-barzin.html)

    May Gangchen Rinpoche live for many years to turn the wheel of Dharma

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  • KarenChong

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #5 Author

    Besides of His healing power, H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche is known to be a strong advocate of humanism. Lama Gangchen World Peace Foundation that is in support of United Nation has been very active as well as successful in promoting and upholding the value of world peace. They work hand in hand with United Nation in various projects i.e water project in Tibet, China, children educational project, tree projects, and etc that supports and aid the under-privileged people.

    Gangchen Rinpoche is one of the pop Lama that uses modern method to spread the hold Dharma. United peace of voice is one of the very cool project headed by one of His students Tiziana who can sing really well. They composed mantra and prayers into songs and recorded them.

    I had the fortune to be one of the representatives of Kechara to meet and make offerings to H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche on behalf of Tsem Rinpoche in Italy last year. It was an eye opening experience to be around Albaghano healing centre and of course to be in the presence of Medicine Buddha was a great blessing. Thank you Tsem Rinpoche for allowing me to be part of the trip.

    http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/respects-to-kyabjegangchen-rinpoche.html

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  • Su Ming

    Posted on May 25, 2016 #6 Author

    I am very fortunate to have audiences with Lama Gangchen on several occasion. Is incredible how such erudite old master is being ostracised at this moment and for many years now due to Rinpoche’s loyalty to the practices his teacher has given Rinpoche ie Dorje Shugden. I have heard from his main Changtso @ house manager of his household/private office on how overnight the Tibetan destroyed his Ladrang @ household in Sera Mey when the controversy of Dorje Shugden accelerated. And till today, it still brought back a lot of emotion for his students.

    There are more information from Tsem Rinpoche below regarding Rinpoche experience with Gangchen Rinpoche which I am fortunate to hear directly from Tsem Rinpoche.

    http://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/tantric-practices-by-kyabje-gangchen-rinpoche.html

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  • William Chua

    Posted on May 26, 2016 #7 Author

    Lama Gangchen Rinpoche is an erudite master who is renowned for healing. What I admire about him is that his compassion spreads across the world where he travels to spread Dharma and heal people with his abilities. No doubt that he is attained because of his accomplishments at a very young age. This is true when he founded the United Nations Spiritual Forum for World Peace to create a permanent Spiritual Forum within the UN structure .

    Lama Gangchen is also one of the Lamas who recognises my guru Tsem Rinpoche upon sight that he is a reincarnated Tulku. This shows his powers are beyond the ordinary.

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  • Justin Cheah

    Posted on May 30, 2016 #8 Author

    Due to the kindness of my Lama, H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, i have the fortune to visit his Ladrang in 2008 during one of the pilgrimage to Nepal. It was an extremely eye opening experience and it is one of the places i will never forget. Jamyang La in particular was very helpful and brought us to visit the important areas of the Ladrang. Through my own eye, i see H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche has never failed to benefit the society through humanitarian projects. He has free schools for the poor in Nepal, i also remembered H.E. has a factory that produces healing incenses plus many more. I was very impressed with all the works that H.E. has done. My Lama H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche spoke highly of H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche throughout the pilgrimage and it is one of my wish to be able to in audience with the famous Healing Lama in this life time for i am inspired by H.E.’s good work all over the world. He is one of the many Lamas who have also declared openly their Dorje Shugden practice and for me he, just like my Guru is one who are not afraid of anything even for the sake of their lives but to keep their commitments with their Gurus. Moreover Gangchen Rinpoche is also very modern and always uses skillful means to help spread Buddhsim throughout the world. One can only see the examples he set of his work to the world. I am absolutely in awe of H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche. May erudite Masters such as H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche live long and healthily for the benefit of many.

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  • Fong

    Posted on June 9, 2016 #9 Author

    What came across about His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche is his commitment to bless as many as he physically could. Imagine taking 3 days to bless everyone at his teaching. How he is working on the integration between Tibetan Medicine and allopathic medicine to benefit more people. And, how many survived debilitating and life-threatening diseases with near-impossible chances of recovery with Lama Gangchen’s help.

    Reading about his earlier years just show his attainments at a young age. “At 12 years old, he received the “Kachen” degree, a qualification usually conferred after 20 years of study.” This lends credence to the claim that he is reincarnate Lama-Healer and of the incarnations that originate from the great Mahasiddha Darikapa, one of the 84 Mahasiddhas.

    Many thanks to KarenChong for the information on Lama Gangchen’s other works. It is amazing how these high lamas can do so much to benefit so very many people. Awe inspiring. From the recounting f his years of study and work, I cannot help but come to the conclusion that he is such a accomplished healer and teacher of the Buddhadharma still working to benefit people in his ongoing projects in environment and alternative healing.

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  • Datuk May

    Posted on July 17, 2016 #10 Author

    It is always so inspiring to read and learn about Great Tibetan Lamas and Masters. It is amazing how HE Gangchen Rinpoche will have the imprints in early youth to continue His great work on this world in this era to benefit sentient beings as he has done so lifetime after lifetime.

    May HE Gangchen Rinpoche live a long and healthy life.

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  • Sharon Ong

    Posted on August 3, 2016 #11 Author

    The first time I came across Gangchen Rinpoche’s name was when I first saw his range of healing incense on vajrasecrets.com. I knew incense had healing properties via aromatherapy but after reading about how some of his incense can be crushed into powder form and mixed with lotion/oil to be applied topically, I felt that Gangchen Rinpoche is no ordinary Lama but one with extraordinary healing abilities.

    This is a great write-up about this healing lama. I particularly like these bits:-
    1) Gangchen Rinpoche and his close affinity to the mystical land of Shambhala. It is said that this healing lama has taken rebirth in the holy land of Shambhala countless times and even now, he has the ability to astral travel to Shambhala in an instant.
    2) Renowned for his full accomplishment of the Medicine Buddha practice, Tibetans believe that to see, feel or visualise Gangchen Rinpoche is equal to being in the presence of the Medicine Buddha.

    Another interesting fact that I read about Gangchen Rinpoche was when Rinpoche’s current healing and meditation centre in Nepal was under construction, there was no water supply. Upon Rinpoche’s arrival at the site, a spring naturally sprung forth and continues to provide water for the whole meditation and healing centre until today. This is another miraculous occurance proving that Rinpoche is indeed an extraordinary being.

    May Gangchen Rinpoche be blessed with a long healthy life to continue his wonderful healing and other beneficial Dharma work.

    [Incense by Gangchen Rinpoche -http://www.vajrasecrets.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=gangchen]

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  • Sofi

    Posted on August 19, 2016 #12 Author

    This tribute to His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche makes such an interesting read. His attainments had me in awe and I love how he uses them to help the people in need. His compassion and care radiates from his being and in most the pictures that I have seen of Gangchen Rinpoche, there is a smile. Gangchen Rinpoche held strong to his Guru Devotion by his continual practise of Protector Dorje Shugden even when his Ladrang was attacked by the supporters of the Dalai Lama’s ban. His greatness can be seen in his teachings and dharma works spreading to many parts of the world. It would be so lovely to have Gangchen Rinpoche visit our Guru, His Eminence the 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and Kechara Forest Retreat in the very near future. Hope to have the honour to meet such an enlightened Master. May Gangchen Rinpoche live long healthy life to continue blessing the people with his turning of the Wheel of Dharma.

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  • Alice Tay

    Posted on January 24, 2017 #13 Author

    H.E. Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche is well known with full accomplishment of the Medicine Buddha practice and many of Tibetans believe that he is equal to being in the presence of the Medicine Buddha. Countless people have survived and get healing blessings from Gangchen Rinpoche, complemented with Western or traditional Tibetan medication. The blessed healing pills and waters created by Gangchen Rinpoche are for the benefit of others to get rid of suffering from illnesses. The healing pills are very effective and able to heal the most stubborn problems, afflictions and illnesses.

    May Gangchen Rinpoche long life and continue to turn the wheel of dharma for the benefit of others.

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  • Vivian Ong

    Posted on May 16, 2017 #14 Author

    Wow! Gangchen Rinpoche is such a well-learned High Lama. How I wish I have the chance to meet him in person to get his blessings _/\_ Gangchen Rinpoche is definitely the walking Medicine Buddha of our time. Look at how many people he has saved from life-threatening diseases with near-impossible chances of recovery.

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  • yin ping

    Posted on December 22, 2017 #15 Author

    His Eminence Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche was born in 1941. His incarnation can trace back to the great Mahasiddha Darikapa, one of the 84 Mahasiddhas. Many of Lama Gangchen’s previous reincarnations had deep connection with Tashi Lhunpo Monastery.

    Highly attained masters who reincarnate again and again, they are fast learner where they are able to well-learnt sutras and tantras easily. Just as Lama Gangchen accomplished “Kachen” degree at the age of 12. This qualification usually granted after 20 years of study. Lama Gangchen also well-known as great Tantric masters who has taken rebirth in the holy land of Shambhala countless times.

    Since 1982, Lama Gangchen travelled the world spreading dharma through healings and teachings. He was highly respected in the East and in the West. His work on promoting the growth of the dharma, humanitarian, world peace and healings achieved great success where there are over 100 Inner Peace Education centres established worldwide. May Lama Gangchen lives long and continue to turn the wheel of dharma.

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  • Jacinta Goh

    Posted on February 2, 2018 #16 Author

    May we all be able to connect with this powerful and healing Lama, Homage to Medicine Buddha on earth!

    Thank you to Rinpoche. Because of Rinpoche, I am able to know more about this Holy Lama.

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