Teachers
The highest teachers of Tibetan Buddhism regularly visit our center and guide meditation classes .
Our Founder and Teacher:
H.E. Sakya Jetsun Chimey Luding
HE Jetsun Chimey Luding, sister of His Holiness Sakya Trizin the head of the Sakya lineage and founder of the Buddhist center of Frankfurt.
Our spiritual leader:
H. H. the 41st Sakya Trizin
H.H. Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche, till March 2017 was the 41st head of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.
H.H. the 43rd Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra Sakya
H.H. 43rd Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, His Holiness, the younger son of His Holiness Sakya Trizin was born in 1979. He studied with his brother and later attended for further training, the Sakya Centre in Rajpur.
H. H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Sakya
H.H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, His Holiness was born in 1974 in Dehradun as the eldest son of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and Dagmo Tashi Lhakee. From an early age he received intensive traditional training and is a lineage holder and head of the Sakya tradition.
Ven. Lama Gedun Gyatso
Our former resident lama Ven. Lama Gedun Gyatso, was born in Markham/East Tibet. As a child he was taught by a Lama. At the age of eleven he joined Dechen Tenphel Ling Monastery where he studied Buddhist scriptures.
H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche
H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche, son of Her Eminence Jetsun Kushok Chimey Luding Rinpoche, is abbot of the Ngor Monastery of the Sakya order and head of hundreds of other branch monasteries. At the age of five years he started with his studies and practice.
Lama Lopon Kunga Choedak
In 2018, Ven. Lama Kunga Choedak Bhutia studied for his Master’s degree in advance Buddhist philosophy where he concurrently served as a tutor and revision teacher to philosophy students. He was awarded the Lopon degree in 2019.
Khenpo Pema Wangdak
In 1982, Khenpo Pema was sent to the West by His Holiness Sakya Trizin as the first of the younger generation of Tibetan teachers in America from the Sakya school. In 1989 he founded the Vikramasila Foundation.