H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing. Known as a scholar, teacher and meditation master to thousands of students around the world, Rinpoche is also the first incarnate lama to earn a PhD in the West. He completed his doctoral studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at Harvard University in 2004.
He is the head of the Trungram lineage, its monasteries, meditation centers, schools, dharma centers and groups around the world. One of the highest tulkus of the Kagyu lineage, he is a Rime master, having received teachings from the great masters of all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Rinpoche offers students a unique blend of Eastern wisdom and Western understanding. A scholar of Sanskrit and Tibetan, Rinpoche roots his teachings in the Skills of Awareness—a path combining profound meditation techniques with essential points of Dharma study. Read more
Events with Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
Discovering the Dharma V, Part 1January 17 - 24, 2027
A DHARMAKAYA CENTER RETREAT TRANSFORMATION: open the door to the highest yogic practices In Discovering the Dharma I-IV, you have spent time developing mental stability through Shamatha meditation, a week in retreat focusing on impermanence and an additional week in retreat meditating on compassion. This final session multiplies the benefits of all the previous sessions by guiding you through refuge with prostrations, Vajrasattva Practice, Mandala Offerings, and Guru Yoga practice. These are very potent and fundamental practices that will act as a powerful springboard for your individual practice at the end of the program. Please read the section below on…
