Born in 1981 to Chokling Rinpoche and his wife Dechen Paldron, Phakchok Rinpoche is grandson of Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche and the eldest brother of the Yangsi Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Recognized by the Kagyu regents and ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he has studied with a number of great lamas, including Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. An enthusiastic and vibrant young lama, his teaching are direct, accessible and always fresh, opening up our minds in a playful and inspring way. Phakchok Rinpoche is the abbot of a monastery in Chapagaon in the southern Kathmandu Vallery, as well as head of Riwoche Monastery in Tibet's Dokham region.