Throughout the 1950s, Rinpoche made pilgrimages to Radeng, Samye, Sakya and Lhasa.[2] Eventually, he settled for a period at Tsurphu Monastery,[2] traditional seat of the Karmapa. The 16th Karmapa recognized Rinpoche as a tulku of Karma Thinleypa.[2]
Karma Thinley Rinpoche left Tibet for India in 1959[1] and during the 1960s was abbot of the Young Lamas Home School[1] and Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling nunnery[2] both founded by Freda Bedi in Dalhousie, HP. There he was one of the first Tibetan refugee Lamas to teach western students. In 1971 he accompanied a group of Tibetan refugees resettled in Ontario, Canada as their Lama[2] and in 1973 established a Buddhist center, Kampo Gangra Drubgyud Ling meditation centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]
In 1982, Karma Tinley Rinpoche was able to visit his homeland Nangchen for the first time since leaving a quarter of a century earlier.[1] Returning several times since then he has established a temple in Shorda, capital of Nangchen District and a school for nomad children in the Sangshung valley.
In 1988, he also established a nunnery, Tekchen Lekshay Ling, at Boudhanath Nepal and subsequently a small meditation retreat center at Pharping.
His students include Lama Jampa Thaye, a British Buddhist teacher who is Karma Thinley Rinpoche's dharma-regent and founded the Dechen sangha,[3] and the Nepalese Lama, Acharya Mahayogi Sridhar Rana
Bibliography
Karma Thinley. History of 16 Karmapas. Shambhala (2001) ISBN1-57062-644-8
Karma Thinley Rinpoche. The Telescope of Wisdom. Ganesha Press (2009) ISBN978-0-9509119-6-0
Karma Thinley Rinpoche, 2018. The Lamp that Dispels Darkness: A Commentary on Karmapa Rangjung Dorje's Distinguishing Consciousness and Primordial WisdomISBN978-0998750781
Dispelling the Darkness of Suffering: A Concise Word Commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training of the Mahayana,, Rabsel Publications (2023) ISBN978-2360170531
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