Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche
Lobsang Thubten Trinley Yarphel (, 7 July 1941 – 18 April 2020), was the 5th Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche of Tibet. He was a Tibetan-Italian lama of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Biography. Lama Gangchen Tulku Rinpoche (Dakshu,Tibet 1941- Verbania, Italy, 2020), was an important Tibetan lama belonging to the last generation of lamas from the ‘old Tibet’. He is still today spiritual guide and a point of reference for thousands of people, not only Buddhists, all over the world. At a young age he was recognised as the reincarnation of the lama healer Kachen Sapen. He  completed his traditional education in some of the most important monastic universities, first in Tibet and later in India. He was a direct disciple of the greatest lamas of the Gelugpa school of the twentieth century, such as His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, who taught him Tibetan medicine, healing methods and astrology, and Kyabje Ling Rinpoche. After completing his studies, he dedicated himself for many years to supporting and caring for the Tibetan community in India, Nepal and Sikkim where he worked tirelessly as a spiritual teacher and healer. In the 1980s, upon the invitation of  Italian friends, he began to travel throughout Europe and finally settled in Italy. As a renowned healing lama, he began to share his knowledge of the teachings of the "inner scientist" Buddha Shakyamuni, as he himself defined the Buddha. Having verified the great interest of Westerners for information and instruction on healing methods and peace education, he dedicated himself to the creation and teaching of the NgalSo Tantric Self-Healing practices, adapting the complex methodologies of the Tantric tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to the needs of modern society. He wrote many books on the NgalSo Self-Healing methods to relax  the body, speech and mind: Self-Healing 3, the guide to the good thought supermarket, Making peace with the environment and many others, published by Lama Gangchen Peace Publications. Videos of these meditative techniques, guided by Lama Gangchen, can be viewed on YouTube. Amongst many awards and recognitions for his work, in 2019 the Unesco Chair of Health Anthropology – biospheres and healing methods – of the University of Genoa certified that the NgalSo healing teachings and the practices transmitted by Lama Gangchen implement the goals of the United Nations 2030 agenda. These goals are the protection of traditional medicines, healing practices  and cultural traditions, the development of local economies and the revitalisation of the natural environment. Lama Gangchen founded numerous centres all over the world, one of the first was Kunpen Lama Gangchen in Milan and the Albagnano Healing Meditation Centre in Verbania, Italy, Shide Choe Tsog in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gangchen Drupkang in Kathmandu, Nepal, Mani Bhadra Centre in Dalfsen, the Netherlands, Entorno de Paz in Almeria, Spain Tireless promoter of dialogue between religions and spiritual movements, the Lama Gangchen World Peace Foundation, an NGO affiliated with the United Nations, presented the proposal for the establishment of a permanent spiritual  forum under the aegis of the UN. Since 1992, his Fondazione Lama Gangchen Help in Action Onlus has been dedicated to the realisation of humanitarian aid projects in favour of Himalayan communities. In addition to the extraordinary and innumerable initiatives for the dissemination of the culture of inner peace as the most solid foundation for world peace, Lama Gangchen will remain in the hearts of all those who met him as a teacher of great love and profound wisdom.