religion alias birth_place teacher color location nationality title article_title lineage background birth_date school education name
tibetan buddhism lama '' wangchen '' -lrb- bla ma dbang chen -rrb- nangchen , tibet xvith tenzin gyaltsen , ling rinpoche gyalwa karmapa , dilgo khyentse , khunu lama black toronto , canada canada canadian karma thinleypa iv karma thinley rinpoche
 mahamudra , lamdré #ffd 068 1939 kagyu , sakya riwoche karma thinley rinpoche
karma thinley rinpoche

karma thinley rinpoche , -lrb- b. 1931 -rrb- is an important master of the kagyu mahamudra , sakya lamdré and chod traditions of tibetan buddhism active in the west .
he is also well regarded by tibetans as a scholar , poet and artist .
