Australian Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice

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His Eminence Khejok Tulku Rinpoche was born in Domae, Gyalrong in Eastern Tibet in 1936. At eleven years of age he went to Dhe-Tsang Monstery and was enthroned as the reincarnate Khejok Rinpoche. For the next eight years Rinpoche stayed at Dhe-Tsang, undertaking special studies at the Monastery. Rinpoche then went to Sera Mey Monastery in Lhasa to continue his studies and to perfect the important monastic art of debate. In 1961 Rinpoche emigrated to India after experiencing many hardships in Tibet. After many years of continued study Rinpoche graduated with Geshe qualification (the equivalent of the doctorate in Buddhist studies) from Sera Mey Monastery in Buxor in 1968. In the ensuring years Rinpoche received teachings, important practices and initiations from His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and His Holiness' Senior and Junior Tutors.

Rinpoche came to Australia in 1986. He has established a number of Buddhist centres in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Canada dedicated to the practice and study of Tibetan Buddhism in the Gelug tradition. These centres operate under the collective name of 'Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice'. The rebuilding of Dhe-Tsang Monastery, which had been almost destroyed during the late 1950's, began in 1993. This reconstruction project has been entirely funded by benevolent generous donors and Rinpoche's closest students. By the year 2000, the construction of Dhe-Tsang Monastery was almost complete. All that remains is the provision of the living quarters, robes and medical equipment and other essential supplies for the ordained monastic community, or Sangha. The name "Khejok" came from "Khejok Dhaham Namso", given by the Ching Emperor Chian Long in 1790 and endorsed with the Royal Seal of China. The proclamation was made on yellow embroidered silks, written in Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian scripts.