Ling Gala Tulku

Ling Gala Tulku
Ling Gala Tulku

Gala Tulku was born in Central Tibet near Lhasa city in year 1975. At age of 5 he went to local Tibetan school run by Chinese and studied up to three grades (class). At age of nine he left Tibet with his uncle and get first audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in BhodGaya and received Manjushri teaching accidentally without preplan which is main deity of His predecessor .Same year he enter the Tibetan children's Village school and grow up there as hard working student and studied up to ninth (Class) standard. Meanwhile in late 80s search party from Batha Monastery in upper Dhenma region in Dhege provinces in Kham were approached His Holiness the Dalai Lama for search of reincarnation of their prominent Lama (Gala Rinpoche) of Batha Monastery. Finally in year 1990 His Holiness the Dalai Lama recognized him as seventh reincarnation of Ling Gala Tulku. In 1991 he got audience with His Holiness and directed to go to Drepung to study five Buddhist Texts and same year he was enthroned in Drepung Loseling College and enrolled in monastic studies since than he intensively engage in his Dharma studies and completed his two years of primary logic study, he completed his 7 years study of perfection of Wisdom, there after he completed his 3 years study in Middle path and now he is studying his second year study of Vinaya.

His Holiness Buddha Maitreya has sponsored the construction of Ling Gala Tulku's residence at Drepung as well as providing allowances to several Tulkus of Drepung Loseling including Gala Tulku to meet day to day needs.