Namgyel was born in
Kham in eastern
Tibet in 1929. Ordained at eight years old, Venerable Rinpoche Lungrik Namgyal acquired the title of Geshe Lharampa and Geshe Ngarampa (specialist in tantra) after 40 years of intensive study and practice in all fields of Buddhist sutra and tantra including the Five Major Treatises of Buddhist Philosophy, as well as an extraordinary monastic education which included numerous sacred rituals. He died in
Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, France on 14 February 2025. ==See also==