Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche (Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing: Meditation Retreats in the New York Catskills)

H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing. Revered by thousands of students across the world, he is recognized as a scholar, teacher, and meditation master whose guidance bridges deep tradition and modern understanding. Rinpoche is also the first incarnate lama to earn a PhD in the West, completing his doctoral studies in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism at Harvard University in 2004.

As the head of the Trungram lineage, he oversees its monasteries, meditation centers, schools, dharma centers, and study groups around the world. One of the highest tulkus of the Kagyu lineage, he is also a Rime master, having received teachings from many of the great masters of the tradition. Those who study with him can expect an atmosphere of wisdom, clarity, and authentic spiritual depth.