Tsem rinpoche biography of william

Kalmyk-Malaysian Buddhist teacher (–)

Tsem Tulku Rinpoche (24 October – 4 September ) was a recognised tulku of Kalmyk descent, an incarnate lama of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, and the founder and spiritual guide of Kechara House Buddhist Association with its headquarters in Malaysia.^[1][2][3][4]

Rinpoche was born on 24 October in Taiwan to a Tibetan father and Mongolian mother, and was adopted by an American-Mongolian family.

His adoptive name was Burcha Bugayeff.^[5] In , at the age of 22, Rinpoche received full ordination from the 14th Dalai Lama and became a monk of Ganden Shartse Monastery in India. Starting in Rinpoche lived in Malaysia where he commenced work on the establishment of Dharma Institutes.^[6] One of the institutes he founded is known as Kechara House Buddhist Association.

He also founded a charity organization known as Kechara Soup Kitchen^[7][8] and