Ken McLeod

In 1970, I met my principal teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, at his monastery outside Darjeeling and began my study and practice of Buddhism. Kalu Rinpoche was a senior meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition and the lineage holder of the Shangpa tradition. After completing the preliminary practices and learning Tibetan, I translated for Kalu Rinpoche on his first two North American tours (1972 and 1974-75). From 1972-76, I helped to develop Rinpoche’s first center in North America in Vancouver, British …