Next session: August 2026, dates to be announced


Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1968, Yangsi Rinpoche was recognized at the age of six as the reincarnation of Geshe Ngawang Gendun, one of Lama Yeshe’s teachers. He studied at Kopan Monastery and then at Sera Je Monastery in India where he obtained the title of Geshe Lharampa in 1995.
In 1998, driven by the wish to share the Dharma with Western students, Rinpoche traveled to the West, where he relinquished his vows, and has since offered numerous teachings across America and Europe.
He is currently the director of Maitripa Institute, a university he founded in Portland, USA.
He agreed to come each year to the Institute to guide retreats for his French students.
The retreat will be hosted by Institut Vajra Yogini, a Buddhist center located in a magnificent 19th century chateau in the French country-side near Toulouse.