Canterbury Tibet Link is affiliated to the “Centre d’Etudes de Chanteloube” which is situated in the Dordogne region of France. Chanteloube was founded with the inspiration and guidance of three great masters of Tibetan Buddhism:
At the beginning of the 1970s, a number of Westerners discovered a remarkable Tibetan teacher, Kangyur Rinpoche, living in exile in a tiny house in Darjeeling, India. Gradually a group of practitioners formed around this astonishing person. After his death, his eldest son, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, invited two great lineage holders of the Nyingmapa school, Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, to teach in the Dordogne, France.
Our main teacher is Jigme Khyentse Rinpoche. Under the guidance and assistance of his elder brothers, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and Rangdrol Rinpoche, he guides the teachings here in Canterbury.