“The center was founded in 1997, by the Tibetan Buddhist master the Venerable Drikung Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche. Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche was born in 1939 in the Nangchen region of eastern Tibet as the reincarnation of Lama Phurga (1883-1938). Lama Phurga was famous for his ability to see into a person’s past, present and future lives. After his death, the search for his reincarnation began with the submission of candidates’ names to His Holiness the 34th Drikung Kyabgon, Shiwai Lodro. His Holiness wrote down the zodiac signs and birth years of the parents and the new Tulku.”