Khenpo Rinchen Gyaltsen
Inducted in 2026
Why it is in the collection
Teaching a tradition thousands of years old without turning it into either exoticism or self-help demands a rare balance. Lama Rinchen holds it: he speaks of karma and moral causation using examples from offices and families, and yet does not water down the doctrine by a line.
He is in the collection for the sustained commentary on The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, which is exactly what we mean by enduring work: a classical text taken lesson by lesson, with the patience of someone who knows a complete commentary is worth more than a hundred scattered reflections. And for the availability of the whole — over a hundred teachings open to anyone — which makes accessible in Spanish a body of study normally reserved for those who can attend a centre in person.
There is a reason of tone as well. His talks carry no disdain for other beliefs and no insistence on convincing; the teaching is offered and left wherever the listener wishes to place it. That hospitality — teaching without recruiting — seems to us one of the higher forms of intellectual respect.
About this channel
The Venerable Khenpo Rinchen Gyaltsen (Uruguay, 1972) directs the Sakya Buddhist Centre of La Sella, associated with Paramita, and is one of the foremost teachers of Mahayana Buddhism in the Spanish language. His channel gathers well over a hundred teachings and guided meditations, all in Spanish and freely available.
The material falls into two complementary strands. The first is teaching: short talks and commentary on classical texts, among them an extended reading of The Wheel of Sharp Weapons, a work on karma and its consequences that the channel develops lesson by lesson and supplements with brief pieces that fix each idea. The titles show the method well: karma multiplies, everything leaves a trace, who is ruining your life, if we want peace in the world: moral questions raised from ordinary life, without unnecessary technical language and without requiring prior knowledge of the tradition. The second strand is guided meditation, with practices for inner peace and mindfulness, presence in the moment, visualisation of the Buddha, and exercises to strengthen concentration.
What one finds here is a teaching that does not separate doctrine from conduct. The talks begin with recognisable situations ( an argument, a lingering resentment, a decision postponed ) and reach Buddhist concepts by that route rather than the reverse. The tone is calm and unsolemn, with everyday images and frequent humour. For a Spanish-speaking reader interested in the Mahayana, the whole works as an extended course that can be followed in order or consulted by theme, and that is completed by the meditations when practice, and not only study, is what is wanted.