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Talk · Study Buddhism · 2026Do Buddhist rituals really work?
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On what a ritual is actually doing, and what it cannot do on its own, asked plainly and answered plainly.

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Meet Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche.

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Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche

The 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche was born in India in 1985 and recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of his senior tutor, the 6th Ling Rinpoche. He entered Drepung Loseling Monastic University at the age of five, received the geshe degree in 2016 and completed a further year of tantric studies at Gyuto Tantric College. He gives teachings and initiations in Asia, Europe, North America and elsewhere.

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