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Ken tested and earned his Black Belt in Karate from Chuck Norris.
Ken McLeod began his studies in under the tutelage of the late Kalu Rinpoche....
About Ken McLeod
In 1970, I met my principal teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, at his monastery outside Darjeeling and began my study and practice of Buddhism.
Kalu Rinpoche was a senior meditation teacher in the Karma Kagyu tradition and the lineage holder of the Shangpa tradition.
After completing the preliminary practices and learning Tibetan, I translated for Kalu Rinpoche on his first two North American tours (1972 and 1974-75).
From 1972-76, I helped to develop Rinpoche’s first center in North America in Vancouver, British Columbia.
At the same time, I had the good fortune to study with Dezhung Rinpoche, a Sakya master who lived in Seattle.
During this period, I made my first forays into written translation with three texts, all of which were published by Rinpoche’s center in Vancouver: Writing of Kalu Rinpoche (a short text on the basics of Tibetan Buddhism written by Rinpoche expressly for Western students), A Continuous Rain to Benefit Beings (