When I was in Dharamshala, India in Early 1986, I and my family were taken by Gelugpa monks to see Ling Rinpoche. Though they say he passed away in 1983 his body was still in meditation (not decomposing) when I (met) him in January 1986. My father had passed away the summer of 1985 and so to experience someone "meditating" on a table and not decomposing and sending back heaven realms through his body (I am a Clairvoyant) and gifted in this way was overwhelming for me.

All my life I had thought people were born, they lived, they died. Here was something completely different than that. Somehow this was "More" and I realized that and finally I went outside and cried in amazement and realization. My life was forever changed by this. He was meditating in Maitreya Mudra which is a teaching mudra where the right hand is raised in blessings to all life and the left hand is in his lap like Guatama Buddha. He was the Senior Teacher of the present 14th Dalai Lama.

Ling Rinpoche

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Yongdzin Ling Rinpoché
ཡོངས་འཛིན་གླིང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ

Religion	Buddhism
School	Tibetan
Sect	Gelug
Other names	Tupten Lungtok Namgyel Trinlé;
Dharma names	Péma Garwang
Personal
Nationality	Tibetan
Born	1903
Died	1983
Senior posting
Title	6th Ling Trül; 97th Ganden Tripa; Sr. Tutor of 14th Dalai Lama.
Religious career
Teacher	13th Dalai Lama Tupten Gyatso; Iakdrak Tritrül 03 Ngakwang Sungrap Tutop; Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo
Reincarnation	5th Ling Trül, Lozang Lungtok Tendzin Trinlé
Students	14th Dalai Lama

Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche (1903 - 1983^[1]) was a Tibetan buddhist scholar and teacher.
Born in Tibet, northwest of Lhasa,^[1] he was recognised as the 6th Ling Trül, became the senior tutor to the 14th Dalai Lama^[2] and the 97th Ganden Tripa.^[2] The Ganden Tripa is the spiritual head of the Gelugpa Sect, the largest sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche was the Ganden Tripa for about 14 years. He served at the request of the 14th Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people for the longest period that anyone sat on the Ganden throne. Together with Yongdzin Trijang Rinpoche, he is considered to be a root guru of the 14th Dalai Lama. Kyabje Ling Rinpoche died in 1983.^[2]
Prior to Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, three earlier incarnations of Ling Rinpoche were tutors for previous Dalai Lamas,^[3] including the 13th, the 12th and the 6th Dalai Lamas.^[3] Three incarnations of Ling Rinpoche were also Ganden Tripas. Over many years, the Ling Rinpoche incarnations founded many monasteries in Tibet and taught students in every sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Many of the monks in Ling Khangtsen come from these monasteries.
The current incarnation of Ling Rinpoche is the spiritual head and leader of Ling Khangtsen.^[3] He was born in India in 1985^[3] and is studying at Drepung Loseling Monastic University, Mungod, Karnataka.^[3] He is known as Ling Choktul Rinpoche.^[3]

List of Ling Rinpoches

S.No	Name	Life Span	Gaden Tripa and tutor to the Dalai Lama
1	Trichen Dhondup Gyatso, the 1st Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche Tehor Nagtsangpa	1655–1702	The 48th Gaden Tripa and tutor to H.H. the 6th Dalai Lama
2	Gedun Tenpai Gyaltsen, the 2nd Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	1728–1790	Conferred the famed title of ‘Ertini Dalai Hothothu’ for his illuminating examplary service to Dharma
3	Lobsang Tenpai Gyaltsen, the 3rd Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	1791–1810
4	Ngawang Lungtok Yonten Gyatso,the 4th Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	1811–1853	the 75th Gaden Tripa and Tutor to H.H. the 11th Dalai Lama
5	Lobsang Lungtok Tenzin Thinley, the 5th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	1856–1902	Sharpa Choeje and tutor to H.H. the 13th Dalai Lama
6	Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Thinley, the 6th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	1903—1983	the 97th Gaden Tripa and tutor to H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
7	Tenzin Lungtok Thinley Choephak, the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche	Current incarnation