Born in Bhutan in 1948, Lama Gyurme exhibited very early in life exceptional qualities and a strong attraction for the monastic life. At the age of four, he was entrusted by his family to the monastery of Djang Tchub Tcheu Ling (Bhutan), where his inclination for sacred music was rapidly revealed. He became a permanent resident of the monastery at the age of nine and received a complete religious education (sacred texts, writing) and an initiation into the traditional arts, such as music.
He made his first three-year, three-month, three-day retreat (a stage required on the lamaïc path) at the monastery of Sonada in India. He was then 20, and it is during this retreat that he was named "Oumze" (Master of music) by the most Venerable Kalu Rinpoche.
After a stay at the monastery of Rumtek (Sikkim), he went on to perfect his religious education in Bhutan and received numerous initiations before receiving his degree as a teacher of the Kagyupa tradition, which was conferred by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa.
In France since 1974, he is in charge of the Kagyupa Center in Paris (Kagyu Dzong) and, since 1982, the Vajradhara Ling Center in Normandy.
— Courtesy Calabash Music
