Kunga Rinchen - ཀུན་དགའ་རིན་ཆེན། - ( Felix Lopez ) is a dedicated spiritual teacher committed to making Buddhism, mindfulness, and meditation accessible to all. Drawing on an eclectic background as artist, musician, photographer, Pranic (energy) Healer and former Buddhist Monk, he offers a healing possibility that taps into the creative power at the root of all existence.

 

Felix dedicated himself to the study of Pranic Healing, Pranic Psychotherapy, Pranic Crystal Healing, Arhatic Yoga and became certified as a Pranic Healer by the Pranic Healing Home in Chennai, India. He was also initiated as an Abhyasi in Calcutta, India where he learned The Sahaj Marg system (a system of Raja Yoga Meditation). He was trained at one of Thailand's most famous Buddhist temples, and traveled to the northernmost provinces of Thailand, Chiang Rai where he lived among the native hill tribe people, cultivating and refining his skills as a healer.

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He has specialized in the following practices: Vipassana, Anapanasati and Metta Bhavana.

 

From his vast diversity of knowledge and skills, he developed a completely unique healing art called Prajnic Healing (Wisdom Healing) and created, produced and recorded sound healings and several guided meditation Albums. Felix has clients and students from throughout the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia.

 

In addition to private healings, he travels and teaches Mindfulness, Meditation, holds public Satsangs, and offers personal and group retreats several times a year.

 

Some of the teachers that have inspired his life and work are: Buddha, Adyashanti,

S.N. Goenka, Thich Nhat Hanh, Khenpo Rinchen Gyaltsen, Master Choa Kok Sui, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Jesus Christ, Sri Ramakrishna, Krishnamurti, Alan Watts . 

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Felix has recently received initiation from His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin within the revered Sakya tradition, who bestowed upon him the Tibetan name Kunga Rinchen - ཀུན་དགའ་རིན་ཆེན། - 

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​The name Felix, derived from Latin, primarily means "happy". Similarly, the Tibetan name  ཀུན་དགའ་རིན་ཆེན།

(Kunga Rinchen) can be translated to English as:

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-  Precious Happiness 

-  Jewel of Joy 

-  Precious Bliss 

 

The name is composed of two parts:

 

-  Kunga  (ཀུན་དགའ།): Meaning "joy".

-  Rinchen (རིན་ཆེན།): Meaning "precious" or "jewel".

 

The translation may vary depending on the context and interpretation.