 Eventually, he settled for a period at Tsurphu Monastery, traditional seat of the Karmapa.The 16th Karmapa recognized Rinpoche as a tulku of Karma Thinleypa.Karma Thinley Rinpoche left Tibet for India in 1959 and during the 1960s was abbot of the Young Lamas Home School and Karma Drubgyu Thargay Ling nunnery both founded by Freda Bedi in Dalhousie, HP.