The Venerable Geshe Dawa Dhargay has been appointed as the new spiritual head of the Bon tradition, the oldest religion of Tibet; he will be the 34th in the lineage. He follows Kyabje Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the previous Menri Trizin who died aged 90 last autumn. Geshe Dawa Dhargay was born in Sharkhog in northeastern Tibet’s Amdo province.