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| | Biography of The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche |
 | | The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Rinpoche received Buddhist refuge and bodhisattva vows from His Holiness at an early age, and was ordained as a novice monk in 1974. | | | Rinpoche has dedicated himself to the preservation of traditional buddhist traditions in the East, and to the support the establishment of a genuine transmission of Buddhism to the West. |
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http://www.nalandabodhi.org/dpr_bio.html
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| | In 1996, Rinpoche was invited to teach at the Minnan Buddhist Academy and the Fuzhou Buddhist Academy, both being leading Buddhist educational institutes in China. | | | Here, Rinpoche was reunited with his root guru, His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche, the foremost disciple of Pabongkha Rinpoche, and one of his close teachers, Khensur Rinpoche Ngawang Thekchok, and subsequently received many teachings from them. | | | Rinpoche's Hong Kong disciples organized the first grand offering at the 4 holy places in India, offering 10,000 butter lamps and offering food to 1,000 monks in memory of the Buddha's birth. |
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http://www.b-i-a.net/rinpoche.htm
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| | TsokNyi Rinpoche |
| | Tsoknyi Rinpoche III was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche I. He is a renowned master of the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma traditions and the lineage holder of the Ratna Lingpa Lineage and the Tsoknyi Lineage. | | | Tsoknyi Rinpoche III was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the reincarnation of the second Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. | | | Tsoknyi Rinpoche, communicating from the ancient teachings into the modern mind, is one of those rare teachers whose lighthearted yet illuminating style appeals to both beginners and advanced practitioners. |
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http://www.pundarika.org/tsoknyi_rinpoche.htm
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| | Dilgo Khyentse Fellowship - Shechen |
| | Khyentse Rinpoche was widely regarded as one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of his time and was the teacher of many important lamas including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and More Teachers from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Rinpoche devoted considerable efforts to founding and sustaining temples, colleges, and monasteries where study and practice of the Buddhist tradition would be undertaken. | | | Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was the archetype of the spiritual teacher; someone whose inner journey led him to an extraordinary depth of knowledge and enabled him to be, for all who met him, a fountain of loving kindness, wisdom and compassion. |
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http://shechen.org/sub_teachers_dkr.html
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| | Arjia Rinpoche (Gegeen) of Kumbum Monastery, Khukh Nuur |
| | Rinpoche aspires to preserve Tibetan Buddhist art, culture, and philosophy, in Tibet and for Tibetans throughout the world. | | | Born to Mongolian nomads in Eastern Tibet, he is the reincarnation of the father of Je Lama Tsong-kha-pa, the founder of the Gelupa (Yellow Hat) Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Arjia Rinpoche is the Abbot of Kumbum Monastery in Amdo, one of the six great centers of Buddhism in Tibet. |
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http://arjiagegeen.freeyellow.com
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| | The Venerable S. Chusang Rinpoche |
| | Rinpoche places great importance on providing education for his monks and it is particularly important that they learn both Tibetan and English. | | | Despite the success of Rinpoche has had over the years in bringing about much needed improvements in the living standards of his monks, there is always a need for support, both financial and spiritual, especially as further development work is required. | | | It is clear from all this that Chusang Rinpoche is actively involved in a number of ambitious projects which will serve to benefit both the spiritual and material wellbeing of his own monks and the wider community. |
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http://www.geocities.com/chusang_rinpoche
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| | Our Teacher Terton Kunzang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche |
| | Rinpoche is a terton (revealer of Dharma treasures) in the Ancient Lineage (Nyingma) of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | In these times of rampant degeneration Rinpoche's teachings illuminate and dispel the darkness of ignorance, delusion and suffering. | | | There he received prophecies in his dreams from Guru Padmasambhava that two gonpas or monasteries should be built in that area. |
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http://www.zangdokpalri.org/teacher.html
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| | Mingyur Rinpoche |
| | The VIIth Mingyur Dorje Rinpoche was born in Nubri, Nepal in 1976, the son of Sonam Chodron a descendent of King Trison Deutsen, and Urgyen Tulku Rinpoche of Chogyur Lingpa's lineage. | | | He is considered an incarnation of 17th-century terton Yongey Mingyur Dorje, foretold by Guru Rinpoche. | | | He was officially enthroned by the 12th Tai Situ Rinpoche and has received transmissions and Mahamudra teachings from him, as well as from Lama Tashi Dorje, Adi Rinpoche and Saljay Rinpoche. |
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http://www.khandro.net/lama_MingyurDorje.htm
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| | KTD--The Third Bardor Tulku Rinpoche-- |
| | Following that, Rinpoche remained in the service of His Holiness for some time, only to be again summoned by the monks of his Monastery. | | | Rinpoche's family, then a party of thirteen, set out towards India along with many other Tibetans who were also fleeing the fighting that was spreading toward them from Lhasa. | | | Rinpoche was quite young when the family left East Tibet on a journey that took them first to Lhasa and then on to Tsurphu. |
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http://www.kagyu.org/karmapa/tea/tea14.html
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| | Buddhist Masters and Their Organisations: Karma Thinley Rinpoche |
| | In 1971 Rinpoche settled in Canada accompanying a group of Tibetan refugees as their spiritual teacher and a year later founded the Tibetan Society to introduce Tibetan culture to Canada. | | | The Dechen Community is an association of meditation centres and groups belonging to the Sakya and Karma-Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism under the direction of Karma Thinley Rinpoche and Lama Jampa Thaye. | | | While at Tsurphu, Rinpoche received many teachings from His Holiness and Drupon Rinpoche, who bestowed upon him the Six Doctrines of Naropa, one of the most profound and revered Kagyu teachings. |
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http://www.buddhanet.net/masters/thinley.htm
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| | Venerable Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche |
| | Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born in 1946 in Thami, in the Mount Everest region of Nepal, not far from the Lawudo cave where his predecessor had meditated for the last 20 years of his life. | | | Lama Zopa Rinpoche is now the Spiritual Director of the Foundation and oversees all of its activities. | | | Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Includes downloadable prayers and practices related to world events and FPMT current events |
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http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/zopa
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| | Sogyal Rinpoche |
| | Born in Kham in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Tertön Sogyal, a teacher to the thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, one of the most outstanding masters of the twentieth century. | | | Inspired by this, Sogyal Rinpoche gave the name 'Rigpa' to his work and to the vehicle he was developing to serve the Buddha's teaching in the west. | | | He went on to study with many other masters, of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, especially Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche and Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, serving as their translator and aide. |
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http://www.spcare.org/about/sogyalrinpoche.html
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| | Guru Rinpoche |
| | The Sanskrit name of Guru Rinpoche, »Padmasambhava«, means »He who was Borne out of the Lotus« and refers to his miraculous birth from a lotus blossom. | | | He established the wisdom of Buddhism in the Himalayas by merging it with pre-Buddhist beliefs, part of the Tibetan world at that time. | | | Guru Rinpoche appears, according to the context of his religious activity, in eight manifestations. |
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http://www.bhutan.at:81/altdye00/c-viex/l-01/start.php3
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| | The Bon Religion - Biographies - Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche |
| | Rinpoche is a well-known master, having traveled widely, giving teachings in Tibet and in the West for the past ten years. | | | Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche was the first to bring the precious Bon Dzogchen teachings to the West in 1988, when he was invited by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche to Italy in order to teach at his center. | | | Rinpoche founded Ligmincha Institute in March of 1992 in order to preserve the culture, religious teachings and arts of Tibet and Zhang Zhung. |
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http://www.tibetanbon.com/tenzinwangyal.htm
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| | Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche, a brief biography |
| | The first Tsoknyi Rinpoche was an emanation of Milarepa's disciple, Rechunga, and the Nyingmapa Terton Ratna Lingpa. | | | The second Tsoknyi Rinpoche was born into the family of the King of Nangchen in the first half of this century and received the teachings of Naropa from the 7th Khamtrul Rinpoche to whom he had transmitted the teachings in his previous incarnation. | | | Tsoknyi Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as a reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi, a renowned master of the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. |
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http://www.rangjung.com/authors/tsoknyi.htm
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| | Kagyu Droden Kunchab |
| | Though a master of these two techniques, Lama Lodu Rinpoche is also the source for transmission of all the methods, philosophy, and deity meditations of the Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | In 1982, Lama Lodu Rinpoche was blessed with a son, Yönten Kimshul. | | | Lama Lodu Rinpoche explained that the commitments and vows between student and teacher are indelible on both sides. |
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| | Drikung Kagyu |
| | With the financial assistance of the Tibetan Meditation Center's Text Project, Rinpoche arranged for 1,200 copies of the text to be printed, and then distributed them to monks, nuns and monasteries in India, Nepal and Tibet. | | | Remembering the struggles of his early years, Khenchen Rinpoche inspires and supports monks, nuns and lay people in their practice of the Dharma and is always ready to assist them in whatever way he can. | | | For different reasons, Khenchen Rinpoche and the Tibetan Meditation Center moved to Frederick, Maryland in November 1991. |
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http://www.drikung.org/bio2.html
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| | Int'l Tibet Support Network (ITSN) - Campaigns - Tenzin Delek Rinpoche Campaign |
| | Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a popular Tibetan Buddhist leader, and his relative Lobsang Dhondup were arrested on April 7, 2002, and accused of involvement in a series of bomb blasts in and around Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. | | | Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, from Lithang County in Kardze, in the traditional Tibetan area of Kham and now incorporated into Sichuan Province, was held incommunicado for eight months until the day of his trial. | | | It is the same prison where Chadrel Rinpoche, who was arrested in connection with Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, was also held for seven years. |
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http://www.tibet.org/itsn/campaigns/lithang
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| | Vajra Echoes - Teachings by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche |
| | Ponlop Rinpoche’s teaching is based on The Three Vital Points of Garab Dorje as presented by Patrul Rinpoche in his commentary, The Special Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King. | | | Rinpoche instructs on practices designed to help familiarize students with the nature of mind whether resting in meditation, experiencing emotions or engaging in post-meditation activities. | | | Rinpoche’s presentation of these traditional lojong teachings is both accessible and profound and includes powerful guided meditation practice. |
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http://www.vajraechoes.com/ve_teacher_dpr.htm
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| | Gehlek Rinpoche's Remarkable Journey |
| | Given Gehlek Rinpoche’s easy manner and unassuming demeanor, it is hard to imagine that forty-two years ago he led that large group of Tibetan refugees into exile and that the passage he "suggested" became a major route for tens of thousands in the coming decades. | | | Rinpoche is also very much involved with the nearly 8,000 Tibetans in North America, who are living in thirty different cities. | | | "Rinpoche’s translations were very useful," says Rinchen Dharlo, the former U.S. representative of the Dalai Lama and current president of the Tibet Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture. |
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http://www.shambhalasun.com/archives/features/2002/july02/gehlek.htm
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| | Shambhala Teachers - Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche |
| | During the ceremony, His Holiness confirmed the Sawang as Mipham Rinpoche, a descendent of the revered 19th century Tibetan meditation master and scholar Mipham Jamyang Namgyal and bestowed upon him the title of Sakyong. | | | The Sawang also received many teachings and empowerments from the great teachers of the Karma Kagyü and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, among them His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, the Venerable Tenga Rinpoche, the Venerable Kalu Rinpoche, the Venerable Tülku Urgen, and His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, supreme head of the Nyingma lineage. | | | At the time he empowered the Sawang as his heir, with particular emphasis on the propagation of the Shambhala teachings, which he felt were fundamental to establishing the dharma in the West. |
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http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/sakyong/smrbio.html
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| | H.E. Mingyur Rinpoche |
| | His father was the eminent Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche from the divine Tsangsar bloodline of Nangchen. | | | In his seventeenth year, Mingyur Rinpoche came out of retreat in the first Tibetan month and soon after was told by Situ Rinpoche that he must assume the position of retreat master for the second retreat which was about to begin. | | | The previous Mingyur Rinpoche and the former Kangyur Rinpoche both have the same emanation basis, thus these two lamas have now incarnated in a single form and come as this rebirth. |
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http://www.choklingtersar.org/teachers/mingyur.htm
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| | Thrangu Tara Abbey |
| | VV Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche is the senior teacher and Abbott of the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | For the future, Thrangu Rinpoche believes that it is extremely important for people to have secular education and the opportunity to engage in Buddhist studies. | | | Thrangu Rinpoche had long held the intention to establish a monastic center for women in order to make available to them the full range of monastic, liturgical, philosophical and meditation training that is available to monks. |
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http://www.rinpoche.com/nuns.html
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| | Venerable Choden Rinpoche |
| | Choden Rinpoche was one of the two Sera Je lamas selected to debate with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during His Holiness's geshe exams. | | | In 1985 he was allowed to leave Tibet for India, and has since taught for many years to thousands of students at Sera Je monastery in South India. | | | At age eight he entered Rabten monastery, and at age fifteen he went to Sera Je monastery, where he studied the five main texts. |
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http://www.fpmt.org/teachers/choden.asp
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| | Simhanada---The Very Venerable Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche |
| | At the age of fourteen, Rinpoche took vows from Khenpo Sonam Rinpoche and at the age of twenty-two he became a fully ordained monk. | | | He was responsible for revitalizing Buddhism in Tibet and established the renown Sertar Institute which drew thousands of students from Tibet, China and around the world. | | | In 1980, Rinpoche established a renown institute known as Serthar in Sichuan which educates over nine thousand disciples. |
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http://www.simhas.org/kjigme.html
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| | The Venerable Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche is the main lineage holder of the Tibetan lineage of Rigdzin Pema Lingpa, one of the Five Great Kingly Tertons (Treasure Finders) of the Tibetan Nyingma tradition. | | | Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche's teaching and practice activities have taken him to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Taiwan and the United States over the past 10 years. | | | The 8th Bhakha Tulku served as royal priest and was a close friend of the first King of Bhutan. |
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http://www.vairotsana.org/lamas/bhakatulkurinpoche.htm
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| | Zasep Tulku Rinpoche |
| | In 1980 Zasep Rinpoche travelled to Canada and taught Buddhist philosophy and religion at the David Thompson University Centre in Nelson, BC. | | | After finishing his degree His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama requested Zasep Rinpoche to go to Thailand to study Vipassana meditation techniques of Theravadan monks. | | | In 1981, at the request of Venerable Ling Rinpoche, Zasep Rinpoche accepted the position of spiritual director of |
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http://www.zuruling.org/Pages/rinpoche.html
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| | Surmang - Khenpo Gangshar Rinpoche |
| | The lama of the previous Khenpo Gangshar Rinpoche was Shechen Kongtrol Rinpoche, the same teacher as the 11th Trungpa Rinpoche. | | | Khenpo Gangshar Rinpoche, in his previous incarnation, was the principle teacher to the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, XI, after Trungpa Rinpoche XI's own root guru, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche of Shechen Monastery. | | | KGR: The relationship is very close because the first time that Trungpa Rinpoche went to Shechen Monastery, he was given a book by Khenpo Gangshar and felt that he was an extraordinary person and invited him to come to Surmang. |
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http://www.surmang.org/html/surmang_interview.html
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| | Venerable Drikung Ontul Rinpoche |
| | The 5th Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche Thugje Nyima (1828-1889) recognized him to be the emanation of Brog Ban Khiu Chung Lotsawa, one of the twenty-five main disciples of Guru Padmasambhava. | | | In 1954, His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche and His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa recognized me as the incarnation of Ontul, and I was given the name Konchog Tenzin Thrinle Rabgye Palzangpo. | | | Ontul Rinpoche with His Holiness the Dalai Lama |
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http://members.aol.com/tencho/or.html
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| | Simhanada---His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche |
| | The previous 11th Situ Rinpoche Pema Wangchog was one of the principle teachers to the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. | | | Rinpoche has been involved in world peace, and has met with other religious leaders such as Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa and monks of the Assisi Order. | | | Most surely, such an auspicious sign indicated that Situ Rinpoche was to be the principle heart-son of the 16th Karmapa. |
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http://www.simhas.org/taisitu.html
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| | Brief Biography - Acharya Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche |
| | From Dudjom Rinpoche, he received the empowerments and transmissions of the Rinchen Terzod, the Nyingma rGyud Bum, Nyingma bKa'ma, as well as the Dudjom Tersar. | | | After his birth, he was taken to the great Mahasiddha, Golok Sert'hong Rinpoche, who recognized him as the reincarnation of Nakchu Gelong Konchok, a siddha who left handprints in the caves of Mount Kailash. | | | His father, Kathak Rigzin Dorje Rinpoche, a yogi from the Taklung Kagyu lineage, began Lama Dawa's religious education at an early age in the traditional manner. |
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http://www.saraswatibhawan.org/bio.htm
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| | Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive |
| | We've just posted a Denma Lochö Rinpoche's commentary on Lama Tsong Khapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path; two teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama: A Survey of the Paths of Tibetan Buddhism and a commentary on Gyalwa Gyatso; and a teaching by Lati Rinpoche titled Bliss and Emptiness in the Gelug Tradition. | | | Read a number of teachings by Lama Zopa Rinpoche which we've recently posted: an interview with Rinpoche on emptiness; a series titled Practicing the Good Heart; his "mind retreat" teachings given during a Vajrasattva retreat in 1982; and a talk titled Great Compassion and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. | | | We've recently posted a teaching by Lama Zopa on Guru Devotion and a teaching by Pabongka Rinpoche titled How to Meditate on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. |
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| | Bongtrül Rinpoche |
| | Kyabjé Bongtrül Rinpoche then went to Drigung Til and sought the guidance of the meditation master Ten’dzin Nyima Rinpoche on the Six Yogas of Naropa and the Five-fold Mahamudra teachings. | | | When he was eighteen years old, Bongtrül Rinpoche entered Lho Lungkar Gompa where he received teachings on Dzogchen and especially Dzogchen Togal from Togden Drogön Rinpoche, a direct disciple of the former Bongtrül Rinpoche. | | | Kyabjé Chétsang Rinpoche subsequently recognised him as the Mind incarnation of Lho Bongtrül Rinpoche and gave him the name Könchog Ten’dzin Shérab Jungné Pal-sangpo. |
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http://www.aroter.org/images/lamas/bongtrul_r.htm
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| | Namkha’i Norbu Rinpoche |
| | Namkha’i Norbu Rinpoche is an extraordinarily prolific and accomplished scholar in the fields of both Bön and Buddhist traditions of Dzogchen. | | | At the age of eight he was recognised (by HH the 16th Karmapa and the previous Situ Rinpoche) as the incarnation Lhodruk Zhabdrung Rinpoche (1594-1651 – an incarnation of Pema Karpo, 1527-1592). | | | Changchub Dorje Rinpoche was a disciple of several prominent Dzogchen masters, including the illustrious Lama Shardza Rinpoche (Shar rDza bKra shis rGyal mTshan, 1859-1934). |
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| | The Mirror // Home |
| | Have you heard of him?” Patrul Rinpoche said, “Oh yes, I have heard of him but I don’t know him.” “Oh,” she said, “He is a fantastic teacher!” Patrul Rinpoche was always hiding in that way and living everywhere. | | | He said, “Some serious people interested in the teachings of Patrul Rinpoche interrupted the very nice teachings I was receiving on the mountain top.” The people in the monastery insisted that he give teachings and he remained one day and at night he escaped and disappeared. | | | The next year the same old woman went to see Patrul Rinpoche in the place where he was giving teachings; many people came to this place in the summer time. |
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http://www.melong.com
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| | Books by Thrangu Rinpoche from Ziji |
| | A realized teacher of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, he oversees numerous monasteries and retreat centers, and is abbot of Gampo Abbey, the Buddhist monastery founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. | | | Two types of meditation form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice: tranquillity (shamatha), which aims at stilling the mind, and insight (vipashyana), which produces clear vision or insight into the nature of all phenomena. | | | Previous: Tibetan Buddhist Teachers: Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Rinpoche |
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http://www.ziji.com/books/t_thrangu.html
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| | Sakya Monastery |
| | His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya (Rinpoche) is the Head Lama of Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Raised and trained as a Head Lama of the Sakya sect, Rinpoche holds a position third only to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in rank. | | | For people seeking spiritual and personal growth, Sakya Monastery provides access to the Buddha’s teachings and guidance in a community of practitioners. |
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http://www.sakya.org
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| | Rangjung Yeshe Gomde - Dzogchen Buddhist Meditation and Retreat Center |
| | Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche visited Gomde August 5-9 and gave teachings and empowerments on the Dzogchen cycle of the Sangtik Nyingpo and the Sabtik Drolchok. | | | Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche spent ten days at Gomde in July teaching two separate seminars to more than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada. | | | This secluded retreat center nurtures the heart essence of the Dzogchen lineage: teachings of startling power and clarity, considered the highest in Tibetan Buddhism. |
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| | VF Teachers - Lopon Jigme Rinpoche |
| | Lopön Jigme Rinpoche studied Tibetan philosophy, history, grammar, poetry, calligraphy and Sanskrit at the Tibetan Institute of Varanasi, India, where he received a BA in Tibetan philosophy. | | | He received the entire Tersar tradition from His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, and from His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche he received the entire Kama tradition, empowerment, oral trans-mission and teachings. | | | In 1992, Lopön Jigme was appointed to the position of Dorje Lopön for His Holiness Chatrul Rinpoche. |
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http://www.vajrayana.org/teachers/loponjigme.html
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| | Drikung Kagyu: Lamchen Gyalpo Rinpoche |
| | From his root guru, Khunu Rinpoche Tenzin Gyaltsen - the lifeline of all Buddhist traditions - Gyalpo Rinpoche received bare naked unadulterated teachings on the core of Mahamudra and the Great Perfection with special emphasis on trigchod and thogal. | | | Towards the end of his 11 years' service, Gyalpo Rinpoche was asked by His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Rinpoche to join him, and Gyalpo Rinpoche resigned from the Tibetan government service. | | | Gyalpo Rinpoche received from other such enlightened masters as Poli Khenchen Dorjechang, Nyoshul Khenpo Jampal Dorje and Khenpo Thubten Rinpoche numerous aspects of Zogchen empowerments, teachings, and conveyance of experiential insights with special emphasis on Longchen Nyingthig. |
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http://www.drikung.org/bio7.html
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| | Shambhala - Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche |
| | Trungpa Rinpoche (1939–1987) was one of the most influential Buddhist teachers in the West. | | | There are also links to resources related to his life and teachings—including information on where you might go if you’re interested in the practice of sitting meditation. | | | The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology |
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http://www.shambhala.com/html/learn/features/ctr/index.cfm
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller; Revised and ... |
| | In his book, master Sogyal Rinpoche bring us a new percepctive of living well, that for me was very helpfull to understand the true meaning of tibetan budhism and to practice this "new concept" in my daily routine. | | | Through extraordinary anecdotes and stories from religious traditions East and West, Rinpoche introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, moving gradually to the topics of death and dying. | | | Sogyal Rinpoche is from Tibet, and speaks of the cruelty of the Chinese to the Tibetan Buddhists (very similar to the persecution of the early christians, and later the Jews by the Nazis -- when will we ever learn, but then that's the point of this book!) |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0062508342?v=glance
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| | Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Resource Links |
| | Allen Ginsberg speaks his mind on: Tibetan Buddhism, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche... | | | The Published Teachings of Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, artist, scholar and His Students | | | The Decision to Become a Buddhist by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche |
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http://sealevel.ns.ca/ctr/link.html
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| | KTD--The Ven. Bokar Rinpoche-- |
| | In response to his experiences with Western students, Bokar Rinpoche formulated this retreat and an accompanying program of meditation practice to meet the needs of sincere lay practitioners of Buddhism. | | | He was recognized at age four by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa as the reincarnation of the previous Bokar Rinpoche. | | | Due to his remarkable qualities and deep realization, Bokar Rinpoche is the spiritual heir of Kalu Rinpoche and holder of the Shangpa Kagyu Lineage. |
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http://www.kagyu.org/karmapa/tea/tea13.html
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| | Nalandabodhi Welcome |
| | Rinpoche is an adept in the Buddhist science of mind and versed in the nuances of modern day cultures, both East and West. | | | Nitartha international was founded by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to preserve Tibetan texts and to support the Tibetan educational and cultural heritage through the use of modern technology. | | | The president of Nalandabodhi is the Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, a leading scholar and meditation master. |
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http://www.nalandabodhi.org/the_dzogchen_ponlop_rinpoche.html
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| | KALU RINPOCHE |
| | There were all very impressed by through knowledge of the scriptures and the understanding of its meaning. | | | In the early 1970's His Holiness Karmapa sent Kalu Rinpoche to west to help with the establishment of the Dharma there. | | | Born in Eastern Tibet in 1905 he was raised by his father and mother, both Dharma practitioners. |
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http://www.quietmountain.org/dharmacenters/changchubling/kalu.htm
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| | Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche - Author of Turning the Mind Into an Ally |
| | Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, a spiritual and family lineage that descends through his family, the Mukpo clan. | | | He is the dharma heir of his father, Vidyadhara the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who was instrumental in bringing Buddhism and Shambhala to the West. | | | This tradition emphasizes the basic goodness of all beings and teaches the art of courageous warriorship based on wisdom and compassion. |
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http://www.mipham.com
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| | --Welcome to Karma Triyana Dharmachakra-- |
| | On Saturday, October 15, Rinpoche will offer advice on Dharma Practice and on Sunday, October 16, he will teach on and confer Lay Precepts. | | | His Holiness, the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa will visit the Bokar Ngedon Chokhor Ling Monastery in Mirik, India near Darjeeling for a Monlam, October 9th to 20th. | | | Augustine KKSG has invited Wendy Harding to teach a Thangka Workshop on October 15-16. |
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http://www.kagyu.org
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| | Shangpa Rinpoche Online |
| | Rinpoche has been the Abbot of the Singapore Karma Kagyud Buddhist Centre since 1997. | | | Updated Rinpoche's current schedule, with news of his visit to Saraha Buddhist Society, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and his return to Singapore. | | | Added a link to Rinpoche's New Website - (www.shangpa.net) - The new website will focus on the Kagyu Institute for Buddhist Studies, and Rinpoche's other Monastery Dharma projects in the Himalayan regions. |
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http://www.shangpa.org
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| | Shenpen Osel Online Magazine |
| | Teachings on meditation and compassion by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; on the six aspects of the bardo, the intermediate state, by Tai Situ Rinpoche; and on sitting meditation by Lama Tashi Namgyal. | | | Teachings on Mind, Karma, Ego-formation and Liberation and on Mahamudra: The Essence of All the Buddha's Teachings by Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche; teaching on chöd, cutting through the four maras, and techniques of tranquillity and insight meditation by Tenga Rinpoche; and a commentary on the twenty emptinesses by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. | | | Teachings on tranquillity and insight meditation by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche; on the four levels of refuge by Kabje Kalu Rinpoche; on Tilopa's six essential points of meditation by Lama Tashi Namgyal; and on how to abandon desire by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. |
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http://www.shenpen-osel.org
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