Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
| Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche | |
|---|---|
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Pictured is Lama Surya Das (left) and Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche (right) | |
| School | Nyingma |
| Other names | Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche |
| Dharma names | Nyoshul Jamyang Dorje |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| Born |
1932 Dergé region of Kham |
| Died | 1999 |
| Senior posting | |
| Title | Khenpo |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa |
| Students | Surya Das, Sogyal Rinpoche |
Nyoshül Khenpo Rinpoche (1932–1999), more fully Nyoshül Khenpo Jamyang Dorje (Tibetan: སྨྱོ་ཤུལ་མཁན་པོ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wylie: smyo shul mkhan po 'jam dbyangs rdo rje ), was a Tibetan lama born in the Derge region of Kham.[1][2]
Biography
Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche was born in 1932 in the Derge region of Kham, Tibet.[3] At the age of five, Rinpoche was taken to a Sakya monastery where he had his hair cut and was given a refuge name.[4] At age eight, he was enrolled in the monastery and began his Buddhist studies.[4] At age eighteen, he studied Longchen Nyingthig teachings[5] and Dzogchen[2] at the Nyoshul monastery.[1] At the time of 1959 Tibetan uprising, when he was twenty-seven, under fire from the Chinese, he fled to India with 70 people, but only 5 arrived.[1][6]
In India, Rinpoche studied under the second Dudjom Rinpoche (Jigdral Yeshe Dorje),[6] Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche,[6] and the sixteenth Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje).[1]
Some of Rinpoche's students include Surya Das[7] and Sogyal Rinpoche.[8]
Bibliography
- Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.
- A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage. Padma Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-881847-41-1.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Tribute to Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
- 1 2 The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo
- ↑ Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 13. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.
- 1 2 Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 14. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.
- ↑ Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 17. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.
- 1 2 3 Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
- ↑ Das, Surya (2009). Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment. p. 145. ISBN 9780385530989.
- ↑ Lotsawa House: Sogyal Rinpoche
External links
- Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche - at Rigpa Wiki