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Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
Pictured is Lama Surya Das (left) and Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche (right)
TitleKhenpo
Personal
Born(1932-07-13)13 July 1932
Dergé region of Kham
Died27 August 1999(1999-08-27) (aged 67)
ReligionBuddhism
NationalityTibetan
SchoolNyingma
Other namesNyoshul Khen Rinpoche
Senior posting
TeacherJigdral Yeshe Dorje, 2nd Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa

Nyoshül Khenpo Rinpoche (13 July 1932 – 27 August 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage. Padma Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-881847-41-1.
  • The Fearless Lion's Roar. Snow Lion Publications. 2015. ISBN 978-1-55939-431-4.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tribute to Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje". Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  2. ^ a b The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 13. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 14. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Natural Great Perfection. With Surya Das (1st USA ed.). Snow Lion Publications. 1995. p. 17. ISBN 1-55939-049-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  7. ^ Das, Surya (2009). Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment. p. 145. ISBN 9780385530989.
  8. ^ Lotsawa House: Sogyal Rinpoche