Appey, Khenchen

PersonType	Category:Abbots Category:Authors of Tibetan Works Category:Khenpos Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers
FirstName / namefirst	Khenchen
LastName / namelast	Appey
MainNamePhon	Khenchen Appey Rinpoche
MainNameTib	མཁན་པོ་ཨ་པད་ཡོན་ཏན་བཟང་པོ་
MainNameWylie	mkhan po a pad yon tan bzang po
nametitlesuf	Rinpoche
SortName	Appey Rinpoche
bio	A more detailed biography is available here: https://www.khenpoappey.org/en/khenpo-appey-rinpoche and here: http://internationalbuddhistacademy.org/biography-of-our-founder-khenchen-appey-rinpoche/ An Introduction to Khenpo Appey Foundation Khenpo Appey Foundation (KAF) was established in 2010 to honor the most Venerable Khenchen Appey Rinpoche (1927-2010), an eminent, recognized, and humble Tibetan Buddhist scholar and practitioner who dedicated his life exclusively to the propagation of the Buddhadharma. The foundation was established by Mdm Doreen Goh, a devoted follower and sponsor of Khenchen Appey Rinpoche. Inspired by Khenchen Appey Rinpoche’s vision, KAF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of Buddhist study and practice. KAF’s primary aim is to extend the Buddha’s wisdom and compassion as widely as possible, in order to benefit all beings. Short Biography Khenpo Appey was born in Kusé in the kingdom of Dergé in 1927. He studied at Serjong Monastery and later at the Kham-jé shedra at Dzongsar Monastery. At the age of nine he became a monk at Serjong Monastery, where a year later he received his first teachings from Gapa Khenpo Jamgyal, also known as Khenpo Jamyang Gyaltsen. For nine years, from the age of 14 to 23, at Serjong Shedra, Khenpo Appey studied ‘the thirteen classical texts’ based on Khenpo Shenga’s famous annotation commentaries. During his last two years at the shedra he studied with Khenpo Dragyab Lodrö who later became the fifth khenpo at Dzongsar Shedra and wrote a commentary on the ninth chapter of the Bodhicharyavatara. After his nine years of intensive study at Serjong Shedra, Khenpo Appey went to the shedra at Dzongsar Monastery, where he was able to continue his studies under Khenpo Dragyab Lodrö for another year. He also studied with Dezhung Ajam Rinpoche. He went to see Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö in Sikkim in 1957. He then returned to Tibet and spent time at Ngor Monastery, but left in 1959 when Tibet was lost. He went to see Jamyang Khyentse who was ill in Sikkim. After Jamyang Khyentse passed away, in accordance with his final wishes, he began to teach Sogyal Rinpoche, giving him instruction on the Bodhicharyavatara in the Palace Monastery in the presence of Jamyang Khyentse's kudung. Later, while Sogyal Rinpoche was attending school in Kalimpong, Khenpo Appey spent one or two years in retreat in a small village in Sikkim. He was later requested to tutor Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. For this purpose, he founded the Sakya College in Barlow Ganj, Mussoorie, on 19th December 1972, the anniversary of Sakya Pandita. In the first year, there were only seven students. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche studied there for five years. From 1972 to 1985, Khenpo Appey worked full time to look after the college and was responsible for teachings the classes, supervising the administration and raising funds. In 2001 he established the International Buddhist Academy in Boudhanath, Nepal. He passed away in Nepal on Tuesday 28th December, 2010. Source: Rigpawiki
YearBirth	1927
YearDeath	2010/12/28
BornIn	Kuse, Derge
associatedwebsite	https://www.khenpoappey.org/en/khenpo-appey-rinpoche // http://internationalbuddhistacademy.org/biography-of-our-founder-khenchen-appey-rinpoche/
religiousaffiliation	Sakya
StudentOf	Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
TeacherOf	Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche  ·  Sogyal Rinpoche
IsInGyatsa	No
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