Tsoknyi Rinpoche

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PersonType Category:Authors of English Works
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MainNamePhon Tsoknyi Rinpoche
nametitlesuf Rinpoche
SortName Tsoknyi Rinpoche
bio Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Wylie: Tshogs gnyis rin po che), or Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 13 March 1966), is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author and the founder of the Pundarika Foundation. He is the third Tsoknyi Rinpoche, having been recognized by the 16th Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He is a tulku of the Drukpa Kagyü and Nyingma traditions and the holder of the Ratna Lingpa and Tsoknyi lineages.

He began his education at Khampagar Monastery at Tashi Jong in Himachal Pradesh, India, at the age of thirteen. His main teachers are Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima, his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Adeu Rinpoche.

Rinpoche has overseen the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, founded in Kathmandu, Nepal, by his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and Mingyur Rinpoche, and his nephews are Phakchok Rinpoche and the reincarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, known popularly as Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. He has overseen the monastery's operations and introduced studies for non-Tibetans. (Source Accessed November 18, 2019)

YearBirth 1966
associatedwebsite https://tsoknyirinpoche.org/
StudentOf Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima  ·  Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (father)  ·  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche  ·  Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche  ·  Adeu Rinpoche.
publications
  • Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Open Heart, Open Mind—Awakening the Power of Essence Love. New York: Harmony, 2012.
  • Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Carefree Dignity: Discourses on Training in the Nature of Mind. Boudhanath, Hong Kong, & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1998.
  • Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Fearless Simplicity: The Dzogchen Way of Living Freely in a Complex World. Boudhanath, Hong Kong, & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2003.
  • Tsokyni Rinpoche, Sylvia Boorstein, and Norman Fischer. Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2011.
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