Khyentse, Dzongsar

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Names

Tibetan: རྫོང་གསར་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་

Wylie:

• Rdzong gsar mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros
• Rdzong-gsar Mkhyen-brtse Chos-kyi Blo-gros

Other Transliterations in use:

• Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
• Dzongsar Khyentse Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso

Dates

Born 1961

Affiliation

Sakya, Nyingma, Kagyu

Other Biographical Information

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (born 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer. His two major films are The Cup (1999) and Travellers and Magicians (2003). He is the author of the book What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Shambhala, 2007)[1]. He is also a prominent tulku associated with Dzongsar Monastery in Derge, Eastern Tibet. Source

The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961. He was recognized by H.H. Sakya Trizin, and received empowerments and teachings from many of the greatest lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, including H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. the 16th Karmapa, and his own grandfather, H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. His main guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and further studied with more than 25 great lamas from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. While still a teenager, he was responsible for publishing many rare texts that were in danger of being lost entirely, and in the 1980s, began the restoration of Dzongsar Monastery in Tibet. He has established several colleges and retreat centres in India and Bhutan. In accordance with the wishes of his teachers, he has travelled and taught throughout the world, establishing dharma centres in Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. His organisation Siddhartha's Intent organises Rinpoche's teachings, while Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to providing for the needs of Rinpoche's responsibilities.

In this time when the traditional structures of Tibetan Buddhism are facing challenges, and when Buddhism is reaching new audiences, Rinpoche is known for the freedom with which he moves between cultures and people, and his uncompromising dedication to bringing the philosophy and the path of enlightenment to anyone with an open heart. Details on Rinpoche’s activities and teaching programs can be found on siddharthasintent.org. Source

http://www.siddharthasintent.org/teacher/

Main Teachers

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Publications

Khyentse, Dzongsar on the DRL

Tibetan Buddhist Teachers

Dzongsar Khyentse

Alternate names

• Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche,

Dates

Birth:	1961
Place of birth:	Bhutan

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

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The Sakya tradition developed in the eleventh century in the Khön family of Tsang, which maintained an imperial-era lineage of Vajrakīla and which adopted a new teaching from India known as Lamdre.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.