School Nyingma Title Khenpo Nationality Tibetan | Name Nyoshul Rinpoche | |
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Died August 27, 1999, Dordogne, France Books Natural Great Perfection: Dzogchen Teachings and Vajra Songs Teacher Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, Dilgo Khyentse, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa | ||
Dharma names Nyoshul Jamyang Dorje Other names Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche | ||
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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.
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Biography
Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche was born in 1932 in the Derge region of Kham, Tibet. At the age of five, Rinpoche was taken to a Sakya monastery where he had his hair cut and was given a refuge name. At age eight, he was enrolled in the monastery and began his Buddhist studies. At age eighteen, he studied Longchen Nyingthig teachings and Dzogchen at the Nyoshul monastery. 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.
In India, Rinpoche studied under the second Dudjom Rinpoche (Jigdral Yeshe Dorje), Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and the sixteenth Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje).
Some of Rinpoche's students include Surya Das and Sogyal Rinpoche.
