Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Tsoknyi Rinpoche (T. 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.[1] He is a tulku of the Drukpa Kagyü and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, and the holder of the Ratna Lingpa and Tsoknyi lineages.[1]
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.[1]
Rinpoche oversees the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, in Kathmandu, Nepal. His brothers are Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and Mingyur Rinpoche and his nephews are Phakchok Rinpoche and Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche.
Selected 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, Norman Fischer, "Solid Ground: Buddhist Wisdom for Difficult Times," (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2011)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Tsoknyi_Rinpoche, Tsadra Commons
Videos
Search for videos:
- Search YouTube for: Tsoknyi Rinpoche Buddhism
Selected videos:
- Trauma and PTSD
- Description: Tsoknyi Rinpoche discusses how to help people suffering from trauma and PTSD
- "Open Heart, Open Mind" Part 1
- Description: "Open Heart, Open Mind" Part 1 by Tsoknyi Rinpoche Book Talk in La Jolla, Ca., May 16, 2012
- Not me
- Description: Working with ego
External links
- Tsoknyi Rinpoche, official website
- UK Organisation
Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Wikipedia
Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
