Nyoshül Khenpo

Rinpoche Rinpoche, also spelled Rimboche and Rinboku (), is an honorific term used in the Tibetan language. It literally means "precious one", and may refer to a person, place, or thing—like the words "gem" or "jewel" (Sanskrit: ''Ratna''). The word con ...

(1932–1999), more fully Nyoshül Khenpo Jamyang Dorje (), was a

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born in the Derge region of

Kham Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...

.The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo

Biography

Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche was born in 1932 in the Derge region of Kham,

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. At the age of five, Rinpoche was taken to a

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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

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studies. At age eighteen, he studied

Longchen Nyingthig Longchen Nyingthig () is a '' terma'', revealed scripture, of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, which gives a systematic explanation of Dzogchen. It was revealed by Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798). Etymology Longchen Nyingthig may be transla ...

teachings and

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at the Nyoshul monastery. At the time of

1959 Tibetan uprising The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under the effective control of the People's Republic of China since the Seventeen Point Agreemen ...

, 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 Tashi Paljor, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche () (c. 1910 – 28 September 1991) was a Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, teacher, and recognized by Buddhists as one of the greatest realized masters. Head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism from 198 ...

, and the sixteenth Karmapa (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje). Some of Rinpoche's students include

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and Sogyal Rinpoche.Lotsawa House: Sogyal Rinpoche
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