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**Phakchok Rinpoche in Lerab Ling June 2009**

Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche (Tib. སྐྱབས་མགོན་འཕགས་མཆོག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. skyabs mgon 'phags mchog rin po che) (b.1981) — a lineage-holder of the Chokling Tersar, the Profound Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa from the Nyingma School of Early Translations. He is also one of the throne-holders of the Riwoche Taklung Kagyü lineage.

Life

Rinpoche was born in 1981 to Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche and his wife Dechen Paldron. His grandfather was Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and he is the elder brother of Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. Recognised at a young age, Rinpoche received an abundance of transmissions, empowerments, and instructions from great masters such as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche and Trulshik Rinpoche. Moreover, from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, whom he considers his main root gurus, Rinpoche received direct instructions on the nature of mind. He was awarded the title of khenpo after taking just seven years to complete the traditional nine-year curriculum in Buddhist philosophy at the Dzongsar Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies in Bir, India.

Presently, Phakchok Rinpoche is abbot of several monasteries in Nepal. He lends assistance to various monasteries and practice centres in Tibet, presides as head of numerous dharma centres in North America and Asia, and teaches widely at centres around the world. Through organisations such as the Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation, he energetically oversees a wide range of humanitarian projects in South Asia. He is also the vajra master at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.

As a yogi-practitioner with a family who also carries responsibility for monastic institutions, Rinpoche is deeply acquainted with both these walks of life and paths of practice. His teachings are direct, lively, and practical, with a strong emphasis on the view of the Great Perfection, on the uncontrived meditation free from concepts that is Mahamudra, on the tireless implementation of the bodhisattva’s conduct, and on the Mahayana instructions on wisdom and compassion.

Visits to Rigpa Centres

Lerab Ling, 26-27 June 2009
Lerab Ling, 28-29 October 2012

Internal Links

Phakchok Rinpoche Incarnation Line

External Links

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-'''Phakchok Rinpoche''' (Tib. འཕགས་མཆོག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, [[Wyl.]] '' 'phags mchog rin po che'') (b.1981) — the Seventh Phakchok Rinpoche, '''Tendzin Jigmey Drakpa''', is the Supreme Head of the [[Taklung Kagyü]] lineage, the Abbot of a monastery in Chapagaon in the southern Kathmandu Valley, and the Head of [[Riwoche Monastery]] in Tibet's [[Dokham]] region. Born in 1981 to [[Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche]] and his wife Dechen Paldron, Phakchok Rinpoche is grandson of [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] and the eldest brother of the [[Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche]]. Recognized by the Kagyü regents and ordained by [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]], he has studied with a number of great lamas, including [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, [[Penor Rinpoche]], [[Trulshik Rinpoche]] and [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]]. An enthusiastic and vibrant young lama, his teachings are direct, accessible, and always fresh, opening up our minds in a playful and inspiring way.
+'''Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche''' (Tib. སྐྱབས་མགོན་འཕགས་མཆོག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''skyabs mgon 'phags mchog rin po che'') (b.1981) — a lineage-holder of the [[Chokling Tersar]], the Profound Treasures of [[Chokgyur Lingpa]] from the [[Nyingma]] School of Early Translations. He is also one of the throne-holders of the Riwoche [[Taklung Kagyü]] lineage.
-Phakchok Rinpoche is currently [[vajra master]] of [[Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery]] in [[Boudhanath]], Kathmandu, and Abbot of Do-ngak Nyida Zungdrel Sherab Raldri Ling Monastery (Nepal).
+==Life==
+Rinpoche was born in 1981 to [[Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche]] and his wife Dechen Paldron. His grandfather was [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] and he is the elder brother of [[Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche]]. Recognised at a young age, Rinpoche received an abundance of transmissions, [[empowerment]]s, and instructions from great masters such as [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Penor Rinpoche]] and [[Trulshik Rinpoche]]. Moreover, from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], whom he considers his main root gurus, Rinpoche received direct instructions on the nature of mind. He was awarded the title of [[khenpo]] after taking just seven years to complete the traditional nine-year curriculum in Buddhist philosophy at the Dzongsar Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies in Bir, India.
-He is directing the development of the Vajravarahi Free Clinic, to be completed in 2007, which will provide free allopathic, Tibetan, Chinese, and Ayurvedic health care to the disadvantaged in the local community, and the Vajravarahi Monk School, to be completed in 2008, which will provide secular and religious education, training, room and board to 100 novice monks.
+Presently, Phakchok Rinpoche is abbot of several monasteries in Nepal. He lends assistance to various monasteries and practice centres in Tibet, presides as head of numerous dharma centres in North America and Asia, and teaches widely at centres around the world. Through organisations such as the Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation, he energetically oversees a wide range of humanitarian projects in South Asia. He is also the [[vajra master]] at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
-Phakchok Rinpoche is also Abbot of Pal Kagyu Shedrub Tashi Dhargye Phuntsok Ling Monastery, and President of Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen Nepal, a volunteer-based, non-profit organization that serves the poor and disadvantaged in areas of health, education, vocational training, street children, the elderly, and animals. Phakchok Rinpoche received the [[khenpo]] title from H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and H.E. [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]].
+As a [[yogi]]-practitioner with a family who also carries responsibility for monastic institutions, Rinpoche is deeply acquainted with both these walks of life and paths of practice. His teachings are direct, lively, and practical, with a strong emphasis on the view of the [[Great Perfection]], on the uncontrived meditation free from concepts that is [[Mahamudra]], on the tireless implementation of the [[bodhisattva]]’s conduct, and on the [[Mahayana]] instructions on wisdom and compassion.
-He completed in seven years the traditional nine-year curriculum of Buddhist philosophy at the Dzongsar Institute of Advanced Buddhist Studies, Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India. He specialized in studies of the [[Sakya]] school of Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of [[Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk|Khenchen Kunga Wangchuk Rinpoche]] and H.E. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. An enthusiastic and vibrant young lama, Phakchok Rinpoche’s lectures are direct and accessible.
-He serves as Professor of Buddhist Philosophy, Rangjung Yeshe Institute Shedra, Center of Buddhist Studies, Kathmandu University, where he teaches general Buddhist philosophy with emphasis on the [[Middle Way]]. He has been guest-lecturer at various centers in Denmark, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, United States of America, and Canada, and he recently established several new Buddhist centers in Malaysia. Phakchok Rinpoche is a Advisory Board Member of the Chokling Tersar Foundation.
 ==Visits to Rigpa Centres==
-*[[Lerab Ling]], 26-27 June 2009.
+*[[Lerab Ling]], 26-27 June 2009
-*[[Lerab Ling]], 28-29 October 2012.
+*[[Lerab Ling]], 28-29 October 2012
 ==Internal Links==
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 ==External Links==
 *[http://www.phakchokrinpoche.org Official Website]
+*[https://samyeinstitute.org/ Teaching Activities]
+*[https://www.cglf.org/ Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation]
+[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
+[[Category:Kagyü Teachers]]
 [[Category:Contemporary Teachers]]
-[[Category:Kagyü Teachers]]