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Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (Tib. རྫོང་གསར་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. rdzong gsar mkhyen brtse rin po che) (b. 1961) — the principal incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

Biography

Born in Bhutan, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, also known as Khyentse Norbu, was recognized by H.H. Sakya Trizin as the third incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the founder of the Khyentse lineage, and the immediate incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He received empowerments and teachings from the greatest lamas, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and his own grandfathers, Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Sönam Zangpo, but his main master was Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. The Khyentse tradition being non sectarian (Rimé), he received teachings from masters of the the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He later attended London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

Working tirelessly for the preservation of the Buddhist teachings, he has created centres of learning in Bhutan, India, the Far East as well as in Europe, Australia and North America, while supervising his traditional seat, Dzongsar Monastery, in Eastern Tibet.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is also a filmmaker. He has directed The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Vara: A Blessing (2013), Hema Hema (2016) and Looking For a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache (2021).

Teachings & Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha

9 February 1986, London
27 June 1989, London
16-17, 19, 26, 30 June & 1, 7, 11 July 1990, London
14-15, July 1990, Berlin
18 July 1990, London
14, 16-20 August 1990, Prapoutel
19-20 October 1991, Rigpa London, Heart Sutra
1-3 November 1991, Berlin, Rigdzin Düpa empowerment
8-9 February 1992, Rigpa London, Prayer of Kuntuzangpo
15-16 February 1992, Berlin, ??
22-23 February 1992, London, Prayer of Kuntuzangpo continued
9 May 1992, Munich
23-24 1992, Lerab Ling
9 June 1995, Paris, rue Burcq
14 February 1996, London
22-23 June 1996, London, Madhyamika
19-21 August 1996, Lerab Ling, Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik empowerment
27-28 June 1998, London, The Four Seals
10 August 1998, Lerab Ling, Rigdzin Düpa empowerment
8-16 August 1998, Lerab Ling, teachings on Rigdzin Düpa
11 March 2000, Rigpa Paris, France, the four seals
5-9 September 2001, Rigpa London, teachings on Rigdzin Düpa
3-4 April 2004, Rigpa Paris, kyerim, vipashyana
26 June 2010, Rigpa Berlin, Sangha and Tendrel Nyesel
2 September 2011, Lerab Ling, The Prayer of Yeshe Tsogyal, teaching and lung
12-13 April 2014, Rigpa Berlin, teachings on lojong; available on YouTube
24-25 February 2018, Dharma Mati, Berlin, Germany, Vajrayana Buddhism in the Modern World: The Challenges of Maintaining an Authentic Tradition. View teaching on YouTube
28 February-1 March 2018, Lerab Ling, Vajrayana Buddhism in the West—The Challenges and Misunderstandings of our Times. View teaching on YouTube
8 March 2018, Rigpa centre, Levallois, Buddhism in the West—The Challenges and Misunderstandings of our Times. View teaching on YouTube
10-11 March 2018, London, The Future of Buddhism: Challenges and Opportunities in Modern Society. View first talk and second talk on YouTube.

Publications

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, What makes You Not a Buddhist (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008)
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2012)
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2016)
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Poison is Medicine—Clarifying the Vajrayana (Siddharta's Intent, 2021), available here
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Living is Dying - How to Prepare for Dying, Death and Beyond (Siddharta's Intent, 2020), available here

Internal Links

External Links

Khyentse Foundation
Siddhartha's Intent
Documentary on Dzongsar Khyentse, directed by Lesley Ann Patten, The Words of My Perfect Teacher
Orgyen Tobgyal speaks about Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's memoir-in-progress

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 Working tirelessly for the preservation of the Buddhist teachings, he has created centres of learning in Bhutan, India, the Far East as well as in Europe, Australia and North America, while supervising his traditional seat, [[Dzongsar Monastery]], in Eastern Tibet.
-Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is also a filmmaker. He has directed ''The Cup'' (1999), ''Travellers and Magicians'' (2003), ''Vara: A Blessing'' (2013) and ''Hema Hema'' (2016).
+Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is also a filmmaker. He has directed ''The Cup'' (1999), ''Travellers and Magicians'' (2003), ''Vara: A Blessing'' (2013), ''Hema Hema'' (2016) and ''Looking For a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache'' (2021).
 ==Teachings & Empowerments Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
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 *Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, ''The Guru Drinks Bourbon?'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2016)
 *Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, ''Poison is Medicine—Clarifying the Vajrayana'' (Siddharta's Intent, 2021), available [https://www.siddharthasintent.org/resources/publications/poison-is-medicine/ here]
+*Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, ''Living is Dying - How to Prepare for Dying, Death and Beyond'' (Siddharta's Intent, 2020), available [https://siddharthasintent.org/publications/living-is-dying/ here]
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