Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

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

Biography

Born in Bhutan in 1961, 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) and Vara: A Blessing (2013).

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
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

Publications

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, What makes You Not a Buddhist (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008), ISBN 978-1590305706
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2012), ISBN 978-1611800302
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, The Guru Drinks Bourbon?, Shambhala, 2016, ISBN 978-1611803747

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