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[[Image:Chokyi_Nyima_LL08.png|frame|Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche at [[Lerab Ling]], June 2008]]
'''Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche''' ([[Wyl.]] ''chos kyi nyi ma rin po che'') (b.1951) — as the oldest son of Kyabjé [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche was recognized at 18 months of age as the seventh incarnation of Gar Drubchen, a [[Drikung Kagyü]] master and an emanation of [[Nagarjuna]]. Soon after, he was enthroned at his predecessor’s monastery, Drong Gon Tubten Dargye Ling Monastery, in Nakchukha, [[Central Tibet]].

At the age of 13, he entered [[Rumtek Monastery]] and spent the next eleven years studying the Karma Kagyü, Drikung Kagyü and Nyingma traditions under the guidance of the 16th Gyalwang [[Karmapa]], Kyabjé [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], Kyabjé Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and other eminent masters. Before leaving Rumtek, Rinpoche successfully completed the coursework set out for [[tulku]]s.

In 1974, Tulku Chökyi Nyima was instructed by the Karmapa to help his father to establish a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley. He also advised Rinpoche to turn his efforts towards instructing western practitioners.
Rinpoche has a good command of the English language, and has been instructing a growing number of western students in meditation practice since 1977.

==Publications==
*''Bardo Guidebook'', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal, 1991 ISBN 9627341118
* ''The Song of Karmapa: Aspiration of the Mahamudra of True Meaning by Lord Rangjung Dorje'', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal, 1992 ISBN 9627341142
*''The Indisputable Truth'', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal, 1996 ISBN 9627341274
*''Present Fresh Wakefulness: A Meditation Manual on Nonconceptual Wisdom '', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal, 2002 ISBN 9627341479
*''The Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen'', Rangjung Yeshe Publications, Nepal, 2006 ISBN 9627341215
* Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche with David R. Shlim, ''Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers'', Wisdom Publications, 2006 ISBN 0861715128

==Visits to Rigpa Centres==
*Rigpa London, 9 January 2010, 'The Three Great Views – [[Madhyamaka]], [[Mahamudra]] and [[Dzogchen]]'
*[[Lerab Ling]], 17-22 September 2009
*[[Lerab Ling]], 17-23 August 2008
*Rigpa Amsterdam, 26 June 2007
*Rigpa London, 9 September 2003
*San Francisco, 15 July 2003
*Berkley, 1 July 2002
*San Francisco, 15-16 September 2001
*San Francisco, 5 September 2000
*San Francisco, 11-13 September 1998
*[[Lerab Ling]], 24-26 August 1998
*Oakland, 29 August-1 September 1997
*Cologne, 18 September 1994
*Dzogchen Orgyen Chö Ling, London, 1981 with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

==External Links==
*[http://www.dharmasun.org/ Dharma Sun]
*[http://www.shedrub.org/teacherpage.php?tid=2 Longer biography]

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