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[[Image:Ato_Rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Ato Rinpoche during a visit to [[Dzogchen Beara]] in 1999]] | [[Image:Ato_Rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Ato Rinpoche during a visit to [[Dzogchen Beara]] in 1999]] | ||
'''Ato Rinpoche''' (1933-2024), the nephew of [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], was a master of | '''Ato Rinpoche''' (1933-2024), the nephew of [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], was a master of the teachings and practice of the [[Kagyü]] lineage such as the six yogas and [[Mahamudra]] as well as Maha Ati, [[Dzogchen]]. | ||
Born in 1933, Ato Rinpoche was recognized by the [[Palpung Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo|Eleventh Tai Situ]] as the incarnation of Tenzin Tulku of the Kagyu monastery of Nezang in Kham. He entered the monastery at the age of seven, and was trained by, and studied with, many teachers, including the 2nd Jamgon Kongtrul, and his uncles Kyabje [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche [[Karma Shedrup Tenpé Nyima]]. | |||
He pursued his studies at a number of monasteries, including Tsurphu in Central Tibet, where he became an attendant to the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa. | |||
In 1959 he went into exile in India, and was appointed by the 16th Karmapa as the Kagyu representative in the Religious Office of [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] in Dharamsala, before being placed in charge of the Young Lamas’ Home School in Dalhousie, which cared for educating young lamas of all four Tibetan traditions. | |||
It was in 1967 that Rinpoche married and moved to Cambridge in the UK, where he worked as a nurse at Fulbourn Psychiatric Hospital, about five miles from the city. He retired in 1981, after which he taught widely in the UK and other countries, and set about rebuilding and reinvigorating the Nezang monastery, and bestowing all the necessary teachings and empowerments there and in other monasteries. | |||
He passed away passed away peacefully at home with his family and close ones around him on May 18th, 2024 (the 10th day of the ‘holy month’ of Saga Dawa). | |||
[[Category: Contemporary Teachers]] | [[Category: Contemporary Teachers]] | ||
[[Category: Kagyü Teachers]] | [[Category: Kagyü Teachers]] | ||
[[Category: Karma Kagyü Teachers]] | [[Category: Karma Kagyü Teachers]] | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[Ato Rinpoche: A Brief Homage from the Rigpa Sangha https://www.rigpa.org/posts-rigpa-news/tribute-to-ato-rinpoche-may-2024] | |||
*[https://www.atorinpoche.com/ A Tribute to Ato Rinpoche by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje] | |||
Revision as of 20:44, 4 December 2024
Ato Rinpoche (1933-2024), the nephew of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, was a master of the teachings and practice of the Kagyü lineage such as the six yogas and Mahamudra as well as Maha Ati, Dzogchen.
Born in 1933, Ato Rinpoche was recognized by the Eleventh Tai Situ as the incarnation of Tenzin Tulku of the Kagyu monastery of Nezang in Kham. He entered the monastery at the age of seven, and was trained by, and studied with, many teachers, including the 2nd Jamgon Kongtrul, and his uncles Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and the 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche Karma Shedrup Tenpé Nyima.
He pursued his studies at a number of monasteries, including Tsurphu in Central Tibet, where he became an attendant to the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa.
In 1959 he went into exile in India, and was appointed by the 16th Karmapa as the Kagyu representative in the Religious Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, before being placed in charge of the Young Lamas’ Home School in Dalhousie, which cared for educating young lamas of all four Tibetan traditions.
It was in 1967 that Rinpoche married and moved to Cambridge in the UK, where he worked as a nurse at Fulbourn Psychiatric Hospital, about five miles from the city. He retired in 1981, after which he taught widely in the UK and other countries, and set about rebuilding and reinvigorating the Nezang monastery, and bestowing all the necessary teachings and empowerments there and in other monasteries.
He passed away passed away peacefully at home with his family and close ones around him on May 18th, 2024 (the 10th day of the ‘holy month’ of Saga Dawa).
Further Reading
- [Ato Rinpoche: A Brief Homage from the Rigpa Sangha https://www.rigpa.org/posts-rigpa-news/tribute-to-ato-rinpoche-may-2024]
- A Tribute to Ato Rinpoche by 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje