Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche
Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche (Wyl. rdzogs chen dpon slob) Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen - The first Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche, Namkha Ösel, was one of the three principal founders of the Rudam Dzogchen Monastery in Kham Derge, East Tibet, and his successive incarnations have been intimately connected with the development of the Dzogchen Monastery and the lives of the Dzogchen Rinpoches.
The present, Seventh incarnation of Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche was born at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, in 1965, and was immediately recognised by His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. He has studied at Columbia University in New York and is fluent in English. Rinpoche has been travelling and teaching in the West since 1980, when he toured with His Holiness Karmapa. Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche is known for the lucidity of his teachings, and his sharp intellect and humour.
Visits to Rigpa Centres
- Lerab Ling, August 1994
- Teachings on 'The Heart of Mahamudra and Dzogchen'. These teachings are published in Wild Awakening.
- Paris, 27 October 1994
- Lerab Ling, 29-31 October 1994
- Rigpa London, 5-13 November 1994.
- Munich, 19-20 November 1994
- Teachings on 'The View of Reality in Tibetan Buddhism'
- Munich, 18-19 November 1994
- Kirchheim Retreat 1998-1999
- Lerab Ling, August 2002
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Publications
- Great Perfection: Outer and Inner Preliminaries, Snow Lion Publications, 2007
- Mind Beyond Death, Snow Lion Publications, 2007
- Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra, Snow Lion Publications, 2006
- Wild Awakening: The Heart of Mahamudra & Dzogchen, Shambhala, 2004