Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche uses his specially altered edition of the text, The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche uses his specially altered edition of the text, The Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness

The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche (Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen, 1965-present) is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, president of Nalandabodhi, the founder of Nitartha Institute, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is one of the highest tülkus in the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.

Rinpoche was formally empowered and officially proclaimed The Seventh Je-ön Ponlop Rinpoche in 1979 when, at Dharmachakra Center, Rumtek, Sikkim, India, His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, supreme head of the Kagyu lineage, recognized his as one of the lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu school and heart son of His Holiness the Karmapa.[1]

Rinpoche graduated in 1990 as Ka-rabjampa from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies in Rumtek. (Ka-rabjampa means "one with unobstructed knowledge of scriptures", the Kagyu equivalent of the Sakya and Gelug's Geshe degree.) Also, he simultaneously earned the degree of Acharya, or Master of Buddhist Philosophy, from Sampurnanant Sanskrit University.[2]

As a witty, humorous and sensitive speaker Rinpoche is warmly greeted world-wide; as a teacher and prolific author[3] the Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche is well known for his teaching contributions to Bodhi Magazine and elsewhere. He has also penned a number of books and articles:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche | Biography
  2. ^ Biography of The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche
  3. ^ Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche | Biography

[edit] External links

  • Recalling a Buddha documentary on the life and activity of the Sixteenth Karmapa, featuring commentary by the Dzogchen Ponlop, Rinpoche, at that time an attendant to His Holiness, Karmapa
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