Yongdzin Rinpoche- Famous Tibetan Monk     by RinchenChodron

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Background on Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche

Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, senior teacher of the
Bon tradition, was forced to leave his homeland when the Chinese invaded Tibet in the late 1950s. Click to learn more about the history of genocide there.

More About Yongdzin Rinpoche 

Rinpoche became a monk at the age of 15 and was elected to the position of lopon (head teacher) in 1953. He also earned his geshe degree (equivalent to a Ph.D.) from Menri Monastery in Tibet in 1953. He fled to Nepal in 1960 to escape the Chinese invasion of Tibet. Rinpoche next went to London on a Rockefeller scholarship were he published "The Nine Ways of Bon," the first scholarly study of the Bon tradition in the West. In 1964, he founded a Settlement for Bonpo people in exile at Dolanji in Himachal Pradesh, Northern India. Next he established a traditional dialectic school to preserve the Bonpo philosophical tradition at Menri Monastery in Dolanji. Later in 1987, Yongdzin Rinpoche founded the Bon monastery Triten Norbutse, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lopon's 80th Birthday Party February 2005 

I was honored and fortunate enough to be present during Lopon Tenzin Namkak's 80th birthday celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2005. You would not have believed how many Tibetans had made the trek all the way over the Himalayas to honor him on this occassion! Wow, there were HUNDREDS. This was an all day event with traditional Tibetan dancers and singers and a huge banquet. What fun. You missed a GREAT party!

Here are some of my pictures from this event in February 2005. If you click on the thumbnail image you can see a larger photo. Enjoy!

Heart Drops of Dharmakaya 

Heart Drops of Dharmakaya

Heart Drops of Dharmakaya

by Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen

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Review By Neal J. Pollock (VA USA)

This is a very fine book on Dzogchen whether you are Buddhist or Bon or neither. It's clear, pithy, and lacking much of the dogma found in many other Dzogchen and Mahamudra books available today. It's strongly recommended.

Twenty-One Nails 

Tenzin Wangyal says Sangye Tenzin - the first Lopon of Minri Monastery's School of Dialectics - was "in my opinion, the was the greatest Bon scholar of his generation."
The Twenty-One Nails Volume II. Oral commentaries by Lopon Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

The Twenty-One Nails Volume II. Oral commentaries by Lopon Tenzin Namdak and Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

by Lopon Tenzin Namdak, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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The Zhang Zhung Nyan Gyud is the pure Dzogchen view, and the most esoteric aspect of the Bon tradition.

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    Retreat on the Dzogchen Yongtse Longchen July 27 to August 15, 2008 

    This retreat will take place in France at the
    Shenten Dargye Ling - see picture below.

    Yongdzin Rinpoche has graciously accepted to transmit to us the cycle of Dzogchen Yongtse Longchen, The Peak of All, Great Expanse. This text was written by the great ancient master Nyachen Lishu Tagring as a commentary on Dzogchen Dragpa Korsum, the Cycle of Three Proclamation, one of the four major Dzogchen Cycles. Having been concealed during the persecution of Bon in the eighth century, it was later discovered by Zhoeton Ngoedup Dragpa in 1088, from the temple of Khomthing in Lodrak, south Tibet. This would be the first time this Cycle of teaching has been transmitted in the West directly by Yongdzin Rinpoche.
    Khenpo TenpaYungdrung recommends that particularly those who feel a deep connection to and genuinely follow this tradition avail themselves of this opportunity to receive such precious teaching.

    Also from August 24th to 29st, 2008 Yongdzin Rinpoche and Khenpo Tenpa Yungdrung will be teaching on Gyalwa Chagtri. This is a dzogchen practice and is open for all students.

    The Monastery in France

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