Lama Khemsar Rinpoche

He was born in Southern Tibet, where he and his elder brother Lama Sonam G.Khemsar are the lineage holders of their two monasteries.

Rinpoche's education in the ways of Tibetan Yungdrung Bön started at age 5. As he aged he went on to study under many great masters including Kharnei Ghelong Yungdrung Gyaltsen Rinpoche, Zhu Rizhing Lasey Rinpoche, Geshe Sherab Namdak, Aa-dho Ponlob Rinpoche and Gheghen Trowo Kha Rinpoche.

Rinpoche's education was temporarily interrupted in 1959, during the Cultural Revolution, when, he - along with many other Tibetans was forced to flee Tibet on foot in search of refuge. During this period, he endured many extreme hardships, such as dire poverty, homelessness (having to sleep in the wilderness), starvation, and ill health. Tragically, his 5 year old sister who died during the crossing. Eventually, he arrived in India.

He was lucky enough to attend a modern school in Darjeeling. During this period, and subsequently in Dolanji, he continued with his traditional spiritual studies and practices under the tutelage of many prominent teachers including with Menri Trizin Lungtog Tenpei Nyima Rinpoche. He also completed the traditional three year retreat under the guidance of Lama Tenpa Gyatsho who died in Bhutan in 1998.

During this period, he also studied Buddhism under several Buddhist Lamas including Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Samdong Tulku and Chamchen Rinpoche etc. He explored many other faiths too including Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In doing so, he discovered that the lessons taught and the wisdom insights gained therein are, in essence, similar and compatible with his own Yungdrung Bön Tradition. He thus welcomes all who attend his teachings and stresses that, as common themes tend to run through all the spiritual paths, it is possible to use his teachings to complement and enhance the teachings of other paths and vice versa.

Rinpoche became accomplished and well-versed in the philosophical and spiritual practices of Bön and Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, ancient folk remedies, healing arts, Tibetan astrology and astronomy, authentic Jung-wei Trog-chod (Tibetan Feng Shui) and various types of ritual crafts.

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During the time Lama Khemsar spent in India, he along with the other Bönpo Lamas re-established the Bön Tradition at Dolanji, northern India. For a time he taught Tibetan Refugee children. There now exists a thriving Bön Monastic College and community settlement in Donjoli.

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