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 Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, aka Khyentse Norbu, is the third incarnation of the founder of the Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He kept with Khyentse tradition and learned from masters from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Sakya, Geluk, Nyingma, and Kagyu. From a young age he has been active in the preservation of the Buddhist teaching, establishing centers of learning, supporting practitioners, publishing books, and teaching all over the world. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche supervises his traditional seat of Dzongsar Monastery and its retreat centers in Eastern Tibet, as well as his new colleges in India and Bhutan. He has also established centers in Australia, North America and the Far East.[1] He created the organization the Siddhartha's Intent, which organizes all his teachings and tours around the world. He rebuilt the Dzongsar Monastery in the 80's when Tibet began to lax their policies on practicing religion. In addition to having his seat at the Dzongsar Monastery, he started the Khyentse Foundation, a non-profit organization with the stated goal "to act as a system of patronage for institutions and individuals engaged in the practice and study of Buddha's wisdom and compassion." He has also been involved with the arts. He recently became an author and released his first book in 2007, What Makes You Not a Buddhist. He has also become pretty involved in the film industry. He has made two films, The Cup (1999) and Travelers and Magicians (2003). He was also the star of a documentary called Words of My Perfect Teacher, the film examined the Vajrayana Buddhist student-teacher relationship. The film essentially works as biographical portrait of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. |
Date of Birth: 02 Jan, 1961
Location: India
State: Himachal Pradesh
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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, aka Khyentse Norbu, was born in 1961 in Bhutan. He is the grandson of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. At the age of seven, he was recognized as the third incarnation of the founder of the Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He studied at the Palace Monastery of the King of Sikkim. His root-master teachers don't come from one lineage, but from all four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Sakya, Geluk, Nyingma, and Kagyu. Members of the Khyentse lineage tend to take a non-sectarian tradition, which is why he had root-masters from all four schools. Some of the teachers he received empowerments from were His Holiness the Dalai Lama, His Holiness the 16th Karmapa, and his own grandfather, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. His main guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. He spent much of his teen years publishing rare texts that were in danger of being lost forever. He left Sikkim to attend college at Sakya College in Rajpur. After completing his studies there, he went to London's School of Oriental and African Studies. When he returned from college, he had the opportunity to help restore the Dzongsar Monastery, which was destroyed during the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. He helped re-establish the Dzongsar Shedra in 1982 in Sikkim, India. In 1983, classes resumed, with the arrival of Khenpo Kunga Wangchuk, one of the original teachers from Tibet who had spent 20 years in prison under the Chinese. The Shedra was moved to Bir, 70 km from Dharamsala. In 2004, the Dalai Lama inaugurated a brand new complex in Chaundra, 6 km from Bir, which can house 1000 monks and is called the Jamyang Khyentse Chkyl Lodro Institute. The complex also includes eleven classrooms, reading rooms, a library, and a main hall. The institute now has many trained teachers and students enrolled in its nine year graduate program. In addition to the monastery and institute, he established another college in Bhutan. In 1989, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche founded Siddhartha's Intent, an international Buddhist association of non-profit centres, most of which are nationally registered societies and charities, with the principal intention of preserving the Buddhist teachings, as well as increasing an awareness and understanding of the many aspects of the Buddhist teaching beyond the limits of cultures and traditions.[2] His teachers asked him to travel in order to open more Dharma centers around the world. He established centers in Australia, Europe, North America, and the Far East. He established Siddhartha's Intent, which organizes his teachings and tours. Khyentse Norbu found himself very intrigued with the idea of film-making and in 1999, he released his first film The Cup. In 2001, he started the Khyentse Foundation, a non-profit organization with the stated goal "to act as a system of patronage for institutions and individuals engaged in the practice and study of Buddha's wisdom and compassion." In 2003, he released his second film Travelers and Magicians. In 2007, he went with a different medium and released his first book What Makes You Not a Buddhist.
References:
1. http://www.khyentsefoundation.org/
2. http://www.siddharthasintent.org/
Related Links:
www.khyentsefoundation.org/
www.siddharthasintent.org/
www.shambhalasun.com/
www.deerparkgathering.org/
www.nyingma.com/artman/publish/dzongsar_khyentse.shtml
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