Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (b. 1951^[1]) is a Tibetan Buddhist lama.^[2]

Life

Born in 1951,^[1] in Nakchukha^[3] Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche is the son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche^[1][2] who is considered one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of our time.^[2] When he was only eighteen months of age, Rinpoche was recognized as the seventh incarnation of Drikung Kagyu lama Gar Drubchen.^[1] Not long after being recognized as the tulku, Rinpoche was enthroned at Drong Gon Tubten Dargye Ling, in Nakchukha.^[1] Rinpoche also studied under Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.^[2]

Rinpoche and his family fled Tibet shortly before the Chinese invasion of Tibet.^[1] Rinpoche and his younger brother, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche soon enrolled at the Young Lamas Home School in Dalhousie, India.^[4][3] At age thirteen, Rinpoche entered Rumtek Monastery^[4] and spent eleven years Karma Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu, and Nyingma traditions.^[4]

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche left Rumtek in 1974,^[1] and established Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.^[1]

Bibliography

• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; Erik Pema Kunsang (translator) (1996). The Indisputable Truth. Rangjung Yeshe Publications. ISBN 9627341274. 
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; Erik Pema Kunsang (translator) (2004). The Bardo Guidebook. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9627341118. 
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (2004). Present Fresh Wakefulness: A Meditation Manual on Nonconceptual Wisdom. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9627341479. 
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; Erik Pema Kunsang (translator) (2004). Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen: A Commentary on The Quintessence of Spiritual Practice, The Direct Instructions of the Great Compassionate One. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9627341215. 
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; David R. Shlim M.D. (2006). Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0861715128. 
• Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (2008). The Great Gate: A Guidebook to the Guru's Heart Practice, Dispeller of All Obstacles. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 9627341045. 

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} A brief biography of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Keeping a Good Heart
3. ^ ^{a b} Erik Pema Kunsang (February 1997). "Interview for Snowlion Magazine". Snow Lion Magazine. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Tulku Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche