Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche

Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche (1965- ) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] is a Buddhist meditation master and scholar from Dzogchen Monastery and Dzogchen Shri Singha Monastic University in Tibet.

He is a 33rd generation lineage holder of the Dzogchen lineage of Buddhism. He is recognized as the reincarnation of the great Buddhist scholar Gedun Chopel Rinpoche, who played a pivotal role in the early stages of the modernization of Tibetan Buddhism in the first part of the 20th century. He is a student of Khenchen Pema Tsewang Rinpoche, Khenpos Chatral Chochyab Rinpoche and Kunub Ozer Rinpoche and is a lineage holder of Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen Khadro Nyingthik and Longchen Nyingthik lineages.

He received the doctoral-level degree of Khenpo at the age of 22, an unprecedentedly young age in the almost 200-year history [http://www.dzogchenmonastery.org/monastic_university.html] of Dzogchen Shri Singha University. He was one of the first of a new generation of young scholars to emerge from Tibet following the formal revival of Buddhist education there in the 1980s. He is the author of over 30 Buddhist texts including the English language text "The Buddha Path" [http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/buddhapath.html] and others. He has founded retreat centers in Nepal and India, and many Buddhist practice centers in Europe, the United States, and southeast Asia. He has taught in English in the West starting around 2002.

He is the current spiritual leader of the Dzogchen Shri Singha International organization, and many affiliated sanghas internationally.

External links

* [http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/ Dzogchen Lineage Website] - a link to Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche's international organization.
* [http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/bca.html Dharma Path Commentary] - an extremely extensive commentary by Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche on Shantideva's Boddhisattvacaryavatara translated into English and available at this site for free download.
* [http://www.dzogchenlineage.org/dharmacenters.html Dzogchen Dharma Centers] - list and contact information for Dzogchen centers with the Dzogchen Dharma Centers.
* [http://www.kunpal.com/ Latest version of Drops of Nectar] - a link to the most up to date version of Khenpo Choga's commentary on the Bodhisattvacaryavatara.