Sogyal Rinpoche

Person · Open Library

Born

1947

Works

41

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Film & TV

Kham, Tibet

Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. He was recognized as the incarnation of a great Tibetan master and visionary saint of the nineteenth century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. He founded the international Buddhist network Rigpa, and was the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

Known for

• Ancient Wisdom for the Modern2009
• Lucky People Center International1998
• Little Buddha — Kenpo Tenzin1993

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Active from

1950

Active to

2019-08-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

451

Total plays

29,002

Born in Kham in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Tertön Sogyal, a teacher to the thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lödro, one of the most outstanding masters of the twentieth century. Jamyang Khyentse supervised Rinpoche's training and raised him like his own son. In 1971, Rinpoche went to England where he received a Western education, studying Comparative Religion at Cambridge University. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sogyal+R

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Tibet

Place of birth

Kham

Place of death

Bangkok

Occupation

film actor

Position held

Lama

Educated at

University of Cambridge

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

Tibetan Buddhism

Notable work

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Image

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