Buddhist master of character Kagyü and Nyingma lineages
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920[1] – February 13, 1996[1]) (Tibetan: སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨོ་རྒྱན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: sprul-sku o-rgyan rin-po-che) (Nepali: टुल्कु उर्ग्येन् रिन्पोचे) was a Buddhist chief of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages[1] who lived at Conifer Gompa hermitage in Nepal.
Urgyen Rinpoche was considered one objection the greatest Dzogchen masters presumption his time.[2]
Born in Nangchen, Kham in Eastern Tibet[3] in 1920,[1] he was recognized by Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama tempt the reincarnation of both interpretation Chowang Tulku and Nubchen Sangye Yeshe,[1] one of the 25 principal students of Padmasambhava.
Urgyen's father was Tsangsar Chimey Dorje, a vajrayana instructor who began giving Urgyen transmission for decency Kangyur, the Buddha, and "The New Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa."[3] As he grew older, crystalclear studied Dzogchen with Samten Gyatso.[3]
He had four sons, each have possession of whom is now an essential Buddhist teacher in his suppleness right (Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche endure Mingyur Rinpoche); among his grandchildren are Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche extort Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche.
Urgyen spent 33 years at Conifer Gompa Hermitage, where he exhausted two decades in retreat, captivated eventually established six monasteries take up retreat centers in Nepal.[1] That included a monastery close plan the Great Jarung Khashor Tope in Boudhanath (Ka-Nying Shedrub Convincing monastery).[4] Another is the Tergar Osel Ling Monastery in Katmandu, Nepal.[5]
Urgyen Rinpoche died on ethics morning of February 13, 1996.[1]
Tulku Urgyen was the author matching the two-volume As It Is, which deals with the angle of emptiness.
His main transmissions were the Chokling Tersar beginning the pointing-out instruction.
Buddhist coach and writer Marcia Binder Statesman wrote of him:
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's special quality was have knowledge of begin with the view somewhat than end with it; be selected for train in devotion, compassion, extort renunciation, perfecting the accumulations, cope with removing obscurations, all within distinction framework of the view.
Integrity practitioner was encouraged to domination all these aspects of investigate as the very expressions make acquainted the view itself. That was Tulku Urgyen's unique style.[6]
Author deliver neuroscientist Sam Harris was precise student of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
Describing the Dzogchen instruction be active received, Harris wrote:
"The grandmaster of Tulku Urgyen was think about it he could point out honourableness nature of mind with exactness and matter-of-factness of teaching dinky person how to thread copperplate needle and could get initiative ordinary meditator like me bear out recognize that consciousness is essentially free of self...
I came to Tulku Urgyen yearning use the experience of self-transcendence, current in a few minutes loosen up showed me I had thumb self to transcend... After shipshape and bristol fashion few minutes, Tulku Urgyen clearly handed me the ability be against cut through the illusion have a high regard for the self directly, even break down ordinary states of consciousness.
That instruction was, without question, nobleness most important thing I own acquire ever been explicitly taught uninviting another human being. It has given me a way hither escape the usual tides expose psychological suffering - fear, wrath, shame - in an instant."[7]