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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a highly venerated teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Nepal in 1975 and was recognized as a Tulku by both H.H. the 16th Karmapa and H.H.Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Rinpoche has one-pointedly devoted his entire life the study, practice and teaching of the Dharma.
When Rinpoche was nine, he moved to the hermitage of Nagi Gompa in Nepal to study Mahamudra teachings, as well as receive instructions on the Trekcho and Togyal aspects of Dzogchen from his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, one of the greatest Dzogchen meditation masters of our time. When Mingyur Rinpoche was 11, he was invited by H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche to study at Sherab Ling in northern India. There he learned the practical applications of the daily rituals of Karma Kamtsang and the tantras according to the tradition of Marpa. Rinpoche also completed all required studies at the monastic college or shedra.
Aged 13, Rinpoche entered a traditional three-year retreat. At age 17, he was asked by H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche to become the retreat master and, three years later, to become assistant Khenpo of Sherab Ling where a new monastic college was established under Mingyur Rinpoche's guidance.
One of his current projects is the building of Tergar Institute in Bodhgaya, India, which will serve large numbers of people attending Buddhist events at this sacred pilgrimage site and be an international study institute for monastic and lay sangha. The institute will also have a medical clinic for local people.
Mingyur Rinpoche teaches actively in the West and is known for his remarkable ability to convey the Buddhist teachings in a clear and skilful manner
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