Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (Tib. o thog bstan 'dzin dbang rgyal) is a teacher (lama) of the Bon Tibetan religious tradition. He is founder and director of the Ligmincha Institute<ref name="ligmincha">About Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche</ref> and several centers named Chamma Ling, organizations dedicated to the study and practice of the teachings of the Bon tradition.
Life
Tenzin Wangyal's parents fled the Chinese invasion of Tibet<ref name="ligmincha"/> and later, in 1961, he was born in Amritsar, India.<ref name="ligmincha"/> At the age of eleven, he began dzogchen training from both Buddhist and Bon teachers.<ref name="ligmincha"/> He began an eleven-year traditional course of instruction at Bonpo Monastic Center and in 1986 attained the degree of Geshe, the highest academic degree of traditional Tibetan culture. That same year, Tenzin Wangyal began employment at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India.
In 1988 he began to teach in Italy at the invitation of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.<ref name="ligmincha"/> In 1991, he was awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship at Rice University in Houston, Texas, US.<ref name="ligmincha"/> A second Rockefeller Fellowship followed in 1993.<ref name="ligmincha"/>
Tenzin Wangyal has chosen to stay in the United States and teach ancient Bon traditions to Western students.<ref name="ligmincha"/>
Tenzin Wangyal has an interest in the interpretation, control and application of dreams and has written fairly extensively on lucid dreaming and dream yoga as well as Dzogchen in Bon tradition.
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- Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche (2018). Spontaneous Creativity: Meditations for Manifesting Your Positive Qualities. Hay House. Template:ISBN
See also
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External links
- The Ligmincha Institute, founded in 1992 by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
- Chamma Ling Retreat Center of Crestone, Colorado, founded in 2001.
- The Lishu Institute India, founded in 2006
- The Three Doors founded in 2010
- Audio Interview Series on Buddhist Geeks