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Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was born in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje. As a heart son of the Karmapa, he is one of the highest ranking lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu tradition. His incarnation lineage is linked with the Nyingma school and that of Dzogchen Monastery in particular.

Ponlop Rinpoche graduated from Shri Nalanda, the shedra of Rumtek Monastery, and is widely recognized of one of the most brilliant scholars of his generation. In addition, he is also an acknowledged meditation master, poet and artist.

He currently resides in Seattle, USA, where he directs the Nalandabodhi sangha and a yearly shedra program, Nitartha Institute, which takes place in Canada.

Main teachers[edit]

Published Works[edit]

Wild Awakening. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
Joyful Grove of Vidhyadharas: Instructions on the Vajrasattva SÏdhana. Translated by Tyler Dewar. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2005.
Echoes of Tantra. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2001.

Previous Incarnations[edit]

the first Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoché, Namkha Osel

Alternate Names[edit]

Ponlop Rinpoche
Dzogchen Ponlop
dpon slob rin po che

Websites[edit]

Nalandabodhi - the Sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Nitartha Institute - A yearly academic program held in Canada

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-'''Cyrus R Stearns''' has twenty seven years of experience in the stud of Tibetan language, literature, and religion. He has extensive experience in the translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts into English. From 1973 until 1987 he studied with the late [[Dezhung Tulku Rinpoche]], and from 1985 until 1991 with [[Chogye Trichen Rinpoche]]. During most of these years he was the principal translator for both teachers. Cyrus lived for about eight years Nepal, India and Southeast Asia. he has often translated for Tibetan teachers of all traditions during public talks and seminars in the United States, europe, and Southeast Asia.
+[[Image:Ponlop_Rinpoche.jpg]]
-Cyrus was educated iat the University of Alabama and received his PhD from the University of Washington in 1996. In 1985 Cyrus was the leader of the Smithsonian Institutes Associates Tour to Tibet and china, one of the first groups allowed into Tibet after many years of travel restriction by the Chinese government. His publications include, in addition to various scholarly papers, ''[[The Buddha from Dolpo]]'': A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master [[Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen]], Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999.
+'''Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche''' was born in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the [[16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje]]. As a heart son of the Karmapa, he is one of the highest ranking lineage holders of the [[Karma Kagyu]] tradition. His incarnation lineage is linked with the [[Nyingma]] school and that of [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in particular.
-© 2004 Institute of Tibetan Classics
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+Ponlop Rinpoche graduated from Shri Nalanda, the shedra of [[Rumtek Monastery]], and is widely recognized of one of the most brilliant scholars of his generation. In addition, he is also an acknowledged meditation master, poet and artist.
+He currently resides in Seattle, USA, where he directs the [[Nalandabodhi]] sangha and a yearly shedra program, [[Nitartha Institute]], which takes place in Canada.
-'''Please be thorough!'''
 ===Main teachers===
+*[[16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje]]<br>
+*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]<br>
+*[[Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche]]<br>
 ===Published Works===
-*[[Hermit of Go Cliffs]]: Timeless Instructions from a Tibetan Mystic; Cyrus Stearns, Translator; ISBN 0-86171-164-5
+*''Wild Awakening''. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
-*[[Luminous Lives]]: The Story of the Early Masters of the Lam 'bras in Tibet; Cyrus Stearns; ISBN 0-86171-307-9
+*''Joyful Grove of Vidhyadharas: Instructions on the Vajrasattva SÏdhana''. Translated by Tyler Dewar. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2005.
-*[[The Buddha from Dolpo]]: A Study of the Life and Thought of the Tibetan Master Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999. ISBN ___
+*''Echoes of Tantra''. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2001.
-*Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages
-*[[The Life and Teachings of the Tibetan Saint Thang-stong rgyal-po]], "King of the Empty Plain" (Univ. Washington, Master's thesis, 1980).
-*[[Fortunate to Behold]], by HE Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, translated into English by Cyrus Stearns. Printed at Sahayogi Press, 1986.
-===Active Projects===
-===Unpublished Works (completed)===
+===Previous Incarnations===
+*the first Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoché, '''[[Namkha Osel]]'''
-===Internal Links===
+===Alternate Names===
+[[Ponlop Rinpoche]]<br>
+[[Dzogchen Ponlop]]<br>
+[[dpon slob rin po che]]<br>
-===External Links===
+===Websites===
+[http://www.nalandabodhi.org/home.html '''Nalandabodhi''' - the Sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]<br>
+[http://www.nitarthainstitute.org/ '''Nitartha Institute''' - A yearly academic program held in Canada]<br>
-'''Email''':
-[[Category:Translators]]
+[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]
+[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]