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[[Image:khentsultrim.jpg|frame|'''The Very Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche''']]
'''Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso''' Rinpoche is a prominent scholar yogi in the [[Kagyu tradition]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]. He teaches widely in the West, often through [[doha]]s (songs of realisation) composed by [[Milarepa]] (to whom he is often compared) and other masters of the past.
==Early Life==
Rinpoche was born in 1934 to a nomad family from Nangchen, [[Kham]] (eastern Tibet). He left home at an early age to train with Lama Zopa Tarchin, who was to become his root [[guru]]. After completing this early training, he lived the ascetic life of a yogi, wandering throughout Tibet and undertaking intensive, solitary retreats in caves and living in charnel grounds practicing [[Chod]]. At [[Tsurphu Monastery]], the historic seat of the [[Karma Kagyu]] lineage, Rinpoche continued his training with the lineage head, the [[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje|16th Gyalwa Karmapa]], and other masters.
==Exile in India==
In the wake of the [[Chinese Communist]] invasion of Tibet in [[1959]], Rinpoche fled Tibet, leading a  group of buddhist [[nuns]] over the Himalayas to safety in [[Bhutan]]. He subsequently went to northern [[India]], where he spent the next nine years at the [[Buxador Tibetan Refugee Camp]]. Here he studied and mastered Buddhist scholarship and was awarded a [[Khenpo]] degree from His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and the equivalent [[Geshe Lharampa]] degree from His Holiness the [[Tenzin Gyatso|14th Dalai Lama]]. At the direction of the Karmapa, he subsequently settled in Bhutan, where he built a nunnery, retreat center, and school.
==Teaching Activities==
Along with Khenchen [[Thrangu Rinpoche]], Khenpo Rinpoche served as the principal teacher at the [[shedra]] (monastic college) at [[Rumtek Monastery]], the seat of the Karmapa in exile. As such, he trained all of the major lineage holders of the [[Karma Kagyu]] lineage. He also has taught extensively around the world over the last twenty years.
Rinpoche is also the the principal teacher of the [[Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]], and is very close to his [[Nalandabodhi]] organization. He also teaches extensively in the [[Shambhala Buddhist]] community.
At the request of [[3rd_Jamgon_Kongtrul|H.E. Jamgon Kongtrul III]], Khenpo Rinpoche successfully initiated and guided the [[Pullahari Mahamudra retreat centre|Mahamudra retreat centre]] and the [[Rigpe Dorje program]] at Pullahari, fulfilling the intention of [[3rd_Jamgon_Kongtrul|H.E.]] by creating an environment for study and practice.<ref>[http://www.jamgonkongtrul.org/programteachers.htm Program Teachers | JamgonKongtrul.org]</ref<
==Books==
*''Buddha Nature:The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra'' with Commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications (2000), ISBN: 1559391286
*''Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being'', Commentary by Mipham and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated by [[Jim Scott]], Snow Lion Publications (2004) ISBN: 1559392150
*''Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness'', by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated and arranged by [[Shenpen Hookham]], Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications (2001) ISBN: 1877294012
*''The Sun of Wisdom: Teachings on the Noble Nagarjuna's Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way'' by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Shambhala Publications (2003), ISBN: 1570629994
==See Also==
*[[Kagyu]] lineage
*[[Nalandabodhi]]
==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.ktgrinpoche.org/ Khenpo Rinpoche's homepage]
*[http://www.nitartha.org/khenpo_rinpoche.html Profile of KTGR on Nitartha site]
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