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'''Yongey Mingyur Dorje''' Rinpoche (b 1976) ([[yongs dge mi 'gyur rin po che]])
'''Lama Gongdü''' ([[bla ma dgongs 'dus]]). Cycle revealed by [[Sangye Lingpa]] (1340-96) in 18 volumes of approximately 700 pages each. Lama Gongdü means 'embodiment of the master's realization.' [RY]
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Mingyur Rinpoche is a reincarnate lama who holds both the [[Kagyu]] and [[Nyingma]] lineages. Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of the previous Mingyur Rinpoche by the [[16th Karmapa]], and as the incarnation of [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] by [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. From the time he was eight, rinpoche spent most of his time in strict retreat. He first lived with his father, [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], at [[Nagi Gonpa]] in the hills above Kathmandu. In his early teens, he left for [[Sherab Ling]], the seat of [[Tai Situ Rinpoche]], where he completed a three year retreat. After completing his this retreat, at the age of 17, Rinpoche was appointed retreat master of the monastery. He then divided his time between periods of intense meditation, including receiving the hearing lineage of [[Khenpo Ngaga]] from [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], and study at [[Dzongsar Shedra]], one of the most renowned monastic colleges outside of Tibet. Mingyur Rinpoche has been appointed by His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche to be the head of Tergar Monastery, which is being constructed at [[Bodh Gaya]] and is scheduled to open January, 2007.


===Main teachers===
[[Category:Nyingma Literature]]
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]<br>
[[Category:Terma]]
*[[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]]<br>
*[[Trulshik Rinpoche]]
 
===Published Works===
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307346254&view=excerpt The Joy of Living. New York: Random House, 2007.]
 
===Alternate Names===
*[[Mingyur Rinpoche]]
*[[yongs dge mi 'gyur rin po che]]
 
===Websites===
*[http://www.mingyur.org/ Mingyur Rinpoche's official web site]
*[http://www.palpung.org.uk/ Mingyur Rinpoche's centre in the UK]
*[http://www.yongey.org/ Mingyur Rinpoches centre in America]
*[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/mingyur_rinpoche.htm a short biography of Mingyur Rinpoche]
*[http://www.sacredland.net/bodhgaya.htm Rinpoche's monastery in India]
[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]
[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Dzogchen Masters]]

Latest revision as of 20:10, 15 January 2006

Lama Gongdü (bla ma dgongs 'dus). Cycle revealed by Sangye Lingpa (1340-96) in 18 volumes of approximately 700 pages each. Lama Gongdü means 'embodiment of the master's realization.' [RY]

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