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'''Traktung Rinpoche''' (a.k.a. Stuart Alan Kirkpatrick) is the [[lama]] of the [[Ann
Arbor]]-based [[Vajrayana]] Buddhist community Flaming Jewel[http://www.flamingjewel.org]. He lives as a [[sngags_pa|ngakpa]] together with his wife and children in Ann Arbor.  Since
1990, he has taught through out the US, Europe and Latin America, and has sanghas in
Germany [http://gururinpoche.de/], New York, and Michigan.
 
Traktung Rinpoche is considered to be a [[tulku]] of
[http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Do_Khyentse_Yeshe_Dorje Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje], a
Tibetan mystic who lived in the 19th century. Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje in turn is believed
to be an incarnation (tulku) of [[Jigme Lingpa]] and an emanation of Dorje Trollo (one of
the eight manifestations of [[Guru Rinpoche#Manifestations|Guru Rinpoche]]).
 
Traktung Rinpoche considers [[Dungsay Thinley Norbu]] to be his root lama.  [[Dungsay Thinley Norbu]] is the eldest son of H.H. [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], former head of the
[[Nyingma]] lineage.
 
In 2001, Traktung Rinpoche founded [http://www.visionbuilders.org/ Vision Builders], a
not-for-profit educational charity that provides aid to children in remote Himalayan
regions.  With [http://www.nyingma.com/ogyan-cho-khor-ling Lopon Ogyan P. Tanzin] of the family of
[[Pema Lingpa]], Traktung Rinpoche founded Lhundrüp Topgyé Ling[http://www.pemakoproject.org], a [[sngags_pa|ngakpa]] dratsang in the Pemako region of India. In 2006, he built the Sengcham Drukmo Home for Girls [http://www.visionbuilders.org/content/public/default.aspx?id=1000]in Golok, Tibet with Dockpo Tra of the family of Ngakpa Kalzang Norbu.
 
Traktung Rinpoche was born Stuart Alan Kirkpatrick, the son of former U.S. ambassador to
the UN Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Evron Kirkpatrick.
 
== Notes==
 
ArborWiki. (2006). Traktung Rinpoche. Accessed 12/29/06 from
http://arborwiki.org/city/Traktung_Rinpoche
 
Crazy Cloud Dharma Center. (1994). "What Is Tantra? Riding the Wisdom Tiger". Accessed
12/29/06 from http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/tantra.htm
 
Flaming Jewel. (2002). "On the Issue of Tulku: An Interview with Traktung Rinpoche".
Accessed 12/29/06 from
http://web.archive.org/web/20020618165303/www.flamingjewel.org/teachings/tulku.html
 
International Campaign for Tibet. (2006). "Obituary: Jeane Kirkpatrick". Accessed
12/29/06 from http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1069
 
== Links==
 
http://www.flamingjewel.org/<br>
http://www.tsogyelgar.org/<br>
http://www.inji.net/<br>
http://www.dakinitantra.org/<br>
http://www.rigdzin.org/<br>
http://www.tantricbuddhism.org/<br>
http://www.dakinitsogyel.org/<br>
http://www.dzogchen-tantra.org/<br>
http://www.westernbuddhism.org/<br>
http://www.padmasambhava.info/<br>
 
== Podcasts==
 
&nbsp;PC or Mac itunes users can get the podcast here:<br>
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=156620461
 
&nbsp;PC or Mac non-itunes users can get the podcast here:<br>
http://feeds.feedburner.com/vajracast/

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