Chatral Rinpoche: Difference between revisions

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(32 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Image:Chatral_Rinpoche_Tiger.jpg|frame|Living Buddha Chatral Rinpoche]] [[Image:3lamas.jpg|frame|Chatral, Dudjom and Khyentse Rinpoches]] [[Image:SkyChatral.jpg|frame|]][[Image:ChatralPenor.jpg|frame|Chatral and Penor Rinpoches]]<br>'''Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje''' ([[bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje]]). A renowned [[Dzogchen]] master in his mid-90s, [[Chatral]] Rinpoche is reclusive yogi known for his great realization and strict discipline. Rinpoche is one of the few living disciples of the great master [[Khenpo Ngagchung]] and widely regarded as one of the most highly realized [[Dzogchen]] yogis. In addition to his relationship with [[Khenpo Ngagchung]], Chatral Rinpoche also studied with some of the last century's most renowned masters, including [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro]], and the famed [[dakini]], [[Sera Khandro]]. Rinpoche is one of the primary lineage holders of the [[Longchen Nyingthig]], and in particular the lineage that descends through [[Jigme Lingpa]]'s heart son [[Jigme Gyalwe Nyugu]] and then on to [[Patrul Rinpoche]].
The name or rather the title Chatral/Chadrel Rinpoche is one you could say of respect or recognition, and has been given many time to a great many different Lamas from all the major and minor lineages of Tibet. It's meaning is quite literally "Precious Hermit" or "Precious Ascetic", and as such is given as a sort of honorific nick-name, to those masters whom spend all their time in retreating in mountain hermitages.


Though his main lineage is the [[Longchen Nyingthig]], Chatral Rinpoche is also closely associated with the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage. He was empowered as the regent of His Holiness [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and is currently passing on this lineage to this master's reincarnation, who lives primarily in central Tibet.
Because of this you may find a search under this title to produce someone other than who your intending to look for. Thus here is a list of, broken into the two categorizes of modern and historical, figures known that are sometimes know by the name  Chatral/Chadrel Rinpoche.


Chatral Rinpoche has shunned institutional and political involvement his whole life, choosing instead to live the life of a wandering [[yogi]]. To this day, despite his great age, he continues to move about, rarely remaining in one place for more than a few months. A lay [[yogi]], he is also greatly concerned with maintaining strict discipline in the context of the [[Dzogchen]] view. He is especially well known for his advocacy of vegetarianism and his yearly practice of ransoming the lives of thousands of animals in India. In addition to his emphasis on the union of view and conduct, Rinpoche also stresses the practice of retreat. He has established numerous retreat centers throughout the Himalayas, including in Pharping, Yolmo and Darjeeling.
===Modern===
*[[Chatral Sangye Dorje]] (Nyingma)
*[[Chadrel Jampa Trinley]] (Geluk)
===Historical===
*[[Chatral Choying Khyabdal]] (Nyingma)
*[[Chadrel Choying Rangdrol]] (Nyingma)
*[[Chadrel Kunga Palden]] (Nyingma)
*[[Chadrel Kunga Rangdrol]]
*[[Chatral Kunga Lhundrup]](Sakya)
*[[Chadral Tsultrim Namdak]] (Kagyu)
*[[Gegen Khyentse|Chadral Khyentse]] (Drukpa Kagyu)
*Ngompa Chadral (Kagyu)
*Rikey Jadrel
----
'''RY2003 listings are:'''<br>
bya bral - 1) free from worldly action/ occupations; 2) non- action, renouncing; 3) night [IW]


Rinpoche currently divides his time between Salbhari, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal. He has two daughters, Tara Devi and Saraswati, with his wife Kamala.
bya bral - {bya ba dang bral ba} free of/ freedom from/ beyond anything (more) to be done; in which/ the fact that nothing need be done; (to be) such that nothing need be done; that which does not require that anything be done [RB]


bya bral - non-action, renouncing, free from work, cessation from work, beyond action, free of any deliberate action, non-action, free of anything needing to be done, without being conditioned by actions [JV]


===Primary Teachers===
bya bral - nonaction, renouncing; free of occupations; free of any deliberate action; renunciate; (one who has) transcended anything more to be done; free of anything to be done; effortlessness [RY]
*[[Khenpo Ngagchung]] (also known as Khenpo Ngaga, Ngawang Palzang)<br>
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]]<br>
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro]] (previous incarnation of [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]])<br>
*[[Sera Khandro]]<br>


===Primary Students===
bya bral klong gi sde - the Space Section of Nondoing; see {klong sde} [RY]
*[[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]]
*[[Gyaltsap Redring Jampal Yeshe]]
*[[Dudjom Yangzi]] Rinpoche
*[[Kathok Situ]]
*[[Kyabje Tulku Rinpoche]]
*[[Lopon Jigme]]
*[[Lama Dawa Gyaltsen]]
*[[Lama Sonam Topgye Kazi]]
*[[Lama Tharchin]]
*[[Chogyal Wangchuk Namgyal]]
*[[Shyalpa Jigme Tenzin Wangpo]]


*[http://www.muktinath.org/muktinath/lama.htm Muktinath Lama Wangyal]
bya bral chos - the teaching of non-action [JV]


===Primary Lineage===
bya bral rnams la klong sde - effortlessness [IW]
*[[Longchen Nyingthig]]<br>
*[[Sera Khandro Terma]]<br>
*[[Dudjom Tersar]]<br>


===Primary Monasteries===
bya bral pa - one free from business, ascetic [JV]
*[[Katok Monastery]]


===External Links===
bya bral pa - an ascetic [RY]
*[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/Chatral_Rinpoche_biography.htm A wonderful translated biography of Chatral Rinpoche's life story (rnam thar)]


*[http://www.dudjomba.org/issue1/english/e41.html Dudjomba -- biography, teachings and lineage transmission of Chatral Rinpoche]
bya bral ba - ascetic, renunciant, vagabond, [Syn. ku su lu] [RY]


*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/id104.html Chatral Rinpoche Series on Lotsawa House]
bya bral ba - (one who has) transcended anything (more) to be done; mendicant [RB]
*[http://www.shabkar.org/teachers/tibetanbuddhism/chatral_rinpoche.htm Chatral Rinpoche on vegetarianism and the benefits of saving lives | links to articles in PDF]


===Related Publications===
bya bral ba - yogin abandoning worldly action, ascetic, renunciant, vagabond, ku su lu [IW]
[[Compassionate Action by Chatral Rinpoche.]]  Edited, introduced and annotated by [[Zachary Larson]]. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007.


Chatral Rinpoche. Compassionate Action: the Teachings of Chatral Rinpoche. Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2005. Edited with Commentary by [[Zachary Larson]].
bya bral ba - renunciate [RY]


===A Long Life Prayer for Chatral Rinpoche===
Through the power and blessings of the undeceiving ocean of the three roots,


May the lotus feet of Sangye Dorje, lord of the dance,
[[Category:Key Terms]]
 
Be firm and everlasting!
 
May his enlightened activities to benefit the teachings and beings Flourish!
 
 
bslu med rtsa gsum rgya mtsho'i mthu byin gyis
 
gar gyi dbang phyug sangs rgyas rdo rje yi
 
zhabs pad mi g.yo yun du brtan bzhugs nas
 
bstan 'gro'i don chen mdzad 'phrin mthar rgyas shog
 
[[Image:long life.jpg]]
 
 
[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingthig]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar]]

Latest revision as of 00:32, 16 December 2008

The name or rather the title Chatral/Chadrel Rinpoche is one you could say of respect or recognition, and has been given many time to a great many different Lamas from all the major and minor lineages of Tibet. It's meaning is quite literally "Precious Hermit" or "Precious Ascetic", and as such is given as a sort of honorific nick-name, to those masters whom spend all their time in retreating in mountain hermitages.

Because of this you may find a search under this title to produce someone other than who your intending to look for. Thus here is a list of, broken into the two categorizes of modern and historical, figures known that are sometimes know by the name Chatral/Chadrel Rinpoche.

Modern

Historical

RY2003 listings are:
bya bral - 1) free from worldly action/ occupations; 2) non- action, renouncing; 3) night [IW]

bya bral - {bya ba dang bral ba} free of/ freedom from/ beyond anything (more) to be done; in which/ the fact that nothing need be done; (to be) such that nothing need be done; that which does not require that anything be done [RB]

bya bral - non-action, renouncing, free from work, cessation from work, beyond action, free of any deliberate action, non-action, free of anything needing to be done, without being conditioned by actions [JV]

bya bral - nonaction, renouncing; free of occupations; free of any deliberate action; renunciate; (one who has) transcended anything more to be done; free of anything to be done; effortlessness [RY]

bya bral klong gi sde - the Space Section of Nondoing; see {klong sde} [RY]

bya bral chos - the teaching of non-action [JV]

bya bral rnams la klong sde - effortlessness [IW]

bya bral pa - one free from business, ascetic [JV]

bya bral pa - an ascetic [RY]

bya bral ba - ascetic, renunciant, vagabond, [Syn. ku su lu] [RY]

bya bral ba - (one who has) transcended anything (more) to be done; mendicant [RB]

bya bral ba - yogin abandoning worldly action, ascetic, renunciant, vagabond, ku su lu [IW]

bya bral ba - renunciate [RY]

Retrieved from "https://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php?title=Chatral_Rinpoche&oldid=223355"