Tulku Anyen Zangpo
སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཨ་སྙན་བཟང་པོ་།
sprul sku a snyan bzang po
Short Biography
Anyen Rinpoche is a tulku from Amdo, Tibet, and is an esteemed scholar as well as a heart son of his root Lama, Minyak Tsara Khenchen Dharmakirti Rinpoche. He is the fifth in an unbroken lineage of heart sons who received their uncommon lineage of the Longchen Nyingthig and introduction to the Dzogchen teachings directly from the renowned Dzogchen master Patrul Rinpoche. Anyen Rinpoche's training included many years of intensive study and periods of solitary retreat before he obtained the degree of khenpo and became the head scholar of his root Lama's monastic university in Kham, Tibet.
Anyen Rinpoche was raised from birth by the accomplished Dzogchen yogi Lama Chupur. In addition to receiving the entirety of his own root Lama's empowerments, transmissions, and oral instructions, Anyen Rinpoche received the transmissions, empowerments and instructions on the channels, wind energies and bindus from the eminent Ngakpa yogi Dorlo Rinpoche. He also studied Lamrim Chenmo, as well as the Gelugpa style of logic and debate, with Dehor Geshe.
Anyen Rinpoche lives in Denver, Colorado, where he founded the Orgyen Khamdroling sangha and a shedra for Westerners to support those who are interested in practicing the Longchen Nyingthig teachings authentically. His teachings focus on extracting the essence of the Secret Mantryana teachings and the precious human life, so that practitioners can become genuine embodiments of the profound lineage teachings.
Literary Works
- The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta: A Guide to the Attainment of Wisdom
- Momentary Buddhahood: Mindfulness and the Vajrayana Path
- Dying with Confidence: A Tibetan Buddhist Guide to Preparing for Death
- Journey to Certainty: The Quintessence of the Dzogchen View: An Exploration of Mipham's Beacon of Certainty
- The Tibetan Yoga of Breath:Breathing Exercises for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom
Main Teachers
- Minyak Khenpo Chodrak
- Tsopo Dorlo Rinpoche
- Ontrul Tenpe Wangchug aka. Lama Tenpo
- Khenpo Namdrol
- Dehor Geshe
- Lama Chupur
- Tulku Takhyung (sprul sku rta khyung)
Main Students
- Allison Choying Zangmo (Translator)
Main Lineages
Alternate Names
- Tulku Thubten Nyendrak Zangpo (sprul sku thub bstan snyan grags bzang po)
- Tulku Nyendrak Zangpo (sprul sku snyan grags bzang po)
- Sang Sang Nyendrak (sang sang snyan grags)
- Amdo Nyendrak (a mdo snyan grags)
- Anyen Rinpoche (a snyan rin po che)
- Tulku Anyen (sprul sku a snyan)
- Kunzang Jigme Nyendrak (kun bzang 'jigs med snyan grags)