Jamgön Mipham (Mipam) Gyatso
Mipham Rinpoche, or Jamgön Mipham Gyatso, was an exceptional scholar-practitioner and one of the foremost Tibetan commentators of the early modern pe…
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Kyapjé Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was a Tibetan Buddhist master of both the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages. After leaving Tibet he settled at Nagi Gompa hermitage in…
Milarepa
Jetsün Milarepa is one of the most famous yogis in the history of Tibet. His life story is an inspiration for laypeople and monastics alike. His namt…
Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé
Lhatsün Chenpo Namkha Jikmé revealed a cycle known as The Life-Force Practice of the Vidyādharas (Rigdzin Sokdrup) received in a pure vision while …
Gampopa Sonam Rinchen
Gampopa, the Great Doctor of Dagpo, is considered one of the forefathers of the Kagyu school. He was a direct student of the famed Tibetan yogi Jetsun…
Ashoka
Ashoka was an emperor of the Mauryan dynasty whose patronage of the Buddhist sangha and marking of Buddhist pilgrimage sites made an impact that has r…
Maudgalyayana
Maudgalyāyana and his childhood friend Śāriputra were the two chief disciples of the Buddha. He was identified by the Buddha as the greatest of the…
Shariputra
Śāriputra was one of two chief disciples of Śākyamuni Buddha. He is most often renowned for his excellence of wisdom and was known as the General …
Patrul Rinpoche
Patrul Rinpoche was born in northern Kham, in 1808 into the Mukpo clan. He was recognized at an early age as the incarnation of the Pelge Lama, Samten…
Lama Karma Sang-ngak Rinpoche
Sang-ngak Rinpoche was the third son of Chokgyur Lingpa’s daughter, Könchok Paldrön. He was considered to be the reincarnation of the Sertsa tulku…
Söntar Chönchok Rinpoché
Söntar Chönchok Rinpoché (19th-20th century) was a close dharma friend of Samten Gyatso. He was known as a great renunciant and meditator who spent…
Sangyum Dechen Chödrön
Sangyum Dechen Chödrön, (Sukha Dharma) was the first spiritual consort, or “sangyum” of Chokgyur Lingpa. She was known more widely as Lady Degah…