H.E. Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche visiting YGY coming Thursday and Friday!

H.E. THE NINTH CHOEGON RINPOCHE CHOKYI SENGYE is considered to be one of the most important spiritual masters of the Drukpa lineage, a Tibetan Buddhist tradition founded by the first Gyalwang Drukpa Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161 – 1211) who was revered as the authentic reincarnation of the great Indian saint Naropa (1016-1100).

The first Choegon Rinpoche was one of the teachers of the famed omniscient Pema Karpo, the Fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, and he was well-known for his accomplishments in the practice of Vajrapani and Mahakala.

The present ninth Choegon Rinpoche Chokyi Sengye took rebirth in a family of a yogi living in Kinnaur, a remote Himalayan town of Northern India. His main teachers were His Eminence the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche of the Drukpa lineage and His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche of the Nyingma lineage.