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[[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''' ([[wyl.]] ''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 Ngakchung]] and widely regarded as one of the most highly realized [[Dzogchen]] yogis. In addition to his relationship with [[Khenpo Ngakchung]], Chatral Rinpoche also studied with some of the last century's most renowned masters, including [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]], 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]].
[[Image:Chatral rinpoche.JPG|thumb|Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje, courtesy of Carol Schlenger]]
'''Kyabjé Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje''' (Tib. བྱ་བྲལ་སངས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje'') (1913–2015) was a renowned [[Dzogchen]] master, a reclusive [[yogin]] famous for his great realization and strict discipline. A disciple of the great master [[Khenpo Ngakchung]], he was widely regarded as one of the most highly realized [[Dzogchen]] yogins of recent times. In addition to his relationship with [[Khenpo Ngakchung]], Chatral Rinpoche also studied with some of the last century's most renowned masters, including [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]], and the famed [[dakini]], [[Sera Khandro]]. Rinpoche was one of the primary lineage holders of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], and in particular the lineage that descends through [[Jigme Lingpa]]'s heart son [[Jikmé Gyalwé Nyugu]] and then on to [[Patrul Rinpoche]].


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.
Though his main lineage is the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], Chatral Rinpoche was also closely associated with the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage. He was empowered as the regent of Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and passed on this lineage to this master's reincarnation, who lives primarily in central Tibet.


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.
[[Image:Chatral.jpg|thumb|Chatral Rinpoche in his youth, courtesy of Matthew Pistono (photographer unknown)]]


Rinpoche currently divides his time between Salbhari, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal. He has two daughters, Tara Devi and Saraswati, with his wife Kamala.
Chatral Rinpoche shunned institutional and political involvement his whole life, choosing instead to live the life of a wandering yogin. A lay yogin, he was also greatly concerned with maintaining strict discipline in the context of the [[Dzogchen]] view. He was 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 stressed the practice of retreat. He established numerous retreat centers throughout the Himalayas, including in [[Pharping]], Yolmo and Darjeeling.


He passed into [[parinirvana]]  in [[Yangleshö]] in Nepal on December 30th, 2015, at the age of 102. He had two daughters, Tara Devi and [[Saraswati]] (recognised as a tulku of Sera Khandro), with his wife [[Sangyum Kamala]].


===Primary Teachers===
==Writings==
*[[Khenpo Ngakchung]] (also known as Khenpo Ngaga, Ngawang Palzang)<br>
*དཔལ་ཡང་ལེ་ཤོད་རིག་འཛིན་གྲུབ་པའི་དགའ་ཚལ་གྱི་སྒྲུབ་སྡེའི་བཅའ་ཡིག་སྡོམ་གསུམ་མཛེས་རྒྱན་, ''dpal yang le shod rig 'dzin grub pa'i dga' tshal gyi sgrub sde'i bca' yig sdom gsum mdzes rgyan''
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]]<br>
*ཛེ་སྨད་གཡོ་རྫུན་ཀླན་ཀའི་ལན་ལུང་རིགས་རྡོ་རྗེའི་མེ་ཆར་, ''dze smad g.yo rdzun klan ka'i lan lung rigs rdo rje'i me char''
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro]] (previous incarnation of [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]])<br>
*[[Sera Khandro]]<br>


===Primary Students===
==Further Reading==
*[[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]]
*Chatral Rinpoche, ''Compassionate Action'', edited, introduced and annotated by Zachary Larson (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007).
*[[Gyaltsap Redring Jampal Yeshe]]
*Chatral Rinpoche, ''Compassionate Action: the Teachings of Chatral Rinpoche'', edited with commentary by Zachary Larson (Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2005).
*[[Dudjom Yangzi]] Rinpoche
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche'' (Boudhanath, Hong Kong, Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2005), pages 304-305.
*[[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]
==Internal Links==
*[[Prayer for the Long Life of Chatral Rinpoche]]
*[[Chatral Sangye Dorje’s Masters]]


===Primary Lineage===
==External Links==
*[[Longchen Nyingtik]]<br>
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/chatral-rinpoche|Chatral Rinpoche Series on Lotsawa House}}
*[[Sera Khandro Terma]]<br>
*{{TBRC|P6036|TBRC Profile}}
*[[Dudjom Tersar]]<br>
*[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/Chatral_Rinpoche_biography.htm A wonderful translated biography of Chatral Rinpoche's life story (namthar)]
 
*[http://www.padmasambhavastupa.org/chatral-rinpoche/ Short Chatral Rinpoche biography at Stupa Padmasambhava]
===Primary Monasteries===
*[[Katok Monastery]]
 
===External Links===
*[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]
 
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/id104.html Chatral Rinpoche Series on Lotsawa House]
*[http://www.shabkar.org/teachers/tibetanbuddhism/chatral_rinpoche.htm Chatral Rinpoche on vegetarianism and the benefits of saving lives | links to articles in PDF]
*[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===
*''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.
==A Long Life Prayer for Chatral Rinpoche==
Through the power and blessings of the undeceiving ocean of the three roots,<br>
May the lotus feet of Sangye Dorje, lord of the dance,<br>
Be firm and everlasting!<br>
May his enlightened activities to benefit the teachings and beings Flourish!<br>
bslu med rtsa gsum rgya mtsho'i mthu byin gyis<br>
gar gyi dbang phyug sangs rgyas rdo rje yi<br>
zhabs pad mi g.yo yun du brtan bzhugs nas<br>
bstan 'gro'i don chen mdzad 'phrin mthar rgyas shog<br>




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[[Category:Longchen Nyingtik Teachers]]

Latest revision as of 20:58, 29 June 2020

Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje, courtesy of Carol Schlenger

Kyabjé Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje (Tib. བྱ་བྲལ་སངས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. bya bral sangs rgyas rdo rje) (1913–2015) was a renowned Dzogchen master, a reclusive yogin famous for his great realization and strict discipline. A disciple of the great master Khenpo Ngakchung, he was widely regarded as one of the most highly realized Dzogchen yogins of recent times. In addition to his relationship with Khenpo Ngakchung, Chatral Rinpoche also studied with some of the last century's most renowned masters, including Dudjom Rinpoche, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, and the famed dakini, Sera Khandro. Rinpoche was one of the primary lineage holders of the Longchen Nyingtik, and in particular the lineage that descends through Jigme Lingpa's heart son Jikmé Gyalwé Nyugu and then on to Patrul Rinpoche.

Though his main lineage is the Longchen Nyingtik, Chatral Rinpoche was also closely associated with the Dudjom Tersar lineage. He was empowered as the regent of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche and passed on this lineage to this master's reincarnation, who lives primarily in central Tibet.

Chatral Rinpoche in his youth, courtesy of Matthew Pistono (photographer unknown)

Chatral Rinpoche shunned institutional and political involvement his whole life, choosing instead to live the life of a wandering yogin. A lay yogin, he was also greatly concerned with maintaining strict discipline in the context of the Dzogchen view. He was 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 stressed the practice of retreat. He established numerous retreat centers throughout the Himalayas, including in Pharping, Yolmo and Darjeeling.

He passed into parinirvana in Yangleshö in Nepal on December 30th, 2015, at the age of 102. He had two daughters, Tara Devi and Saraswati (recognised as a tulku of Sera Khandro), with his wife Sangyum Kamala.

Writings

  • དཔལ་ཡང་ལེ་ཤོད་རིག་འཛིན་གྲུབ་པའི་དགའ་ཚལ་གྱི་སྒྲུབ་སྡེའི་བཅའ་ཡིག་སྡོམ་གསུམ་མཛེས་རྒྱན་, dpal yang le shod rig 'dzin grub pa'i dga' tshal gyi sgrub sde'i bca' yig sdom gsum mdzes rgyan
  • ཛེ་སྨད་གཡོ་རྫུན་ཀླན་ཀའི་ལན་ལུང་རིགས་རྡོ་རྗེའི་མེ་ཆར་, dze smad g.yo rdzun klan ka'i lan lung rigs rdo rje'i me char

Further Reading

  • Chatral Rinpoche, Compassionate Action, edited, introduced and annotated by Zachary Larson (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2007).
  • Chatral Rinpoche, Compassionate Action: the Teachings of Chatral Rinpoche, edited with commentary by Zachary Larson (Kathmandu: Shechen Publications, 2005).
  • Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Boudhanath, Hong Kong, Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2005), pages 304-305.

Internal Links

External Links