Khenpo Yönten Gönpo
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Khenpo Yönten Gönpo (Tib. མཁན་པོ་ཡོན་ཏན་མགོན་པོ་, Wyl. mkhan po yon tan mgon po), aka Jigme Tamdrin Yönten Gönpo (Wyl. 'jigs med rta mgrin yon tan mgon po) or Khenpo Gönri (1899-1959) — an important khenpo of Dzogchen Monastery who was one of the main disciples of Khenpo Shenga and also a student of the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Kunga Palden and many other great masters. He was a teacher of the Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche and Tulku Kalsang. He passed away in 1959, shortly after the Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche.
Writings
- a famous commentary on Chanting the Names of Manjushri.
- The Lion's Roar of Definitive Meaning
A Difficult Point Concerning Samaya