- His Holiness The Dalai Lama
His Holiness The Dalai lama
His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama wrote "The Bön tradition has bequeathed the present generation a strong legacy of education and training in philosophy, monastic discipline, ritual and meditation. It encourages a combination of literary study, vibrant debate, and personal reflection."
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Masters & Teachers of the YungDrung Bön Tradition
- 33rd Abbot of Menri Monastery, Dolanj, India
His Holiness Menri Trizin Rinpoche
His Holiness Lungtok Tenpei Nyima is the world-wide spiritual leader of the Bön religion of Tibet. He was born in Amdo, in the far eastern region of Tibet in 1927 and became a monk at the age of eight. At 26, he printed the Bönpo scriptures, a set of over one hundred books which is called the Kangyur, from wood blocks kept by the king of Trochen Gyalpo. At the time of the conflict against the Chinese in 1959, he fled on foot from Tibet to the border of Tibet and Nepal, then to Nepal and finally to India.
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- Senior Teacher Of The Bönpo Tradition
H.E. Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
The Venerable Lopon Tenzin Namdak, Rinpoche is the most senior teacher of the Bönpo tradition. He was born in 1926 in Southeastern Tibet. As Lopon, or Head Teacher, Rinpoche is part of an unbroken lineage of 33 generations through Nyambd Sherab Gyaltsen, the founder of Menri Monastery in Tibet.
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- Abbot & Throne Holder, Nangzhig Monastery
H.E. Nangzhig Kabygon Rinpoche
H.E. Nangzhig Kyabgon Rinpoche, (Kalsang Lodro Gyaltso) was born in Amdo, Tibet in 1983. There are six major Zhang Zhung family lineages in the Tibetan Bön tradition, and his father, Namkha Loden, was the lineage holder of the well known and respected Nangzhig family. The Nangzhig ancestry is from the gNen family lineage and dates back over 1000 years.
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- Nangshig Monastery, Amdo, Tibet
Gyaltsab Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
Since the invasion of 1959, Jawob Rinpoche has been responsible for the re-building and re-establishing of Nangshig Monastery. He also founded a school at the monastery, where monks are taught Bön sutra, tantra and Dzogchen. Rinpoche is the beloved root teacher of Geshe YongDong.
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