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Lama Tharchin Rinpoche is a Dzogchen (Great Perfection) master
of Vajrayana Buddhism. He is the tenth lineage holder of the Repkong
Ngakpas. This is a family lineage of yogis, or householders, and
was the largest community of non-monastic practitioners in Tibet.
Rinpoche was trained in His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche's monastery,
engaged in five years of solitary retreat and then completed the
three year retreat with three others under Dudjom Rinpoche.
In addition to Dudjom Rinpoche, his main teachers have been
Chatral Rinpoche, Lama Sherab Dorje Rinpoche, and Dungse Thinley
Norbu Rinpoche. Rinpoche left Tibet by foot with his family
in 1959. He lived in Orissa, India and Kathmandu, Nepal before
coming to America in 1984 for health reasons. While in America,
Dudjom Rinpoche asked Lama Tharchin Rinpoche to turn the third wheel
of Dharma, the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism.
As a householder with two sons, Rinpoche has a wonderfully kind
and wise approach to working with Western students. His gentleness
and jewel-like qualities embody a living expression of the wisdom
and compassion of the Buddhadharma. He is so rare and precious,
not only because of his great realization, but also for his vast
knowledge of Tibetan ritual arts, music, and dance, as well as the
philosophical basis of the Vajrayana teachings.
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