Chögyam Trungpa - Rigpa Wiki
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, aka Surmang Trungpa Chökyi Gyamtso (Tib. ཟུར་མང་དྲུང་པ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wyl. zur mang drung pa chos kyi rgya mtsho ) (1940-1987) — a meditation master, teacher and artist, born in Kham , eastern Tibet.
Khenpo Gangshar - Rigpa Wiki
Khenpo Gangshar (left) and Chögyam Trungpa. Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (Tib. མཁན་པོ་གང་ཤར་དབང་པོ་, Wyl. mkhan po gang shar dbang po) (b. 1925) — a renowned master of the 'crazy wisdom' approach, who was connected with Shechen Monastery.
Five skandhas - Rigpa Wiki
And Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche said: The five skandhas represent the constant structure of the human psychology as well as its pattern of evolution and the pattern of the evolution of the world. The skandhas are also related to blockages of different types — spiritual ones, material ones, and emotional ones.
Zabchö Shyitro Gongpa Rangdrol - Rigpa Wiki
English translation: The Root Verses on the Six Bardos, translated by Adam Pearcey 2016, with reference to earlier versions, especially that of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Francesca Freemantle. Aspirational Prayer which Rescues from the Dangerous Pathways of the Intermediate States (bar do 'phrang sgrol gyi smon lam)
Tenga Rinpoche - Rigpa Wiki
Tenga Rinpoche was born in 1932 near Benchen Monastery in Kham. He was recognised as the incarnation of Lama Tendzin Chögyal by the previous Tai Situ Rinpoche, Pema Wangchok Gyalpo, at the age of seven, whereupon he began his studies.
Bardo - Rigpa Wiki
For Sogyal Rinpoche's teachings on the bardos, see each of the individual articles on the four bardos. For Garchen Rinpoche's teachings, see Six bardos; Further Reading. Chögyam Trungpa, Transcending Madness: The Experience of the Six Bardos, The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Six.
Four applications of mindfulness - Rigpa Wiki
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche speaks of the four foundations of mindfulness as mindfulness of: body, life, effort and; mind. Canonical Literature. The Application of Mindfulness of the Sacred Dharma; The Inquiry of Lokadhara, ch 6; The Satipatthana Sutta; The Teaching on the Aids to Enlightenment; Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
Dzogchen - Rigpa Wiki
Sogyal Rinpoche describes it as "the heart-essence of all spiritual paths and the summit of an individual’s spiritual evolution". As a way in which to realize the innermost nature of mind —that which we really are—Dzogchen is the clearest, most …
Empowerment - Rigpa Wiki
Sogyal Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche during an empowerment. Empowerment (Skt. abhiṣeka or abhisiddhi; Tib. དབང་, Wyl. dbang, wang) or granting an empowerment (Skt. abhiṣiñca; Tib. དབང་བསྐུར་བ་, Wyl. dbang bskur ba) refers to the Vajrayana ritual which awakens the special capacity for primordial wisdom (Tib.
Padmasambhava - Rigpa Wiki
Guru Rinpoche, the ‘Precious Master’, is the founder of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddha of our time. Whereas Buddha is known primarily for having taught the teachings of the sutra vehicle, Padmasambhava came into this world, and to Tibet in particular, in order to teach the tantras.