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Tributes
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The tributes below were posted between April 4 and May 26, 2007 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Trungpa Rinpoche's parinirvana.
Sangha tribute blog
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Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
Tulku Thondup came to the United States in 1980 as a visiting scholar at Harvard university. He continues to live in Cambridge Massachusetts, where he is active as a teacher, writer and translator, with a particular emphasis on the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. As a teacher and author, he is best known for his focus on the healing aspects of meditative practice. For more information, please visit tulkuthondup.com.
The successive Trungpa incarnations of Surmang
Monastery of Eastern Tibet were important lineage
holders of the Kagyud Order of Tibetan Buddhism.
Vidyadhara Chökyi Gyatsho (Chögyam), the Eleventh
Trungpa Rinpoche, spent his youth imbibing the nectar
of wisdom from his root-teachers, mainly Jamgon
Kongtrul Rinpoche, Khenpo Gangshar, and Dilgo Khyentse
Rinpoche--all from Shechen Monastery. Soon, he shone
as a great lineage holder of both Kagyud and Nyingma
teachings.
One of his main personal practices was the Longchen
Nyingthig, a cycle of teachings discovered by Rigdzin
Jigme Lingpa as a terma. Many of Trungpa Rinpoche's
sacred instructions to his many heart-disciples were
also based on these teachings. As I myself am a
student of Longchen Nyingthig teachings, I feel a
sense of special affinity for Rinpoche's lineage.
Vidyadhara Trungpa Rinpoche was a pioneering
torchbearer and a skilful groundbreaker of Tibetan
Buddhism in the West. Even though over twenty years
have swiftly passed since his parinirvana, his
enlightening words and vision continue to inspire so
many to the Dharma, keep people's true spiritual
sanity intact, and will surely continue to nourish
many in centuries to come.
For many years now, I have been enjoying the great
privilege of visiting and sharing Buddhist teachings
with many of Rinpoche's students at a number of
Shambhala Centers. I am so delighted to say that they
are preserving his enlightened vision and making great
progress in various fields under the supreme guidance
of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. This is the greatest
service to the Dharma and a true offering of thanks to
the Vidyadhara.
Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
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