{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/tib/ctr.htm","path":"bud/tib/ctr.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/ctr.htm","text":"Biography of Chagdud Rinpoche\nChagdud Rinpoche, abbot of Chagdud Gonpa, fled Tibet during the\nChinese invasion and worked tirelessly over the next twenty years in\nTibetan refugee camps in India and Nepal. At the urging of Western\nstudents, he came to the United States in 1979 and has dedicated his\nremaining years to the preservation of the Tibetan Buddhist arts and\nteachings.\nRinpoche is a highly realized meditation master and accomplished\nscholar, artist and poet. As part of his lama training, which began at\nthe age of five, he received extensive instruction in all aspects of\nTibetan Buddhism, completed two three-year retreats, and studied with\nsome of the greatest Dzogchen and Vajrayana masters of his time. His\nextensive training, along with his humor, compassion and skill as a\nteacher, has made it possible for him to transmit his profound\ninsights to people of widely divergent backgrounds and interests.\nChagdud Rinpoche's generation is the last to have absorbed the full\ncultural and spiritual heritage of Tibet and he is among those few who\nare bringing this knowledge to the West.","title":"Biography of Chagdud Rinpoche","type":"page"}