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Khyentse Norbu

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (Tibetan: རྫོང་གསར་འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།, born June 18, 1961),[1] also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Tibetan/Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and writer. His five major films are The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Vara: A Blessing (2013), Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait (2017), and Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache (2019). He is the author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2007) and many other non-fiction works about Tibetan Buddhism.

Khyentse Norbu
TitleLama
Tulku
Rinpoche
Personal
Born
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoch

(1961-06-18) June 18, 1961 (age 62)
ReligionVajrayana (Sakya)
OccupationFilmmaker, writer
Senior posting
TeacherHis Holiness 41st Sakya Trichen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Appey
PredecessorDzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

He is the eldest son of Thinley Norbu, and therefore the grandson of Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. Rinpoche has teachers from all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and is a follower and champion of the Rimé (non-sectarian) movement. He considers Dilgo Khyentse as his main guru. He is also the primary custodian of the teachings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

Lineage edit

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in eastern Bhutan in 1961 at a place called Khenpajong.[1] At the age of seven he was recognized, by Sakya Trizin, as the third incarnation (Wylie: sprul sku) of the founder of Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.[1]

The first incarnation was Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), who helped found the Rimé movement, having non-sectarian approach to Tibetan Buddhism, centred in Dzongsar Monastery in Sichuan. Followers of this non-sectarian movement sought to identify and make use of the best methods from the various long-competing and isolated schools of Tibetan Buddhism. This approach led to a blossoming of scholarship and writing from the 1880s onwards.

The second incarnation was the renowned lama Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959), who figured prominently in the export of Tantric Buddhism to the West as the root-teacher of a generation of influential and forward-thinking lamas.

A biographical portrait of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche exists in documentary feature film form. The film came out in 2003, and is called Words of My Perfect Teacher,[2][3] after the English rendering of a famed work by Patrul Rinpoche. It is a portrait of the Vajrayana Buddhist student-teacher relationship.

Education edit

Until the age of twelve Khyentse Norbu studied at the Palace Monastery of the King of Sikkim. Reflecting the unusual non-sectarian tradition of the Khyentse lineage, he counts as his root-masters teachers from all four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism (cf. Sakya, Gelug, Nyingma, Kagyu). He has studied with several influential contemporary masters, particularly Dilgo Khyentse.[1] After leaving Sikkim he studied at Sakya College in Rajpur, and later attended SOAS, University of London.[4]

From a young age he has been active in the preservation of the Buddhist teaching, establishing centres of learning, supporting practitioners, publishing books and teaching all over the world. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche supervises his traditional seat of Dzongsar Monastery and its retreat centers in eastern Tibet, as well as his new colleges in India (in Bir and Chowntra (Himachal Pradesh)) and Bhutan. He has also established centres in Australia, North America and the Far East.

In 1989, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche founded Siddhartha's Intent, an international Buddhist association of non-profit centres, most of which are nationally registered societies and charities, with the principal intention of preserving the Buddhist teachings, as well as increasing an awareness and understanding of the many aspects of the Buddhist teaching beyond the limits of cultures and traditions.

While working with Tibetan refugees in northern India, Khyentse Norbu was struck by the absence of media attention to the abject suffering of thousands of children. In 1993, he founded the secular White Lotus Charitable Trust, dedicated to serving the most neglected and forgotten children through education.

Volunteering his own time and resources to establish the initial infrastructure, Khyentse Norbu inspired others around the world, regardless of spiritual traditions, to help White Lotus become a global volunteer network of like-minded humanists. International followers of his work and his vision founded their own networks the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Taiwan with a view to supporting LO programs in India and Cambodia.

In 2002, Lotus Outreach was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in southern California to create an American center of infrastructure, dedicated to ensuring the education, health and safety of at-risk and exploited women and children in India and Cambodia. Its all-volunteer International board of directors continues to raise funds and increase awareness in their home countries on issues surrounding poverty and exploitation in Asia.[5]

In 2001 Khyentse Foundation was founded by Dzongsar Khyentse. It is a non-profit organization with the stated goal "to act as a system of patronage for institutions and individuals engaged in the practice and study of Buddha's wisdom and compassion."[6]

Filmmaking edit

Khyentse Norbu appeared in and, as a consultant "supervised every ritual and gesture performed by Tibetan monks," in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1993 film Little Buddha.[7][8]

Khyentse Norbu wrote and directed four award-winning[9] films, The Cup (1999), for which The New York Times called him "a born filmmaker;" Travellers and Magicians (2003), the first feature film to be produced in Bhutan; Vara: A Blessing (2013), and Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait (2016).[10] [11][12]

He appears in the 2009 documentary Tulku, where he discusses Buddhism and his views on the tulku phenomenon.[13]

Vara: The Blessing (2013) opened South Korea's famed Busan International Film Festival. It was the first time that the South Korean festival has not opened with either a local Korean or a Chinese film.

Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait, premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2016,[14] and received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[15] The movie depicts a mysterious ritual in the forest where all participants are masked, was praised by critics for "its portrayal of complex Buddhist themes like transgression, by juxtaposing them on to modern topics like anonymity on the Internet.[11]

His latest film, Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache (2019), tells the story of a skeptical entrepreneur seeking spiritual advice from an eccentric Buddhist monk who predicts the man's imminent death, unless he can locate an elusive lady with fangs.[16]

Selected publications edit

  • Poison is Medicine (2021)
  • Living Is Dying: How to Prepare for Death, Dying and Beyond (2020)
  • Best Foot Forward: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Sacred Sites of the Buddha (2018)
  • The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (2016)
  • Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (2012)
  • Teachings on Ngöndro
  • What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2008)
  • What to do at India's Buddhist Holy Sites
  • Buddha Nature
  • Introduction to the Middle Way

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche November 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Rotten Tomatoes website for Words of My Perfect Teacher
  3. ^ IMDb listing for Words of My Perfect Teacher
  4. ^ "A Reborn Lama Kick-starts His Movie Career". The Village Voice. January 25, 2000. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  5. ^ About Lotus Outreach July 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Khyentse Foundation statement of purpose March 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Barasch, Douglas S. (May 22, 1994). "FILM; Bertolucci Tells A Tale Of Buddha". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Tworkov, Helen (Summer 1993). "Projecting The Buddha". Tricycle. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "Khyentse Norbu". IMDb. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Scott, A. O. (January 28, 2000). "FILM REVIEW; TV and Soccer Invade A Buddhist Monastery". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  11. ^ a b Nair, Prathap (April 21, 2019). "Bhutan's New Wave". LiveMint. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  12. ^ "BBC - Films - review - The Cup (Phörpa)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  14. ^ "Film Review: ‘Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait’". Variety, August 30, 2016.
  15. ^ "TIFF 2016: and the winners are...". Now, September 18, 2016.
  16. ^ Harvey, Dennis (August 8, 2021). "'Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache' Review: A Search for Buddhist Wisdom in Modern Kathmandu". Variety.

External links edit

  • The Activities of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (links to web sites of various projects)
  • Gentle Voice June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (online newsletter of Siddhartha's Intent)
  • Deer Park Institute (India)
  • Interview (originally appeared in Shambhala Sun)
  • (summary by Sonam Pelden of remarks by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche)
  • Khyentse Norbu at IMDb

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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Tibetan ར ང གསར འཇམ དབ ངས མཁ ན བར ར ན པ ཆ born June 18 1961 1 also known as Khyentse Norbu is a Tibetan Bhutanese lama filmmaker and writer His five major films are The Cup 1999 Travellers and Magicians 2003 Vara A Blessing 2013 Hema Hema Sing Me a Song While I Wait 2017 and Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache 2019 He is the author of What Makes You Not a Buddhist 2007 and many other non fiction works about Tibetan Buddhism Khyentse NorbuTitleLamaTulkuRinpochePersonalBornDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoch 1961 06 18 June 18 1961 age 62 BhutanReligionVajrayana Sakya OccupationFilmmaker writerSenior postingTeacherHis Holiness 41st Sakya Trichen Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Khenpo AppeyPredecessorDzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro He is the eldest son of Thinley Norbu and therefore the grandson of Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche has teachers from all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and is a follower and champion of the Rime non sectarian movement He considers Dilgo Khyentse as his main guru He is also the primary custodian of the teachings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Contents 1 Lineage 2 Education 3 Filmmaking 4 Selected publications 5 References 6 External linksLineage editDzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in eastern Bhutan in 1961 at a place called Khenpajong 1 At the age of seven he was recognized by Sakya Trizin as the third incarnation Wylie sprul sku of the founder of Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism 1 The first incarnation was Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo 1820 1892 who helped found the Rime movement having non sectarian approach to Tibetan Buddhism centred in Dzongsar Monastery in Sichuan Followers of this non sectarian movement sought to identify and make use of the best methods from the various long competing and isolated schools of Tibetan Buddhism This approach led to a blossoming of scholarship and writing from the 1880s onwards The second incarnation was the renowned lama Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro 1893 1959 who figured prominently in the export of Tantric Buddhism to the West as the root teacher of a generation of influential and forward thinking lamas A biographical portrait of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche exists in documentary feature film form The film came out in 2003 and is called Words of My Perfect Teacher 2 3 after the English rendering of a famed work by Patrul Rinpoche It is a portrait of the Vajrayana Buddhist student teacher relationship Education editUntil the age of twelve Khyentse Norbu studied at the Palace Monastery of the King of Sikkim Reflecting the unusual non sectarian tradition of the Khyentse lineage he counts as his root masters teachers from all four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism cf Sakya Gelug Nyingma Kagyu He has studied with several influential contemporary masters particularly Dilgo Khyentse 1 After leaving Sikkim he studied at Sakya College in Rajpur and later attended SOAS University of London 4 From a young age he has been active in the preservation of the Buddhist teaching establishing centres of learning supporting practitioners publishing books and teaching all over the world Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche supervises his traditional seat of Dzongsar Monastery and its retreat centers in eastern Tibet as well as his new colleges in India in Bir and Chowntra Himachal Pradesh and Bhutan He has also established centres in Australia North America and the Far East In 1989 Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche founded Siddhartha s Intent an international Buddhist association of non profit centres most of which are nationally registered societies and charities with the principal intention of preserving the Buddhist teachings as well as increasing an awareness and understanding of the many aspects of the Buddhist teaching beyond the limits of cultures and traditions While working with Tibetan refugees in northern India Khyentse Norbu was struck by the absence of media attention to the abject suffering of thousands of children In 1993 he founded the secular White Lotus Charitable Trust dedicated to serving the most neglected and forgotten children through education Volunteering his own time and resources to establish the initial infrastructure Khyentse Norbu inspired others around the world regardless of spiritual traditions to help White Lotus become a global volunteer network of like minded humanists International followers of his work and his vision founded their own networks the United Kingdom Canada Australia Germany France Hong Kong and Taiwan with a view to supporting LO programs in India and Cambodia In 2002 Lotus Outreach was incorporated as a non profit 501 c 3 organization in southern California to create an American center of infrastructure dedicated to ensuring the education health and safety of at risk and exploited women and children in India and Cambodia Its all volunteer International board of directors continues to raise funds and increase awareness in their home countries on issues surrounding poverty and exploitation in Asia 5 In 2001 Khyentse Foundation was founded by Dzongsar Khyentse It is a non profit organization with the stated goal to act as a system of patronage for institutions and individuals engaged in the practice and study of Buddha s wisdom and compassion 6 Filmmaking editKhyentse Norbu appeared in and as a consultant supervised every ritual and gesture performed by Tibetan monks in Bernardo Bertolucci s 1993 film Little Buddha 7 8 Khyentse Norbu wrote and directed four award winning 9 films The Cup 1999 for which The New York Times called him a born filmmaker Travellers and Magicians 2003 the first feature film to be produced in Bhutan Vara A Blessing 2013 and Hema Hema Sing Me A Song While I Wait 2016 10 11 12 He appears in the 2009 documentary Tulku where he discusses Buddhism and his views on the tulku phenomenon 13 Vara The Blessing 2013 opened South Korea s famed Busan International Film Festival It was the first time that the South Korean festival has not opened with either a local Korean or a Chinese film Hema Hema Sing Me a Song While I Wait premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2016 14 and received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival 15 The movie depicts a mysterious ritual in the forest where all participants are masked was praised by critics for its portrayal of complex Buddhist themes like transgression by juxtaposing them on to modern topics like anonymity on the Internet 11 His latest film Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache 2019 tells the story of a skeptical entrepreneur seeking spiritual advice from an eccentric Buddhist monk who predicts the man s imminent death unless he can locate an elusive lady with fangs 16 Selected publications editPoison is Medicine 2021 Living Is Dying How to Prepare for Death Dying and Beyond 2020 Best Foot Forward A Pilgrim s Guide to the Sacred Sites of the Buddha 2018 The Guru Drinks Bourbon 2016 Not for Happiness A Guide to the So Called Preliminary Practices 2012 Teachings on Ngondro What Makes You Not a Buddhist 2008 What to do at India s Buddhist Holy Sites Buddha Nature Introduction to the Middle WayReferences edit a b c d Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Archived November 21 2010 at the Wayback Machine Rotten Tomatoes website for Words of My Perfect Teacher IMDb listing for Words of My Perfect Teacher A Reborn Lama Kick starts His Movie Career The Village Voice January 25 2000 Retrieved April 15 2021 About Lotus Outreach Archived July 4 2009 at the Wayback Machine Khyentse Foundation statement of purpose Archived March 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine Barasch Douglas S May 22 1994 FILM Bertolucci Tells A Tale Of Buddha The New York Times Retrieved March 25 2021 Tworkov Helen Summer 1993 Projecting The Buddha Tricycle Retrieved March 25 2021 Khyentse Norbu IMDb Retrieved December 13 2016 Scott A O January 28 2000 FILM REVIEW TV and Soccer Invade A Buddhist Monastery The New York Times Retrieved March 25 2021 a b Nair Prathap April 21 2019 Bhutan s New Wave LiveMint Retrieved January 3 2020 BBC Films review The Cup Phorpa www bbc co uk Retrieved February 12 2021 YaleNews Tibetan Lama and Filmmaker Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Will Visit Yale Archived from the original on July 20 2011 Retrieved December 13 2016 Film Review Hema Hema Sing Me a Song While I Wait Variety August 30 2016 TIFF 2016 and the winners are Now September 18 2016 Harvey Dennis August 8 2021 Looking for a Lady With Fangs and a Moustache Review A Search for Buddhist Wisdom in Modern Kathmandu Variety External links editThe Activities of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche links to web sites of various projects Gentle Voice Archived June 22 2015 at the Wayback Machine online newsletter of Siddhartha s Intent Deer Park Institute India Interview originally appeared in Shambhala Sun To see the truth is most important summary by Sonam Pelden of remarks by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Khyentse Norbu at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Khyentse Norbu amp oldid 1224347558, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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