# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:06:26.030Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche"
name: "Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche"
slug: "dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse-rinpoche"
description: "Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Tibetan Lama, filmmaker, and writer who was born in Bhutan. 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 several published books such as What Makes You Not a Buddhist (2007), Not For Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (2012), The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (2016), Living is Dying (2020), and several non-fiction works on Tibetan Buddhism for free distribution such as Introduction to the Middle Way: Chandrakirti’s Madhyamaka with Commentary (2003) and Buddha Nature: Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra with Commentary (2007). He has also written an autobiography in process entitled Mugwort Born. Many of his teachings are available on the Siddhartha's Intent YouTube channel."
tagline: "Buddhist master, writer and filmmaker"
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birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump