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Sogyal Rinpoche

Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition · Writers · Lived 1947 to 2019 · aged 72

Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama. He was recognized as the incarnation of a Tibetan master and visionary saint of the 20th century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa.

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Sogyal Rinpoche was the founder and former spiritual director of Rigpa - an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countries around the world - and the author of the best-selling book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, which has been printed in 30 languages and 56 countries. Before his retirement, in the wake of abuse allegations in 2017, he had been teaching for 40 years in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.

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Lived 1947 to 2019 · aged 72

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