Khyentse Norbu | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Title | Lama Tulku Rinpoche |
Personal | |
Born | Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche June 18, 1961 |
Religion | Vajrayana (Sakya) |
Occupation | Filmmaker, writer |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | His Holiness 41st Sakya Trichen Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Appey |
Predecessor | Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö |
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 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)[2] and Buddha Nature: Mahayana-Uttaratantra-Shastra with Commentary (2007).[3] He has also written an autobiography in process entitled Mugwort Born. Many of his teachings are available on the Siddhartha’s Intent YouTube channel.[4]
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.