Sogyal Rinpoche

Known for Acting

Sogyal Rinpoche's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 01, 1947

Deathday: August 28, 2019

Place of birth: Kham, Tibet

Biography

Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. He was recognized as the incarnation of a great Tibetan master and visionary saint of the nineteenth century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. He founded the international Buddhist network Rigpa, and was the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.