His Holiness Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche

HH Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche was the foremost teacher resident in modern Tibet. A brilliant scholar and eloquent speaker, he regularly addressed gatherings of monks, nuns and lay people numbering in the thousands. He founded the great university centre of Larung Gar, which attraced over 15,000 students, drawn there by his greatness. He was a reincarnation of the great master Tertön Sogyal, and discovered Terma treasures in this lifetime as well. His recent passing is a great loss to Buddhism in Tibet.

His Holiness Lama Achuk Rinpoche

Khenpo Achuk Rinpoche is one of the greatest exponents of Dzogchen, the "Teaching of the Great Perfection", alive in the world today. After spending 40 years on retreat with his teacher, he started teaching at what is now known as Yachen Gar, situated in an isolated valley near Ganzi in Sichuan. Now Yachen Gar houses several thousand students, with HH Lama Achuk Rinpoche still giving regular teachings. With the passing of HH Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, he is now the leading teacher of the Nyingma tradition residing in Tibet.

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