doc benway Posted Saturday at 02:30 PM (edited) His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche passed into parinirvana on Thursday, June 12th. At 100 years of age, he was the most senior teacher and practitioner of Yungdrung Bön and was most authoritative living resource and lineage holder for the three paths of sutra, tantra, and dzogchen. He was instrumental in bringing Bön out of Tibet during the invasion and occupation of Tibet by Chinese forces in 1959. He fled Tibet on horseback and was shot in the thigh, sustaining a femur fracture, and imprisoned for 10 months before managing to escape and flee to Nepal. He was instrumental in establishing the two major Bön monasteries in exile, Triten Norbutse in Kathmandu, Nepal and Menri in Himachal Pradesh, India. He tirelessly dedicated his entire life to preserving the Yungdrung Bön teachings and traditions and was very dear to the entire Bönpo community. More information is available here. Edited Saturday at 02:35 PM by doc benway 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
