Padmasambhava

male
Padmasambhava (Ch: 蓮華生上師, Pinyin: "Lian Hua Sheng Shang Shi"; Tib: "Pema Jungne", Wylie: "padma 'byung gnas"), in Sanskrit meaning "lotus-bor...
Dudjom Rinpoche

Dudjom Rinpoche

male, deceased (1987)
Dudjom Rinpoche was the supreme leader of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in Tibet in 1904, and died on January 17th, 1987. He...
Sogyal Rinpoche

Sogyal Rinpoche

male
Sogyal Rinpoche is a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. He has been teaching for over 30 years and continues to travel widely in...
Tarthang Tulku

Tarthang Tulku

male
Tarthang Tulku is a Tibetan teacher (lama) in the Nyingma tradition who lives in America, where he works to preserve the art and culture of Tibet....
Longchenpa

Longchenpa

male, deceased (1363)
Longchenpa or Longchen Rabjampa (1308 - 1364 possibly 1369) was a major teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Along with Sakya Pandita...
Yeshe Tsogyal

Yeshe Tsogyal

female, deceased (817)
Yeshe Tsogyel (rhymes with "may say so well"), also known in the Nyingma tradition as the Great Bliss Queen, is a semi-mythical female deity or...
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

male
The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is president of Nalandabodhi, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is also one of...
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

male, 47 years old
Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradul commonly afforded to tulkus.

Vimalamitra

male
Vimalamitra (Tib. Drime Shenyen), an 8th century Indian adept, is key to the history of Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen practice. He lived equally in...
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

male, deceased (1996)
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 1920-1996. A contemporary Buddhist master of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages, who lived at Nagi Gompa hermitage in Nepal. His m...