Phakchok Rinpoche
Phakchok Rinpoche is an eminent yogi, teacher and also a family father. He teaches with great honesty and directness, with a razor sharpe eye for inner transfomation.
Formally, Phakchok Rinpoche is the Supreme Head of the Taklung Kagyu lineage, the Abbot of a monastery in Chapagaon in the southern Kathmandu Valley, and the Head of Riwoche Monastery in Tibet’s Dokham region. Rinpoche is also the vajra master of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling.
Born in 1981 to Chokling Rinpoche and his wife Dechen Paldron, Phakchok Rinpoche is grandson of Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche and the eldest brother of the Yangsi Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Recognized by the Kagyu regents and ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he has studied with a number of great lamas, including Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and his most recent important guru, Soktse Rinpoche. An enthusiastic and vibrant young lama, his teachings are direct, accessible, and always fresh, opening up our minds in a playful and inspiring way.
Upcoming Programs by Phakchok Rinpoche
Wakeful Openness
For the first time in Europe, the yogi Phakchok Rinpoche offers a rare and complete transmission: the empowerment and meditation instructions from the treasury of Buddha Padmasambhava’s heart. Each summer over three years, Rinpoche will bestow empowerments for the entire mandala, the three kayas and the twelve manifestations of Padmasambhava, together with essential guidance from […]