{"id":3023,"date":"2026-03-06T11:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/?page_id=3023"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:55:44","slug":"sogyal-rinpoche","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/it\/sogyal-rinpoche\/","title":{"rendered":"Sogyal Rinpoche"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3023\" class=\"elementor elementor-3023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a6282a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50a6282a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about_sogyal\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b668bed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b668bed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe8aca0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fe8aca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sogyal Rinpoche<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f98776 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48f98776\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-family\">\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Sogyal Rinpoche was the author of the highly acclaimed <em>The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying<\/em> and the founder of Rigpa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e1dc0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64e1dc0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Born in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was recognized at an early age as the incarnation of Tert\u00f6n Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, a renowned mystic and saint who was also teacher to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1116b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d1116b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6523e353 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6523e353\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cf6f3cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cf6f3cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-family\">\t\t\t\t<p>On this page<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498a4545 page-top-menu-icon-list elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"498a4545\" 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class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Legacy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e13282b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e13282b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d79d610 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d79d610\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-886\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sogyal-Rinpoche-Rigpa.webp 1400w, https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sogyal-Rinpoche-Rigpa-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sogyal-Rinpoche-Rigpa-1024x598.webp 1024w, https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sogyal-Rinpoche-Rigpa-768x449.webp 768w, https:\/\/test.rigpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sogyal-Rinpoche-Rigpa-624x365.webp 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c89a34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23c89a34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec539d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ec539d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-size bb-elementor-mobile-custom-size bb-elementor-custom-line-height bb-elementor-mobile-custom-line-height\">\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cIn the stillness and silence of meditation, we glimpse and return to that deep inner nature that we have so long ago lost sight of amid the busyness and distraction of our minds.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dca0bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dca0bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-custom-size bb-elementor-mobile-custom-size\">\t\t\t\t<p>Sogyal Rinpoche<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1da45ab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1da45ab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-family bb-elementor-mobile-custom-size bb-elementor-custom-line-height\">\t\t\t\t<p>The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9e0be7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a9e0be7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"training_teaching_sogyal\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcb8f5b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bcb8f5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8551ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8551ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Training and Teaching<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776a4c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"776a4c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Rinpoche received the traditional training of a Tibetan lama under the close supervision of Jamyang Khyentse Ch\u00f6kyi Lodr\u00f6, one of the most outstanding spiritual masters of the twentieth century, who raised him like his very own son.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Rinpoche went on to study with many other teachers from all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, especially Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. First as a translator and aide to his revered masters and then teaching in his own right, he visited many countries, observing the reality of individuals\u2019 lives, and seeking to make the Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant and meaningful to people today.\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Out of this was born his unique style of teaching and his acute ability to attune the teachings to modern life, demonstrated so vividly in his groundbreaking book, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.<\/p><p>Sogyal Rinpoche dedicated his life to establishing the Buddhist path in the West, and especially the study and practice of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection. He taught for over forty-five years and founded the international network of Buddhist centres and groups to which he gave the name Rigpa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95f6e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e95f6e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c95d9b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c95d9b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ef40a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ef40a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bb-theme-elementor-wrap bb-elementor-custom-color bb-elementor-custom-family\">\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Sogyal Rinpoche taught in many countries, observing the reality of individuals\u2019 lives, and seeking to make the Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant and meaningful to people today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2213c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab2213c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"legacy_sogyal\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232e5152 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"232e5152\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a691a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14a691a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legacy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a436485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a436485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">An inspirational and charismatic figure, Sogyal Rinpoche was known for the way he would connect personally and directly with his audience, challenge people\u2019s assumptions and habits and teach in response to the needs of the moment. He left a unique body of instructions that reveal how the compassion and wisdom taught by Buddha can be used practically in everyday life and work. And Rinpoche\u2019s revolutionary vision for end-of-life care has been adopted by institutions and groups of various kinds, educational, medical and spiritual.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">After forty years as Spiritual Director of Rigpa, Sogyal Rinpoche stepped down following accusations of misconduct from former students. He passed away in August 2019. The legacy of his Dharma work continues to be upheld today by his students, many of whom are highly respected practitioners, teachers, scholars, and translators of Tibetan Buddhism.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">The community that he founded, Rigpa, continues to thrive to this day, offering courses, seminars and retreats to anyone who is interested in exploring the profound wisdom and powerful methods of Tibetan Buddhism. These programmes are led by Rigpa\u2019s teachers and instructors and by visiting teachers and lamas, especially from the Nyingma (\u2018Ancient\u2019) lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b23f640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b23f640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rigpawiki.org\/index.php?title=Sogyal_Rinpoche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about Sogyal Rinpoche\u2019s life<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sogyal Rinpoche Sogyal Rinpoche was the author of the highly acclaimed The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and the founder of Rigpa. 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