Akong Rinpoche at his 65th Birthday celebration in 2005

Chöje Akong Rinpoche is a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of Samye Ling Monastery. In Tibetan Buddhism, a tulku is a reincarnated lama. ... The Kagyu (Wylie transliteration: Bka-brgyud) school (known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school) is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three being Nyingma (Rnying-ma), Sakya (Sa-skya), and Gelug (Dge-lugs). ... Tibetan Buddhism - formerly (and incorrectly) also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas - is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ... Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir near Langholm, Scotland. ...

He was born in 1939, near Riwoche in Kham, Eastern Tibet. At the age of six he was discovered by the search party seeking the reincarnation the previous (1st) Akong, Abbot of Dolma Lhakang monastery in the Chamdo area of Kham. The search party was following instructions given by 16th Karmapa 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Tibetan man from Kham Kham (Wylie transliteration: Khams, Tibetan: ཁམས, Simplified Chinese: 康, Pinyin: Kāng) province is one of several provinces comprising traditional Tibet (the others Amdo and Ãœ-Tsang). ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: XÄ«zàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Rangjung Rigpei Dorje The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje (1924-1981), was born in Denkhok in the Dergé district of Kham (Eastern Tibet), near the Yangtze River. ...

At four he was taken to Dolma Lhakang to receive an education that included religion and traditional Tibetan medicine. When only a teenager, he travelled performing religious ceremonies and treating the ill. Later he went to the great monastic university of Secchen, where he received transmission of the Kagyu lineage from Secchen Kongtrul Rinpoche. He also received instruction from the 16th Karmapa, who also certified him as a teacher of Tibetan medicine.

In 1959, with the invasion of Tibet by China he fled to India. The journey was difficult and dangerous and of the 300 in his party only 13 arrived safely in India. They were so hungry at one point that they boiled leather shoes and bags to make soup. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...

After spending time in refugee camps he was asked to teach at a school for young tulkus in Dalhousie, NW India. Then in 1963 a sponsor paid for Akong and Trungpa Tulku to go to Oxford to learn English. As only Trungpa had a bursary Akong Rinpoche worked as a hospital orderly in the Radcliffe Infirmary, supporting himself as well as Trungpa Rinpoche and Tulku Chime who had joined them. Dalhousie can refer to: Any of the Earls of Dalhousie Dalhousie branch of Clan Ramsay Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Dalhousie, New Brunswick Dalhousie, India Dalhousie Springs, Central Australia This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

He worked diligently to introduce 'western' people to Tibetan religion and some of its culture, as an effort to counter the destruction in his native Tibet. He founded the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetian centre in Scotland, and ROKPA, a charity working to alleviate poverty in Tibet, Nepal and South Africa. Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

In 1992, Akong Rinpoche was one of the main people to discover the reincarnation of the 16th Karmapa Urgyen Drodul Trinley Dorje, and took him to two of the regents, Tai Situpa and Goshir Gyatsabpa responsible for locating the reincarnation. A rival candidate for the 17th Karmapa is supported by the Shamarpa, see Karmapa controversy. 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Tai Situpa is one of the lineages of tulkus, reincarnated lamas, in the Kagyu school. ... In Tibetan Buddhism the Shamarpa also known as Shamar Rinpoche is considered by some to be the second-highest lama in the Kagyu school, next only to the Karmapa. ... The Karmapa lineage is the most ancient tulku lineage in Tibetan Buddhism, pre-dating the Dalai Lama lineage by more than two centuries. ...

Akong Rinpoche in the Temple at Samye Ling

Akong Rinpoche wrote a book 'Taming the Tiger:Tibetan Teachings for Improving Daily Life'. In his words Download high resolution version (903x1197, 151 KB)Akong Rinpoche on a throne at Samye Ling File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (903x1197, 151 KB)Akong Rinpoche on a throne at Samye Ling File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

At present the mind can be compared to a wild tiger, rampaging through our daily lives. Thus the mind becomes wild and uncontrollable and our freedom is effectively destroyed. Normally we are so blind that we are unaware of how wild our minds really are. When things go wrong we tend to blame other people and circumstances, rather than look inside ourselves for the causes of the suffering. But if we are ever to find true peace or happiness it is that wildness within which must be faced and dealt with

Akong Rinpoche's younger brother Lama Yeshe Losal, has now taken over some of his duties as abbot of Samye Ling. Lama Yeshe Losal (2004) Lama Yeshe Losal is a lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. ...

References

• Biography by Ken Holmes [1] Main source for this article.
• Akong Rinpoche, Taming the Tiger:Tibetan Teachings for Improving Daily Life, Rider, 1994, ISBN 0712662200: