Autor: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Tsoknyi Rinpoche or Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 13 March 1966) is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, and the founder of the Pundarika Foundation. He is the third Tsoknyi Rinpoche, having been recognized by the 16th Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche. He is a tulku of the Drukpa Kagyü and Nyingma traditions and the holder of the Ratna Lingpa and Tsoknyi lineages. He began his education at  Khampagar Monastery  at Tashi Jong in Himachal Pradesh, India, at the age of thirteen. His main teachers are  Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyu Nyima , his father Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche,   Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche,   Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche  and Adeu Rinpoche. Rinpoche has overseen the  Tergar Osel Ling Monastery , founded in Kathmandu, Nepal by his father,  Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. His brothers are  Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche,   Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, and  Mingyur Rinpoche  and his nephews are  Phakchok Rinpoche  and the reincarnation of  Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche , known popularly as Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. He has overseen the monastery's operations and introduced studies for non-Tibetans. Under his leadership it has "thrived and grown into a mature sangha of dedicated practitioners."