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Today is the 8th paranirvana anniversary of Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche.
There are no words to express my eternal gratitude to this great yogi and master, a Buddha in human form. 🙏
Rinpoche was a ngakpa who consistently shunned institutional and political involvement, choosing instead whenever possible to live the life of a wandering yogi ceaselessly working to overturn samsara for all sentient beings. For many years in Tibet, Chatral Rinpoche meditated alone in caves and was renowned as a realized yogi. From the outset Rinpoche chose whenever possible always to walk on foot, declining the use of a horse. He preferred always to stay in caves, hermitages or in a small tent, never wishing to accept the invitation of wealthy patrons to stay in their house. Until his paranirvana he stayed in his own small place in Parphing Nepal near a sacred site of Guru Padmasambhava who founded Buddhism in Tibet.
Although he had never traveled to the West, his amazing story and teachings have gradually been infiltrating the Western Buddhist consciousness since Father Thomas Merton first met him in 1968 and famously remarked that he was "the greatest man I ever met."
To this amazing teacher, at his feet, I bow 🙏