The Very Venerable Bokar Rinpoche visits KDK
The Very Venerable Bokar Rinpoche was born in 1940 to a nomadic family in Western Tibet. He was recognized as a tulku at the age of four by the Sixteenth Karmapa, and studied at Bokar and Tsurphu Monasteries. In 1959, he left Tibet and joined the Sixteenth Karmapa at Rumtek monastery in Sikkim. Bokar Rinpoche completed two three-year retreats under the guidance of His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche, practicing the Six Yogas of Niguma and the Six Yogas of Naropa. He then went on to become the retreat master at Kalu Rinpoche's monastery in Sonada, and was also appointed by the Karmapa to be the master of the three-year retreat facility at Rumtek. Bokar Rinpoche founded a monastery and retreat center at Mirik, in Darjeeling India. He became the spiritual heir of Kalu Rinpoche and holder of the Shangpa and Karma Kagyu lineages.
Bokar Rinpoche is noted for his peacefulness, love, and keen intelligence. He travels around the world teaching meditation, and developed the ten day teaching retreat on Mahamudra for Western students. Several of Bokar Rinpoche's books have been translated into English: Death and the Art of Dying, Chenrezig Lord of Love, Meditation Advice to the Beginner, and Profound Wisdom of the Heart Sutra. Bokar Rinpoche will be visiting KDK in July. At the Retreatland he will perform the initiations of the practices from the entire Shangpa Kagyu Lineage for the KDK three-year retreatants.

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