Supporting Our Lineage Teachers
The Buddhist Center of Steamboat Springs has a longstanding relationship with our lineage teachers, who have visited us, taught us, and guided our practice over the years. We are particularly connected with the three sons of the great meditation teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, all of whom have visited Steamboat on many occasions.
Please help support our lineage teachers who have inspired and guided our community for many years.
Our Lineage Teachers
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The Venerable Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche is the eldest son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Born in eastern Tibet in 1951, he was recognized at 18 months old as the seventh incarnation of the Drikung Kagyu lama Gar Drubchen, a spiritual emanation of the Indian Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna.
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche teaches throughout the world and is the abbot of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling, a major monastery in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. The monastery has also supported relief efforts in communities affected by earthquakes and other hardship.
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche has been a good friend and teacher of the Buddhist Center and has influenced many practitioners through his teachings and guidance.
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The Venerable Mingyur Rinpoche
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is the youngest son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. As a young child, he was recognized by the 16th Karmapa as the seventh incarnation of a great seventeenth-century meditation master. At the age of 13, he entered a traditional three-year retreat and later served as its retreat master. In 2015, he returned from a four-and-a-half-year wandering retreat in the Himalayas.
Mingyur Rinpoche teaches around the world and is known for conveying Buddhist teachings with clarity and humor. He is responsible for supporting more than a thousand monks and nuns and monasteries in Tibet, India, and Nepal. His monastery in Kathmandu, Ösel Ling, was damaged in an earthquake and required rebuilding.
Mingyur Rinpoche has taught at BCSS, and his Joy of Living and Path of Liberation teachings continue to be an inspiration and resource for our community.
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The Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Tsoknyi Rinpoche III was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the reincarnation of Drubwang Tsoknyi Rinpoche I. He is a renowned master of the Drukpa Kagyu and Nyingma traditions.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche is responsible for the training and care of hundreds of nuns in Nepal, as well as thousands of nuns and monks in monasteries across eastern Tibet. He has also led the development of Tsoknyi Gechak Ling, a nunnery, school, and retreat complex on the outskirts of the Kathmandu Valley.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche has taught at the Buddhist Center on several occasions, sharing the heart of the Tibetan wisdom tradition.
Make a Contribution
Our lineage teachers carry the enormous responsibility of supporting thousands of monks and nuns and providing services to communities throughout the Himalayan region.
Your donation helps BCSS support these teachers and the monks, nuns, and lay practitioners they guide. Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated.
“Generosity is the ornament of the world. Through generosity, one turns back from the lower realms. Generosity is the stairway to the higher realms. Generosity is the virtue that produces peace.”
— The Sutra of the Recollection of the Noble Three Jewels