Wed, 26 Jul 2006
Tenga Rinpoche
This myspace post describes the author's interview with Tenga Rinpoche.
In our interview, Rinpoche told me of the escape from Tibet that he shared with Karmapa, his take on Karmapas first trip to the West in 1974 and other, just stop-you-in-your-tracks anecdotes and insights. History aside, there was this warmth, something nonchalant, radiant and staggering. I felt that if votes were being taken for the Single Kindest Person in the World, I would have no hesitation in my heart. When I offered Rinpoche a khata and he blessed me, he raised his arms overhead, which no other teacher has done. Even after feeling his enormous kindness, an undeniable ambient power was in the air.
Tenga Rinpoche is one of the more important lamas in the Karma Kagyu lineage, but I don't hear much about him, because he mostly travels to Europe. Here is a short biography from his monastery's web site.
