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Essays and interviews by ten lamas surrounding the passing of a great master
Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche passed away on the 13th of February
at his hermitage Nagi Gompa on the southern slope of the Shivapuri mountain.
He was born in eastern Tibet on the tenth day of the fourth Tibetan
month in 1920.
In the Nyingma tradition, Tulku Urgyen held the complete teachings of the last century's three great masters: Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. He had an especially close transmission for the Chokling Tersar, a compilation of all the empowerments, reading transmissions and instructions of Padmasambhava's teachings, which were rediscovered by Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa, his great-grandfather. Rinpoche passed on this tradition to the major regents of the Karma Kagyu lineage as well as to many other lamas and tulkus.
In 1980 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, accompanied by his eldest son Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, went on a world tour through Europe, the United States and South East Asia, giving teachings on Dzogchen and Mahamudra to many people. Every year since then a seminar on Buddhist study and practice has been held at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in essential meditation practice, combining the view and meditation of Dzogchen, Mahamudra and the Middle Way. Less concerned with the systematic categories of topics of knowledge or with the logical steps of philosophy, Tulku Urgyen directly addressed the listener's present state of mind. His published works in English include Repeating the Words of the Buddha, As It Is 1 & As It Is 2, Rainbow Painting and the recent Vajra Speech. The over-all background of the teachings of Dzogchen and Mahamudra, which are tremendously vast and profound, can be condensed into simple statements of immediate relevance to our present state of mind. Tulku Urgyen was famed for his profound meditative realization and for the concise, lucid and humorous style with which he imparted the essence of the 84,000 sections of the Buddhist teachings. His method of teaching was 'instruction through one's own experience.' Using few words, this way of teaching points out the nature of mind, revealing a natural simplicity of wakefulness that enables the student to actually touch the heart of the Buddha's wisdom mind. Compiled and translated by Erik Pema Kunsang. Edited by Michael tweed. © Rangjung Yeshe Translations & Publications,
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A Brief Biography of Kyabje Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
He
was recognized by H.H. 
Tulku
Urgyen's main monastery was Lachab Gompa in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet.
He studied and practiced the teachings of both the Kagyu and Nyingma
schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Among the four greater Kagyu Schools, his
family line was the main holder of the Barom Kagyu Lineage. 
The
close relationship between the lineage of the Karmapas and Tulku Urgyen
Rinpoche arose from the fact that the 14th Karmapa was one of the main
recipients of Chokgyur Lingpa's termas, receiving many empowerments
from the terton himself. 
Tulku
Urgyen established six monasteries and retreat 
centers
in the Kathmandu region. The most important of these are at Boudhanath,
the site of the Great Stupa, and another at the Asura Cave, where Padmasambhava
manifested the Mahamudra Vidyadhara level. He lived at Nagi Gompa Hermitage
above the Kathmandu Valley. Under his guidance were more than 300 monks
and nuns. He stayed in retreat for more than 20 years, including four
three-year retreats. 
