Sogyal Rinpoche

Known for

Acting

Born

1 January 1947 · Kham, Tibet

Died

28 August 2019

Sogyal Rinpoche was a Tibetan Dzogchen lama of the Nyingma tradition. He was recognized as the incarnation of a great Tibetan master and visionary saint of the nineteenth century, Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. He founded the international Buddhist network Rigpa, and was the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.