We are honored to have Khenpo Chowang Rinpoche in our Kyidug’s Rigzin Chokhorling Monastery to give a teaching about Buddhism on Friday August 23, 2019 from 3pm – 5 pm despite Rinpoche’s busy schedule on his short visit to New York .
Khenpo Chowang Rinpoche of Gonjang Monastery, Gantok, Sikkim, India, is one of the most highly respected Khenpos in the Tibetan Buddhism.
He received Acharya’s degree from the University of Varanasi in 1978 after devoting his time to the studies of Buddhist philosophy, especially in the Nyingma tradition. He also studied Buddhist history as well as Sanskrit, English and Tibetan languages.
Khenpo’s studies were carried out under the spiritual guidance of renowned Nyingmapa Khenpos like Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsundu.
He received all Nyingma empowerments and oral transmissions from Kyabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Kyabje Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche and Kyabje Penor Rinpoche. He also spent three years in retreat in Sikkim, India.
Since 1985 he has been working as a lecturer in philosophy at Sikkim Institute of Higher Nyingma Studies.
In 1990 Shantineketan University, Calcutta, India, awarded Rinpoche the Doctor of Philosophy degree for his work “The Ancient Doctrinal Views of Tibetan Buddhism”.
Khenpo Chowang Rinpoche has also written about temporal and spiritual history of Sikkim, one of Guru Padmasambhava’s most sacred Hidden Lands, published by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, 2003.
Khenpo Chowang Rinpoche has been giving teachings in many countries, including the United States, Europe, Singapore, and Taiwan.