After being ordained at Larung Gar Serthar Buddhist Institute in 1985, Khenpo Sodargye relied on Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche as his root guru.
After intensive study of the five principle treatises on Madhyamaka, Prajnaparamita, Abhidharma, Vinaya, and Buddhist logic, Khenpo received direct transmissions of tantric teachings such as the Dzogchen, Kalachakra, and the Web of Magical Illusion from Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche and gained unshakable faith in the Omniscient Longchenpa and Mipham Rinpoche. Through his practice, he obtained supreme realization of these teachings.
After engaging in classic Tibetan Buddhist debate and undergoing oral and written examination, he obtained his khenpo degree. Khenpo Sodargye was then placed in charge of the institute by Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche and became Kyabje’s chief translator for Chinese disciples.
Library Items
Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra: Taught by Khenpo Sodargye, May 2019
Khenpo Sodargye. "The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra." Pt. 1 of 15. In Chinese with English translation. Produced by Khenpo Sodargye's team, May 2019. Video, 1:00:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4OiLLo1e_Y.
Khenpo Sodargye. "The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra." Pt. 1 of 15. In Chinese with English translation. Produced by Khenpo Sodargye's team, May 2019. Video, 1:00:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4OiLLo1e_Y.
Khenpo Sodargye. "The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra." Pt. 1 of 15. In Chinese with English translation. Produced by Khenpo Sodargye's team, May 2019. Video, 1:00:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4OiLLo1e_Y.;Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra: Taught by Khenpo Sodargye, May 2019;Ratnagotravibhāga Mahāyānottaratantraśāstra;Nyingma;Khenpo Sodargye;བསོད་དར་རྒྱས་;bsod dar rgyas;mkhan po bsod nams dar rgyas;མཁན་པོ་བསོད་ནམས་དར་རྒྱས་;The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra: Taught by Khenpo Sodargye, May 2019 (part 1)
The Ideology of Tathagatagarbha by Khenpo Sodargye
Khenpo Sodargye explains the ideology of buddha-nature (tathāgatagarbha) at Xiamen University, Fujian, China. (In Chinese)
Khenpo Sodargye. "The Ideology of Tathagatagarbha." (In Chinese.) Produced by Khenpo Sodargye's Team. University Lecture Series. December 12, 2016, Video, 46:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j35-r3GdjD8.
Khenpo Sodargye. "The Ideology of Tathagatagarbha." (In Chinese.) Produced by Khenpo Sodargye's Team. University Lecture Series. December 12, 2016, Video, 46:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j35-r3GdjD8.;The Ideology of Tathagatagarbha by Khenpo Sodargye;tathāgatagarbha;Khenpo Sodargye;བསོད་དར་རྒྱས་;bsod dar rgyas;mkhan po bsod nams dar rgyas;མཁན་པོ་བསོད་ནམས་དར་རྒྱས་;The Ideology of Tathagatagarbha
On the topic of this person
Rev. Kokyo Henkel: Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition
Henkel, Rev. Kokyo. "Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, June 26, 2021. Video, 5:25. https://youtu.be/GaTapNdwKRo.
Henkel, Rev. Kokyo. "Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, June 26, 2021. Video, 5:25. https://youtu.be/GaTapNdwKRo.
Henkel, Rev. Kokyo. "Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition." Conversations on Buddha-Nature with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho. Produced by the Tsadra Foundation Research Department, June 26, 2021. Video, 5:25. https://youtu.be/GaTapNdwKRo.;Rev. Kokyo Henkel: Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition;Denkōroku;Fanwang jing;Chien, C.;Cleary, T.;Cook, F.;Dōgen;Keizan;Red Pine;Schaik, S.;Sodargye, Khenpo; Rev. Kokyo Henkel: Resource Recommendations for Learning about Buddha-Nature in the Zen Tradition
Other names
- མཁན་པོ་བསོད་ནམས་དར་རྒྱས་ · other names (Tibetan)
- mkhan po bsod nams dar rgyas · other names (Wylie)
Affiliations & relations
- Nyingma · religious affiliation
- Larung Buddhist Institue · primary professional affiliation
- Mkhan po 'jigs med phun tshogs · teacher
