About the interview
Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche talks with Lopen Dr. Karma Phuntsho about the study and practice of Buddha-Nature Teachings in the Nyingma Tradition.
Khenpo Tenzin Norgay Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1965. He became a senior colleague at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the prestigious Buddhist studies and research center, at Namdroling Monastery in Mysore. At the Institute he studied under Khenchen Pema Sherab, Khenpo Namdrol Tsering, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, and other visiting professors, including Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and Khenpo Pema Tsewang from Tibet. He completed the Shedra program in 1995 and joined the Institute staff, teaching there for three years. He was formally enthroned as Khenpo by His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in 1998 and was assigned by His Holiness to teach at the Buddhist college at Palyul monastery in Tibet. He is now the main resident master at Palyul Dharma Center in the New York City metropolitan area.
Clips from the interview
Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On His First Encounter with the Teachings of Buddha-Nature
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: What Is Our True Nature?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: How Is Buddha-Nature Presented in the Nyingma Tradition?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: What Inspired Figures Like Khenpo Shenga and Mipam to Embrace a Sūtra Perspective?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On the Position of Mipam vis-à-vis the Rang stong and Gzhan stong Debate
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On Candrakīrti and Nāgārjuna and Why They Emphasized Emptiness over Clarity
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On the Differences between Teaching in a Traditional Shedra vs. a Western Dharma Center
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: Pot Is Not Empty of Pot, but Empty of Inherent Existence. What Is the Fault in This Statement?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: How Does the Nyingma Tradition Think of Buddha-Nature in Terms of Practice?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: When One Gets a Glimpse of Buddha-Nature, Does It Require Effort to Sustain It?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: On the Difference between the Hindu Notion of Ātman and the Nyingma Understanding of Tathāgatagarbha
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: Is It Possible to Experience Buddha-Nature outside of an Ārya's Meditative Equipoise?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: How Do We Balance Practice and Study in Our Lives?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: What Advice Would You Give to Students Who Don't Have the Luxury of Going to a Shedra?
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Khenpo Tenzin Norgay: What Books, Programs, or Retreats Would You Recommend to Others?
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