How to Pronounce Namkhai Norbu
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Dec 08, 1938 Derge Town, Sichuan, China Died on 27 Sep 2018 (aged 79)
Tibetan Rinpoche
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About Namkhai Norbu
- Namkhai Norbu (Tibetan: ????????????????????????) was a Tibetan Dzogchen master.
- When he was two years old, Namkhai Norbu was recognized as the 'mindstream emanation', a tulku, of the Dzogchen teacher Adzom Drugpa (1842–1924).
- At five, he was also recognized as a mindstream emanation of an emanation of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel (1594–1651).
- From an early age, Namkhai Norbu undertook an accelerated course of study, attending monastic college, taking retreats, and studying with renowned teachers, including some of the most important Tibetan masters of his time.
- Under the tutelage of these teachers, he completed the training required by the Buddhist tradition in both Sutrayana and Tantrayana.
- At the age of sixteen, he met master Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1826–1961/1978), who became his principal Dzogchen teacher.In 1960, he came to Italy at the invitation of Professor Giuseppe Tucci, and served as Professor of Tibetan and Mongolian Language and Literature from 1964 to 1992 at the Naples Eastern University.
- Namkhai Norbu was widely recognized as a leading authority on Tibetan culture, particularly in the fields of history, literature, and Traditional Tibetan medicine and astrological sciences such as the Tibetan calendar.
- In 1983, he hosted the first International Convention on Tibetan Medicine, held in Venice, Italy.In 1976, Namkhai Norbu began to give Dzogchen instruction in the West, first in Italy, then in numerous other countries.
- He quickly became a respected spiritual authority among many practitioners, and has created centers for the study of Dzogchen worldwide.
- On 10 September 2018, the Italian government gave its highest award, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, to him from President Sergio Mattarella.
- The Tibetan government in exile regarded him as having been “the foremost living Dzogchen” teacher at the time of his death in 2018.
