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Born in Kham in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche
was recognized as the incarnation of Lerab Lingpa Tertön Sogyal,
a teacher to the thirteenth Dalai Lama, by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi
Lodrö, one of the most outstanding masters of the twentieth century.
Jamyang Khyentse supervised Rinpoche's training and raised him like his
own son. Rinpoche went on to study with many other masters, of all schools,
especially Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche and Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse
Rinpoche. First as translator and aide to these masters, and then teaching
in his own right, he travelled to many countries, observing the reality
of people's lives, and searching how to translate the teachings so as
to make them relevant to modern men and women, by drawing out their universal
message while losing none of their authenticity, purity and power. Out
of this was born his unique style of teaching, and his ability to attune
the teachings to modern life, demonstrated so vividly in his ground-breaking
book, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Over a million and a half
copies of this spiritual classic have been printed, in 26 languages and
54 countries. It has been adopted by colleges, groups and institutions,
both medical and religious, and is used extensively by nurses, doctors
and health care professionals. Rinpoche continues to travel widely in
Europe, America, Australia and Asia, where he finds himself addressing
thousands of people on his teaching tours and is a frequent speaker at
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