APPENDIX ONE

My Teachers

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959) was the most outstanding Tibetan master of the last century. Authority on all traditions and holder of all lineages, he was the heart of the ‘non-partisan’ movement in Tibet.

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and Sogyal Rinpoche.

Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), one of Tibet’s foremost yogins, scholars, and meditation masters. Considered to be the living representative of Padmasambhava, he was a prolific author and revealer of the ‘treasures’ concealed by Padmasambhava.

Photo: Peri Eagleton.

Dudjom Rinpoche teaching and Sogyal Rinpoche translating. London, 1979.

Photo: Giles Oliver.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was acknowledged as a peerless master of the Dzogchen teachings and discoverer of the spiritual treasures of Padmasambhava. He was the greatest disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and master of many important lamas, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Photo: Werner Nowotny.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche.

Photo: Haeko Rah.

Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche (1932-1999) was such a consummate master of Dzogchen that his disciples regarded him as the great master Longchenpa in the flesh. He was the teacher of many of the younger generation of lamas as well as a number of Western Buddhist teachers.Z

Photo: Peter Fry.

Nyoshul Khenpo and Sogyal Rinpoche at the Rigpa retreat in Wales in 1986.

Photo: Ruth Seehausen.

Khandro Tsering Chödrön was the spiritual wife of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and is regarded as the foremost woman master in Tibetan Buddhism.

Photo: Graham Price.

Khandro Tsering Chödrön and Sogyal Rinpoche at the Rigpa center in London, 1996.

Photo: Graham Price.