Chatral rinpoche biography books

Chatral Rinpoche, a yogi in his 90s, is one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chatral Rinpoche () was one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. He is one of the most revered spiritual figures in South Asia.

Chatral Rinpoche (1913-2015) was one of the greatest meditation masters and most compassionate bodhisattvas in the history of Tibetan Buddhism.

Chatral Rinpoche, the quintessential "hidden yogi," has been a legend in the Himalayan region for the past seventy years. Although he has never traveled to the West, his amazing story and teachings have gradually been infiltrating the Western Buddhist consciousness since Father Thomas Merton first met him in and famously remarked that he was "the greatest man I ever met.".

This is the first book in English dedicated to this living legend, and includes a biography, an autobiography, three of his essays, three prayers he composed.

This volume also includes a significant fourth text: a short autobiography of Sera Khandro, translated by Chatral Rinpoché’s disciple-translator Christina Monson. Please note that Chatral Rinpoche requested that people only read this book if they have completed ngondro, the preliminary practices, of any Vajrayana tradition.