Rinpoche, Tenzin Wangyal

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is the founder and resident teacher of Ligmincha Institute in Virginia, and was one of the first lamas to bring the Bn Dzogchen teachings to the West. He lived and studied with Tibetan masters of Bn Buddhism from the age of thirteen until completing an eleven-year course of traditional studies at the Bnpo Monastic Center, Dolanji, Himachal Pradesh, India. Rinpoche is the author of several books, including Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen and Awakening the Sacred Body.;