The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is one of the foremost scholars and educators of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. An accomplished meditation master, calligrapher, visual artist and poet, he is also well versed in Western culture and technology. He is the primary architect for the many websites under the Nalandabodhi/Nitartha umbrella and publisher of Bodhi magazine, an international distributed Buddhist periodical. His personal website to learn more about Rinpoche is: www.dpr.info. He is based in Seattle, Washington.

The links for the Nitartha Institute and Nalandabodhi are:
www.nitarthainstitute.org
(click right-hand links to see two short videos by Dzogchen Ponlop)
www.nalandabodhi.org

Read an interview with the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and other Buddhist teachers: Buddhadharma Magazine Article—Authors' Forum

VIDEOS

In the video at the right, "What are we searching for on the spiritual path?", the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche explores the topic of how wisdom can free us from the bondage of suffering and the causes of suffering. He helps us look at "poverty mentality" and other aspects, to find out how we can reflect deeper, to find the nature of dissatisfaction. Why do our solutions often result in more pain?