Selected teachings and quotes from Tsokknyi Rinpoche from the text "Open Heart, Open Mind." Tsoknyi Rinpoche or Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 13 March 1966) is a Nepalese Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, and the founder of the Pundarika Foundation. He is considered to be the third in a line of reincarnate lamas, the first of whom was a lama in Eastern Tibet in the last century. The first Tsoknyi Rinpoche was known for perseverance and effort in his meditation practice, and he also founded a large nunnery. The son of one of the most renowned Dzogchen masters of this century, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, the current Tsoknyi Rinpoche was recognized at age eight by His Holiness Karmapa. At age thirteen he began twelve years of very intense formal training. Music: Time for Peace - One -Part 2 - www.timeforpeace.bandcamp.com. With deepest thanks to Swami Madhuram Puri for his kind offering of this Divine music for this channel. May whatever goodness arises from these readings/offerings be fo...