Sogyal Rinpoche is a Tibetan Dzogchen master of the Nyingma tradition. He is the founder of Rigpa and the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

Born in the region of Kham, in Eastern Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche was quite early introduced to Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, one of the most outstanding spiritual masters of the twentieth century, embodying the very essence of the Rime tradition. Jamyang Khyentse brought him like a son and was the very atmosphere in which Sogyal Rinpoche received his first education. In 1971, Rinpoche went to England where he received a Western education, studying Comparative Religion at Cambridge University. He went on to study with many other great masters like Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, serving as their translator and aide. With a remarkable gift for condensing the essence