Lama Yeshé Dorje Rinpoche

Ngakpa Chogyam with Lama Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche

Lama Yeshé Dorje Rinpoche was one of Ngakpa Chögyam’s five Root Lamas. Here I discuss their relationship, focusing particularly on its breakdown. Fallout from that breakdown is one of the two main roots of aggression towards Aro.

I will cover:

• Ngakpa Chögyam’s study with Rinpoche and Rinpoche’s authorization of him as a lama.

• Rinpoche’s conflicts with other lamas and with his wife.

• The reasons Ngakpa Chögyam disobeyed some of Rinpoche’s orders.

• Rinpoche’s denial that he had authorized Ngakpa Chögyam as a lama.

• The defamation letter.

• Continuing opposition to Ngakpa Chögyam from Rinpoche’s former students, and the choices they have now.