Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai

Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai, son of the great master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, founder of the International Dzogchen Community, was born in Tivoli, (Rome), in 1970. At a very early age he was recognized as the reincarnation of Khyentse Rinpoche Chökyi Wangchug, an important Dzogchen Master who died during the Chinese occupation of Eastern Tibet. He was the tulku of the village of Galenting and maternal uncle of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.

Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai attended the Faculty of Philosophy of "La Sapienza", Rome University and then the Faculty of Engineering at Bologna University after which he worked as a manager and business consultant.

Since 1998 Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai has been working for the Dzogchen Community, offering the professional skills he had acquired in this field. Understanding the enormous potential of the Internet, he set up the web-cast system of transmission for the benefit of all those who want to follow the Dzogchen Teachings.

From 2002 Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai has been promoting collaboration for the development of the Dzogchen Community and later, as Director of the International Gakyil, has been applying the revision of the organizational structure according to principles of efficiency and collaboration, thereby obtaining a considerable growth of the Community itself.

In August 2007 he went to Tibet and had clear and important visions. When he returned to Italy he stopped work, understanding that his job, like that of his father, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, is to keep the Teaching and the Community alive for the benefit of beings and for future generations.

In 2008 he began to give lectures and Teachings in various parts of the world, mainly on Milam, the Dream Practice, and on the Base Level of "Santi Maha Sangha", teachings and practices edited by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu for his students.

Khyentse Yeshi Namkhai is married and has a son and a daughter.