Love Over Hate
Ngakpa Konchok Dorje Tsondon is born in Paris in 1979, at age 10 years old he starts to gather interest in the Buddha teaching what lead him to learn meditation and sutras that he discovers in the library. His question was why humanity suffers on the spiritual quest of answers, he took in gear teaching from the Vedic Dharma, Sikh Dharma and Buddha Dharma.He first took refuge in zen and Theravada to get full training on rigpa shine. Later on he took refuge with Lama Teunsang who instructedcted him all the basic from the Mahayana in karma kagyu. He received empowerment from Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje and the late Shamarpa. Carrying on in learning of the buddha dharma he took the path of the yogi following Milarepa teaching and Retchungpa teaching, he took refuge and bodhisattva vows with Khempo Choga rinpoche and learned the basics of Dzogchen. At the same time receive full teaching on the Jewel Ornament of liberation from Shamar rinpoche. He discover Garchen Rinpoche and his teaching, met with the venerable Dorzin Rinpoche, received refuge, bodhisattva vows and Mahayana empowerments from the lineage Drikung Kagyu. When he finally met Garchen Rinpoche he devoted himself to serve him; he received very precious teaching on Tummo and Vajrayigini, at this time he received refuge, bodhisattva and ngakpa vows from Garchen rinpoche he received also Yan Dzab empowerment several years later he retook refuge and vows with Garchen rinpoche and ask his holiness to became his vajramasters he received several Vajrayana teachings and empowerments he became an expert on tummo and the practice with dakinis and nagas.
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