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Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

ゾンサール・ケンツェ・リンポチェ　/　ぞんさーる・けんつぇ・りんぽちぇ

American film director

January 1, 1961 (age 65)　・　Bhutan, United States

film director
screenwriter
Lama

My Take

A Tibetan lama who also makes feature films is a contradiction I find irresistible, until you realize prayer and cinema both aim at the same target: the human heart. Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, born in Bhutan and educated in London, directed The Cup and Travellers and Magicians while authoring books like What Makes You Not a Buddhist. To me he is fluent in two languages of meaning, the dharma and the screen, and he uses the latter to offer the former quietly, without sermonizing. In a frantic, distracted age, I am drawn to a storyteller who invites you to slow down and simply watch. His work feels like a deliberate act of stillness.

Overview

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (Tibetan: རྫོང་གསར་འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།, born June 18, 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a Tibetan Lama, filmmaker, and writer who was born in Bhutan. His five major films are The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Vara: A Blessing (2013), Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait (2017), and Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache (2019).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Name (Japanese): ゾンサール・ケンツェ・リンポチェ
Reading: ぞんさーる・けんつぇ・りんぽちぇ
Born: January 1, 1961 (age 65)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Ox
Origin: Bhutan, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / Lama / actor / commentator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: SOAS, University of London

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	The Cup	—
Notable work	Travellers and Magicians	—
Notable work	Vara: A blessing	—
Notable work	Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait	—
Notable work	What Makes You Not a Buddhist	—
Notable work	Not for Happiness	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%96

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