Wisdom Eccentrics
Read by Ngakma Mé-tsal Wangmo
Rumours of realisation as told by Künzang Dorje Rinpoche with additional tales of the unexpected by Ngak'chang Rinpoche.
A rare account of remarkable Lamas in the final years of a lost era. The author finds himself the first Western disciple of Künzang Dorje Rinpoche, a highly reclusive master known for mercurial wrath and facility with Dzogchen. He received direct introduction to the nature of Mind through ruthless interrogation on the meaning of the stories from the lives of Lineage Lamas. He is separated from his Lama for thirteen years—but they meet again and their relationship resumes.
In the interim he studies with the renowned wisdom-chaos master Chhi’méd Rig’dzin Rinpoche. This wild cathartic sojourn gives rise to further stories—purveying an array of exuberantly startling scenarios.
Wisdom Eccentrics is a clear, accessible narrative set in creative contemporary language. The author’s fluent literary account is genuinely heartwarming, hilarious and humane—whilst retaining its power as an alarmingly insightful odyssey into the world of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Forthcoming events with Ngak’chang Rinpoche:
Open Teaching: Roaring Silence
Discovering the Nature of the Mind
Teaching with Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen.Lam Rim Buddhist Centre In-person only
US Visit
Apprentice and public retreats
New Year's Zoom Retreat 2025 with Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen.New York/New Jersey In-person only
Tsog'khorlo
Teaching with Ngak’chang Rinpoche & Khandro Déchen.UK Online only Apprentices only
More pages by Ngak’chang Rinpoche:
Accountability
The Vajrayana Ethos of the Five Precepts
. . . and the art of ballistics
Being Politic
‘ . . . one big diplomat’