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Tibet's older religious tradition, with its own founder, canon, monasteries and Dzogchen lineage, closely resembling Tibetan Buddhism without descending from it.
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Khenpo Gelek Jinpa
Khenpo Gelek Jinpa, born in 1967, became a Bön monk at nineteen after meeting Yongdzin Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, and studied at Menri and Triten Norbutse monasteries, earning his geshe degree in 2001. Since 2013 he has been the khenpo (abbot) of Shenten Dargye Ling in France, where he leads the Gomdra, the centre's four-year Dzogchen meditation programme, and he also teaches elsewhere in Europe and in Mexico. He is co-author of "Sacred Landscape and Pilgrimage in Tibet".
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