An Important Announcement from Rinpoche

These days many, many people claim to represent me, and often attempt to authenticate their claim by showing you photos they’ve had taken with me, or letters asking for help that appear to have been signed by me, or printed on my stationery. There are also people who try to fundraise on my behalf, but entirely independently and without my knowledge. I would like you all to be aware of this.

While it’s true I do sometimes write letters, if you are approached by someone asking you to do something on my behalf that you have any doubts about, please make sure you check before doing anything. If the request really is from me it will be confirmed reasonably quickly. But if you don’t hear anything, it probably means the request didn’t come directly from me.

So please, if you receive any doubts at all about requests that are said to come from me, CHECK with Khyentse Foundation, Siddhartha’s Intent, Almost Buddhist website, Lotus Outreach, 84000 or Khyentse Office (Khyentse Labrang), to make absolutely certain they are genuine.

PLEASE NOTE: This link goes to the ONLY official Facebook page for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Rinpoche has NO other official Facebook or other social media pages. And here is a link to the official pages of Rinpoche’s other activities: http://khyentse.org

8 Comments

sheylacosta on December 31, 2012 at 9:39 am

Thanks to remind. Check, check and check before accept. Isn’t exactly what the Buddha said? Happy New Western year of 2013!

Donna Rushing on January 6, 2013 at 7:39 pm

wow. SO. All this time what I thought as the “real” Facebook page representing Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche is actually probably a fan page. Does that mean I should not “like” it? I guess not; it has not been negative, but very much adoring of Rinpoche, it seems. However, it gives me pause when it comes to “sharing” from it.

I’m glad for this message. It must be somewhat overwhelming to have as public of a persona, face and presence as you, Rinpoche, do. Thank you for setting us straight, and may you continue teaching us for a long long time.