Lama Ying-rig Dorjé is a warm, open, and approachable teacher full of joy, with a depth of knowledge and gift for explaining these teachings with clarity. His main purpose has always been upliftment of whoever he meets. He has had many spiritual teachers connecting with the path of awakening. He became an apprentice of Ngak’chang Rinpoche and Khandro Déchen in 1992 and was ordained as a Naljorpa in 2000. He has studied and also teaches sKu-mNyé—a Buddhist physical practice engaging the energetic and physical system through gentle to more rigorous movements—as well as other physical practices in Yogic Buddhist traditions, since becoming an apprentice.
Before becoming a Buddhist practitioner and teacher, he was a teacher of Pencak Silat—the Indonesian martial art—having studied martial arts since he was 14 years old. Yet, he found himself needing more depth in terms of the nature of the mind itself. He received the Ling Gésar robes and implements from Kyabjé Künzang Dorje Rinpoche. He now studies and holds the treasures of Ling Gésar—the epitome of spiritual warriorship and sovereignty in the Vajrayana, Dzogchen tradition. He has received the martial healing-arts with knives and swords associated with Ling Gésar, as well as other methods including mantras, which focus on raising rLung rTa (enthusiasm), maintaining srog (life force), and enhancing the lha (dynamic drive) of the individual—promoting good health, vitality, longevity, and charismatic lucidity.
Residing in Finland, he speaks multiple languages, teaches throughout Europe, and journeys to the East every year to spend time with teachers and at vortices (special places).