Choying Dorje (Atak Rinpoche) was born into a family of farmers in a remote hamlet, Shachukul near Tibet border at Ladakh, in India on 22nd February 1975. In 1982, at the age of eight, he went to Shedrup Jamyangling, Shang Monastery, Ladakh. His Holiness the 4th Dodrupchen Rinpoche is the root guru of Atak Rinpoche. He got many important spiritual trainings (wang.lung.khrid) in Nepal, Ladakh and Bhutan. Since 1995, he stays in Ladakh and works for spiritual service of Ladakh. His main work is looking for devination, giving amulates and making religious work for every needed person from all over.

From 1995, he is giving his best services to countless number of people and help them with fully good intentions and everyone took advantages of his blessing. Whatever offerings he received from public, he fully used them into his monastery (Ogyen Choling Nyingma Gonpa) since from root foundation. Therefore, it made double benefits for the devotees, because firstly their requirement got fulfilled and secondly, the offerings they made were used for good virtuous which lead them to an enlightenment for the benefits of all sentient beings.

Initiations, Transmissions and Instructions (wang, lung, khrid)

Atak Rinpoche took His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as his Lama and during four and half months he received initiations from on ‘Gyelchen Kadzod’ and ‘Dam-Ngak Dzod’ in Phuntsokling, Bhutan and in Shechen Rabjam Monastery at Nepal. Also, he got the initiations into Peaceful and Powerful forms of the ‘Yeshe Lama‘. Agian in Shechen, from H.H. Pelyul Druwang Pema Norbu (Penor) Rinpoche, he received initiations (wang) on the ‘Rinchen Ter dZod’ and, the transmission (lung) from Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche.

In Dakthok Monastery at Ladakh, from H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, he received initiations on ‘Dupa Do Wang’(sDus pa mDo) during twenty-nine days in July 1997. He also received complete ‘Jand Ter’-Northern Treasure’s initiations, transmissions and instructions for 2 months from 5th July to 24th August 2006. He also received great Terton Nyangral Nyima Ozer’s Kyagyet Ki Wang ( Eight Pronouncements of Padmasambhava, Eight Great Deities) from him.

The root guru of Atak Rinpoche is H.H. the 4th Dodrupchen Rinpoche. He received initiation of Jigmed Lingpa’s Vajrakilli (Phurpa Gyudluk) and Nyingthig Yashi Wang in Chorten Gonpa, Gangtok Sikkim and preliminary Longchen Nyingthig transmissions, instruction and initiation from him.