Samding Dorje Phagmo Tsoknyi Rinpoche (Wylie tshogs gnyis rin po che) or Ngawang Tsoknyi Gyatso (born 13 March 1966) is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author, and the founder of the Pundarika Foundation.
[1] He is a tulku of the Drukpa Kagyü and Nyingma traditions and the holder of the Ratna Lingpa and Tsoknyi lineages.
At the age of thirteen, he began his education at Khampagar Monastery at Tashi Jong in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Under his leadership it has "thrived and grown into a mature sangha of dedicated practitioners.
[5] This trip became the subject of a documentary called "Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" narrated by Richard Gere.