Samding Dorje Phagmo Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Tibet: ཡོངས་དགེ་མི་འགྱུར་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། Wylie: yongs dge mi 'gyur rin po che)[1][failed verification] is a Tibetan teacher and master of the Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
His mother is Sönam Chödrön, a descendant of the two Tibetan kings Songtsen Gampo and Trisong Deutsen.
From the age of nine,[1] his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche,[1] taught him meditation,[1] passing on to him the most essential instructions of the Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions.
[2] Mingyur Rinpoche has overseen the Kathmandu Tergar Osel Ling Monastery, founded by his father, since 2010.
[3] In June 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche left his monastery in Bodhgaya to begin a period of extended retreat.