Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche (རྫོང་གསར་ འཇམ་དབྱངས་ མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་ རིན་པོ་ཆེ, born 1961), also known as Khyentse Norbu, is a lama, filmmaker, and writer. His films include The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003) and Vara: A Blessing (2013). He is the author of the books What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Shambhala, 2007); Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices (Shambhala, 2012); The Guru Drinks Bourbon (Shambhala, 2016) and other books.

He is the eldest son of Thinley Norbu and the grandson of Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje.