'It is again, within two weeks, with a very sad heart that I
announce that Khenpo Appey has passed away, December the 28th,
2010.'
http://sakyaresourceguide.blogspot.com/2010/12/khenpo-appey-1927-2010.html
Khenpo Appey Yönten Zangpo (1927-2010), one of
the foremost masters of the Sakya school
in recent times, was a student of
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and the tutor of Sogyal
Rinpoche and
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.
At the age of nine he became a monk at Serjong Monastery, where
a year later he received his first teachings from Gapa Khenpo
Jamgyal, also known as Khenpo
Jamyang Gyaltsen.
For nine years, from the age of 14 to 23, at Serjong Shedra,
Khenpo Appey studied ‘the
thirteen classical texts’ based on Khenpo
Shenga’s famous annotation commentaries. During his last two
years at the shedra he
studied with
Khenpo Dragyab Lodrö who later became the fifth khenpo at
Dzongsar Shedra and wrote a commentary on the ninth chapter of the
Bodhicharyavatara.
After his nine years of intensive study at Serjong Shedra, Khenpo
Appey went to the shedra at Dzongsar Monastery, where he was able
to continue his studies under Khenpo Dragyab Lodrö for another
year. He also studied with Dezhung
Ajam Rinpoche.
He went to see
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö in Sikkim in 1957. He then
returned to Tibet and spent time at Ngor
Monastery, but left in 1959 when Tibet was lost. He went to see
Jamyang Khyentse who was ill in Sikkim. After Jamyang Khyentse
passed away, in accordance with his final wishes, he began to teach
Sogyal
Rinpoche, giving him instruction on the Bodhicharyavatara
in the Palace
Monastery in the presence of Jamyang Khyentse's
kudung.
Later, while Sogyal Rinpoche was attending school in Kalimpong,
Khenpo Appey spent one or two years in retreat in a small village
in Sikkim. He was later requested to tutor
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. For this purpose, he founded the
Sakya
College in Barlow Ganj, Mussoorie, on 19th December 1972, the
anniversary of Sakya
Pandita. In the first year, there were only seven students.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche studied there for five years. From 1972
to 1985, Khenpo Appey worked full time to look after the college
and was responsible for teachings the classes, supervising the
administration and raising funds.
In 2001 he established the International Buddhist
Academy in Boudhanath,
Nepal. He passed away in Nepal on Tuesday 28th December, 2010.
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Khenpo_Appey