Tokden Achö 阿曲瑜珈長老

Tokden Achö, aka Tokden Chökyi Lodrö (b. 1932) is the seniormost tokden of Khampagar Monastery and the only one still alive from the group of tokdens who originally came out of Tibet with the previous Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyü Nyima.
阿曲瑜珈長老，別名確吉．羅卓瑜珈長老（1932生），為康巴噶寺最資深的瑜珈長老，也是當初和第八世康祖仁波切董玉尼瑪一起離開西藏的那批瑜伽長老中目前唯一仍然住世的一位。

臉書連結：阿曲瑜伽長老（Tokden Achö）

Early Life 早期生涯

Tokden Achö was born in Tibet and joined Khampagar Monastery in Kham at the age of 10. He studied for seven years and at seventeen went into retreat for ten years, receiving teachings from the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyü Nyima. In 1960 he fled to exile in India with Khamtrul Rinpoche. Together with a group of lay followers they were able to set up the Tashi Jong Community in Kangra Valley, where the new Khampagar Monastery was built.
阿曲瑜珈長老生於西藏，十歲時進入康區的康巴噶寺。學習七年後，於十七歲開始進行十年閉關，並從第八世康祖仁波切董玉尼瑪處領受教法。在1960年，他和康祖仁波切逃亡到印度。長老和一群在家居士於坎格拉谷共同設立札西炯社區，也就是新的康巴噶寺所在之處。

Activities 佛行事業

Tokden Achö has worked hard building up the Khampagar Monastery and community at Tashi Jong while receiving many teachings and empowerments from 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche and other realized masters over the years, being in retreat whenever he could. In 1986 he was appointed as personal attendant to the young Gyalwa Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima, the 9th Khamtrul Rinpoche, travelling with him to Asia and Europe, as well as on pilgrimages to many holy Buddhist sites.
多年來，阿曲瑜珈長老孜孜不倦地在札西炯打造康巴噶寺和社區，並從第八世康祖仁波切和其他了悟上師處領受許多教法和灌頂，同時盡可能進行閉關。在1986年，他被指派為第九世康祖法王（年輕的嘉華多康巴．熙竺年瑪）之私人侍者，陪伴仁波切行旅至亞洲和歐洲，以及許多佛教聖地朝聖。