Ngor Khangsar Khenchen Ngawang Lodro Shenphen Nyingpo (Khenchen Dhamapa), the sixty-fifth abbot of Ngor Monastery, was born in Tzarong Menthang. He was later enthroned as Ngor Khangsar Shabdrung. He received the three vows from the fifty-ninth Ngor abbot, Khangsar Khenchen Ngawang Lodro Nyingpo. When he went to receive teachings from Dzogchen Shenga Rinpoche, Shenga Rinpoche […]
Dakpa Jamyang Chokyi Nyima, also known as Luding Gyalse Jamyang Chokyi Nyima, was the sixty-sixth abbot of the Ngor Monastery. A holder of the Vajrayoginī lineage and Lamdré Lobshed lineage, he was a student of Jamgon Loter Wangpo. […]
Khangsar Khenchen Dorje Chang Ngawang Lodro Nyingpo is the fifty-ninth abbot of Ngor Monastery. […]
Ngawang Thutob Wangchug Dragshul Yonten Gyatso Tashi Dragpai Gyaltsen Pal Zangpo is the fortieth throne holder of Sakya. His father was the thirty-eighth Sakya throne holder, Zamling Chegu Wangdu and his mother was Chonyi Wangmo from the noble family of Thunmi Sambhota. Many wondrous auspiciousness signs were witnessed when he was born. It is said […]
Dragshul Thinley Rinchen, the thirty-ninth Sakya throneholder, was the paternal grandfather of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen, the forty-first Sakya throneholder and Her Eminence Jetsun Luding Kushok. He was born amidst auspicious signs and had since young age demonstrated extraordinary qualities. He received all the precepts, teachings, transmissions, empowerments, and instructions from his father, Kunga […]
Zamling Chegü Wangdü is the thirty-eighth Sakya throneholder. His father was Ngawang Kunga Sonam, the thirty-sixth Sakya throneholder. Further Readings: Brief Biography of Zamling Chegü Wangdü by H.E. Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche […]
Jamgon Loter Wangpo, also known as Jamyang Loter Wangpo, was born as the son of Pasang Norbu and Yonten Kyi near Samdup Tse, in Tsang Nyangmed Tibet. At a young age, he joined Ngor Ewam Monastery where he studied ritual practices from Acharya Sonam Phuntsok, along with literature, astrology, and other subjects from Pandita Jigme […]
His Eminence the 25th Chogye Trichen Rinpoche (1919-2007) was born on the 4th day of 8th lunar month of Tibetan calendar of Iron-Monkey year in 1919 to the Kushang family. Khangsar Khenpo Jampal Nyingpo adorned him with the Dharma name, Kunsang Chimey Wangpo. At the age of seven, he began to learn the art of […]
Chetsun Rinchen Khyentse Wangpo, the twenty-fourth abbot of Nalendra Monastery, was recognized as a rebirth of Rongton Sakya Gyaltsen. Machig Labdron prophesized that Sakya Gyaltsen was an emanation of Maitreya. […]
Born in 1894, Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Rinpoche was recognized as one of the incarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and acquired his name as he took responsibility for Dzongsar monastery. Like his predecessor, he received teachings from a wide variety of teachers, and held and propagated many lineages of meditation practice. He greatly expanded Khamje […]
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