Khenchen Kunga Wangchuk was born in Derge. He received full ordination form Ngor Thartse Namkha Kunsang Tenpa. He also received teachings and transmissions including Lamdre from masters like Do-sib Khen Thupten, Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, and Ajam Tulku. At a young age, he was appointed as the lead chanter at Khamje Shedra and abbot of Do-sib […]
Tharig Tulku Rinpoche held the unbroken lineage of Nagarakshita (Khon Lui Wangpo Sungwa), a direct disciple of Guru Padmambhava and Śāntarakṣita, who was one of the first seven monks in probation during the time of King Trisong Deutsen in the beginning of 7th century. Thus, it is believed that the sixth Tharig Tulku Rinpoche was […]
Dezhung Lungrig Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche or the third Dezhung Tulku, was an important Sakya teacher renowned for his vast learning and realization. He was a student of Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro and many other masters. Dezhung Rinpoche established Tharlam Sasang Namgyaling Monastery in Kathmandu. Several world’s leading Tibetan scholars were Rinpoche’s students. Extracted from Dezhung […]
Kyabgon Ngawang Kunga Tashi Trinley was born in 1934 during the wood-dog year. He is widely known as Kyabgon Kuzhon Rinpoche of Phuntsok Phodrang, the younger brother of Vajradhāra Kyabgon Jigdral Dagchen Rinpoche. Rinpoche is also known to be the incarnation of Dolma Phodrang’s Kyabgon Jamyang Thupten Zangpo. At the age of six, he received […]
Ngawang Kunga Rinchen, the father of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen (the forty-first Sakya throneholder) and Her Eminence Jetsun Luding Kushok, and the eldest son of the thirty-ninth Sakya throneholder, Dragshul Thinley Rinchen. Below is a brief recount of His Holiness the Sakya Trichen about his father: The real name of my father is Ngawang […]
The great master Appey Rinpoche was born at Kutse Ser Jong in Derge, Kham. Since young he began his religious training at Kutse Ser Jong Monastery. Later, he went to Kham-jé Shedra at Dzongsar Monastery, where he completed his studies on all the Dharma scriptures and texts written by both Tibetan and Indian masters. In […]
His Holiness Dagchen Ngawang Kunga Sonam Jigdal was born to the fortieth Sakya throneholder, Trichen Ngawang Thutop Wangchuk, and Gyalyum Dechen Drolma in Sakya, Tibet. He did extensive studies of the sūtras and tantras under the lotus feet of his father as well as Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and other great masters […]