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| − | Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk (Tib. | + | [[Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk]] (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཁང་སར་བསྟན་པའི་དབང་ཕྱུག]]}}་, Wyl. [[khang sar bstan pa'i dbang phyug]]) aka [[Tulku Tenpo]] (b. 1938); |
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk was born amidst miraculous signs in Akyong Khangsar in Golok at dawn on January 1st 1938. The time of his birth was marked by the conjunction of 'four tigers': he was born in the Earth Tiger year, in the tiger month, on the tiger day, and at dawn, which is the time of the tiger. He was soon recognized as the incarnation of Payak Önpo Rigdzin Dorje, who was an emanation of [[Yudra Nyingpo]], one of [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s [[Padmasambhava#Twenty-five main disciples|twenty-five disciples]]. | + | [[Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk]] was born amidst miraculous signs in Akyong Khangsar in Golok at dawn on January 1st 1938. The time of his birth was marked by the conjunction of 'four tigers': he was born in the Earth Tiger year, in the tiger month, on the tiger day, and at dawn, which is the time of the tiger. He was soon recognized as the incarnation of [[Payak Önpo Rigdzin Dorje]], who was an emanation of [[Yudra Nyingpo]], one of [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s [[Padmasambhava#Twenty-five main disciples|twenty-five disciples]]. |
| − | He studied with Palyul Choktrul Jampal Gyepe Dorje, Akyong Tokden Rinpoche Lodrö Gyatso and other masters, gaining profound levels of realization, so that he met deities in visions and received prophecies from them, and his understanding of the [[sutra]]s and [[tantras]] expanded to became limitlessly vast. He revealed both earth and mind [[terma]]s. Some of them he even unearthed in public, before crowds of people. [[Jigme Phuntsok|Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]] declared him to be a great [[bodhisattva]] who had reached the more advanced stages ([[bhumi]]s). | + | He studied with [[Palyul Choktrul Jampal Gyepe Dorje]], [[Akyong Tokden Rinpoche Lodrö Gyatso]] and other masters, gaining profound levels of realization, so that he met deities in visions and received prophecies from them, and his understanding of the [[sutra]]s and [[tantras]] expanded to became limitlessly vast. He revealed both earth and mind [[terma]]s. Some of them he even unearthed in public, before crowds of people. [[Jigme Phuntsok|Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]] declared him to be a great [[bodhisattva]] who had reached the more advanced stages ([[bhumi]]s). |
| − | He established both Khangsar Taklung Monastery and Payak Monastery. | + | He established both [[Khangsar Taklung Monastery]] and [[Payak Monastery]]. |
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| − | His collected writings include commentaries on The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Rigdzin Düpa, [[Tsik Sum Né Dek]], [[Longchenpa]]'s [[ | + | ==His Writings== |
| + | His collected writings include commentaries on ''[[The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva]]'', [[Rigdzin Düpa]], [[Tsik Sum Né Dek]], [[Longchenpa]]'s ''[[Neluk Dzö]]'' and ''[[Chöying Dzö]]'', and [[Shabkar]]'s ''[[Flight of the Garuda]]''. | ||
| + | ==Further Reading== | ||
| + | *{{Nolinking|Morten Østensen, ''In the Presence of the Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King (mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos)''. M.A. thesis, 2008}} | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *{{TBRC|P8382|TBRC Profile}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 23 April 2014
Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk (Tib. ཁང་སར་བསྟན་པའི་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wyl. khang sar bstan pa'i dbang phyug) aka Tulku Tenpo (b. 1938);
Biography
Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk was born amidst miraculous signs in Akyong Khangsar in Golok at dawn on January 1st 1938. The time of his birth was marked by the conjunction of 'four tigers': he was born in the Earth Tiger year, in the tiger month, on the tiger day, and at dawn, which is the time of the tiger. He was soon recognized as the incarnation of Payak Önpo Rigdzin Dorje, who was an emanation of Yudra Nyingpo, one of Guru Rinpoche's twenty-five disciples.
He studied with Palyul Choktrul Jampal Gyepe Dorje, Akyong Tokden Rinpoche Lodrö Gyatso and other masters, gaining profound levels of realization, so that he met deities in visions and received prophecies from them, and his understanding of the sutras and tantras expanded to became limitlessly vast. He revealed both earth and mind termas. Some of them he even unearthed in public, before crowds of people. Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok declared him to be a great bodhisattva who had reached the more advanced stages (bhumis).
He established both Khangsar Taklung Monastery and Payak Monastery.
His Writings
His collected writings include commentaries on The Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, Rigdzin Düpa, Tsik Sum Né Dek, Longchenpa's Neluk Dzö and Chöying Dzö, and Shabkar's Flight of the Garuda.
Further Reading
- Morten Østensen, In the Presence of the Dharmakaya: Dzogchen Practice According to Khangsar Tenpe Wangchug’s Notes on Dza Paltrul’s Extraordinary Teaching of the Wise and Glorious King (mkhas pa shri rgyal po’i khyad chos). M.A. thesis, 2008
