Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche

Kyabje Tsetrul Rinpoche gathers with Lotus Garden sangha at the site of the future temple.

During the Künzang Gongpa Zanthal empowerments at Lotus Garden, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche gathers with eminents and sangha members at the site of the future temple.

In 2011, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, agreed to travel to Mindrolling Lotus Garden where he bestowed the Künzang Gongpa Zangthal empowerments on the fortunate sangha and blessed the land with his presence. Previously, many Lotus Garden sangha members had also traveled to Mindrolling Monastery in 2008 to receive the extensive teachings and empowerments of the Rinchen Terdzöd from Rinpoche.

Biography

Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche

Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche

Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was the throne-holder of the Dorje Drak Monastery, and the head of the lineage of the Northern Treasures, the tradition which originated from the treasures of the great tertön Rigdzin Godem. Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was renowned as a holder of all the great Kama and Terma traditions of the Nyingmapa, as well as being a great exponent of the Rime, or non-sectarian, tradition. Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was also one of the senior-most teachers in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Dorje Drak Monastery

Dorje Drak Monastery

Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was born in central Tibet in the Western year 1926. Recognised as an incarnation of the great master Ngok Chöku Dorje, he began his studies at the age of five in the monastery of Taklung Tse. At the age of eight, he was invited to become the throne-holder of Dorje Drak. There, he underwent rigorous training, becoming proficient in all rituals and arts, and receiving the complete teachings and empowerments of the Northern Treasures. At the age of twenty, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche received the complete empowerments and transmissions of the Rinchen Terdzöd, as well as other transmissions, from the previous Kyabje Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche.

After the invasion of Tibet in 1959, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was forced to leave Tibet. In exile, he has continued to seek out and receive teachings and transmissions from numerous masters, including HH the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and others.

Until his parinirvana on December 23, 2015, Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche resided in the town of Shimla in India, where he established a new Dorje Drak monastery in exile, and led the community there.

On October 19, 2017 a Cremation ceremony for the kudung of Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was held at Dorje Drak.

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