![]() Being so gifted he was chosen to educate the four great Kagyüd Regents. He is full holder and teacher of all the Kagyüd Vajrayana lineages and has a special, direct transmission of the Shentong philosophical tradition. At the age of 35 he earned the degree of Geshe Ramjam from the Dalai Lama and was appointed "Vice Chancellor of the Principle Seat of the Kagyüd Vajra Upholder of the Three Disciplines" by His Holiness Karmapa. At the age of twenty-three along with Garwang Rinpoche and Chšgyam Trungpa Rinpoche he received the Gelong ordination from the Gyalwa Karmapa.įollowing this Thrangu Rinpoche engaged in a period of intense practice and received further instructions from his lama, Khenpo Gyangasha Wangpo. He then began his formal studies in Buddhist philosophy, psychology, logic, debate, and scriptures with Lama Khenpo Lodro Rabsel. The present incarnation, the ninth, was recognized at the age of four in 1937 by the Gyalwa Karmapa and Palpung Situ Rinpoche.įrom the age of seven until sixteen he learned to read and write, memorized texts and studied the practice of pujas. ![]() Many recent incarnations of Thrangu Rinpoche have spent much of their lives in retreat. The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and Palpung Situ Rinpoche recognized him as the incarnation of Thrangu Tulku by prophesying the names of his parents and the place of his birth. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was born in Tibet in 1933. The present, ninth incarnation of Thrangu Rinpoche is an eminent scholar. When the 7th Gyalwa Karmapa Chodrak Gyamtso (1454-1506), visited the region of Thrangu in Tibet, he established Thrangu Monastery and enthroned Sherap Gyaltsen as the first Thrangu Rinpoche, recognizing him as the re-established emanation of Shuwu Palgyi Senge, one of the twenty-five great siddha disciples of Guru Padmasambhava.
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