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'''Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk''' aka Tulku Tenpo | '''Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk''' aka Tulku Tenpo | ||
==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 [[terma]]s. Some of them he even unearthed in public, before crowds of people. Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok declared him to be a great [[bodhisattva]] who had reaced the more advanced stages ([[bhumi]]s). | |||
[[Category:Nyingma Teachers]] | [[Category:Nyingma Teachers]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:45, 3 August 2007
Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk aka Tulku Tenpo
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 reaced the more advanced stages (bhumis).