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[[Image:Thrangu_Rinpoche.jpg|frame]]'''Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche''' ([[Wyl.]] ''khra 'gu rin po che'') was born in Kham, Tibet | [[Image:Thrangu_Rinpoche.jpg|frame]] | ||
'''Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche''' (Tib. ཁྲ་འགུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''khra 'gu rin po che'') (1933-2023<ref>Source: [https://rinpoche.com/to-all-those-around-the-world-who-have-a-connection-direct-or-indirect-with-the-lord-of-refuge-khenchen-thrangu-rinpoche official announcement]</ref>) was born in [[Kham]], Tibet. At the age of four he was formally recognized by His Holiness the [[Sixteenth Karmapa]] and [[Palpung Situ Pema Wangchuk Gyalpo|Eleventh Tai Situpa]] as the ninth incarnation of the great Thrangu [[tulku]], the abbot of [[Thrangu Monastery]], whose root incarnation was [[Shüpu Palgyi Sengé]], one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He began his formal studies at the age of seven and received [[fully ordained monk|full ordination]] at the age of twenty-three from the Sixteenth Karmapa. Following this, Thrangu Rinpoche engaged in a period of intense practice and retreat and received further teachings from one of his [[root teacher]]s, [[Khenpo Gangshar]]. | |||
He was forced to flee to India in 1959, and consequently went to [[Rumtek Monastery]] in Sikkim, where the Karmapa has his seat in exile. He was the main teacher of the four principal [[Karma Kagyü]] tulkus of that time—the four regents of the Karmapa ([[Shamar Rinpoche]], [[Tai Situ Rinpoche]], [[Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche]], and [[Gyaltsab Rinpoche]]). At the age of thirty-five he was given the degrees of Geshe Lharampa and Khenchen. Later, he was also appointed by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] to be the personal tutor for His Holiness the [[Seventeenth Karmapa]]. | He was forced to flee to India in 1959, and consequently went to [[Rumtek Monastery]] in Sikkim, where the Karmapa has his seat in exile. He was the main teacher of the four principal [[Karma Kagyü]] tulkus of that time—the four regents of the Karmapa ([[Shamar Rinpoche]], [[Tai Situ Rinpoche]], [[Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche]], and [[Gyaltsab Rinpoche]]). At the age of thirty-five he was given the degrees of [[Geshe Lharampa]] and [[Khenchen]]. Later, he was also appointed by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]] to be the personal tutor for His Holiness the [[Ogyen Trinley Dorje|Seventeenth Karmapa]]. | ||
In 1976 he began to teach in the West and became the abbot of Gampo Abbey—a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada—as well as to take charge of the [[three-year retreat]] centre at Samyé Ling in Scotland. He | In 1976 he began to teach in the West and became the abbot of Gampo Abbey—a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada—as well as to take charge of the [[three-year retreat]] centre at Samyé Ling in Scotland. He was a recognized master of [[Mahamudra]] meditation and had a special, direct transmission of the [[Shentong]] philosophical tradition. He was especially known for making complex teachings accessible to Western students. | ||
He | He was also the author of the widely studied ''The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight'', a commentary on the eighth chapter of [[Jamgön Kongtrul]]’s [[Treasury of Knowledge]], on [[shamatha]] and [[vipashyana]]. | ||
==Publications== | |||
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was the author of 45 Dharma books in English, below are just a few. For a complete list, you can visit his website below. | |||
*Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ''Essential Practice'', translated by Jules B. Levinson (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002) | |||
*Thrangu Rinpoche, ''Buddha Nature'' (Bookpeople, 1996), ISBN 978-9627341178 | |||
*Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, ''The Practice of Tranquility and Insight—A Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1993), ISBN 978-1559391061 | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:26, 8 June 2023
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (Tib. ཁྲ་འགུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. khra 'gu rin po che) (1933-2023[1]) was born in Kham, Tibet. At the age of four he was formally recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and Eleventh Tai Situpa as the ninth incarnation of the great Thrangu tulku, the abbot of Thrangu Monastery, whose root incarnation was Shüpu Palgyi Sengé, one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. He began his formal studies at the age of seven and received full ordination at the age of twenty-three from the Sixteenth Karmapa. Following this, Thrangu Rinpoche engaged in a period of intense practice and retreat and received further teachings from one of his root teachers, Khenpo Gangshar.
He was forced to flee to India in 1959, and consequently went to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, where the Karmapa has his seat in exile. He was the main teacher of the four principal Karma Kagyü tulkus of that time—the four regents of the Karmapa (Shamar Rinpoche, Tai Situ Rinpoche, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, and Gyaltsab Rinpoche). At the age of thirty-five he was given the degrees of Geshe Lharampa and Khenchen. Later, he was also appointed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to be the personal tutor for His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa.
In 1976 he began to teach in the West and became the abbot of Gampo Abbey—a Buddhist monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada—as well as to take charge of the three-year retreat centre at Samyé Ling in Scotland. He was a recognized master of Mahamudra meditation and had a special, direct transmission of the Shentong philosophical tradition. He was especially known for making complex teachings accessible to Western students.
He was also the author of the widely studied The Practice of Tranquillity and Insight, a commentary on the eighth chapter of Jamgön Kongtrul’s Treasury of Knowledge, on shamatha and vipashyana.
Publications
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche was the author of 45 Dharma books in English, below are just a few. For a complete list, you can visit his website below.
- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Essential Practice, translated by Jules B. Levinson (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002)
- Thrangu Rinpoche, Buddha Nature (Bookpeople, 1996), ISBN 978-9627341178
- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, The Practice of Tranquility and Insight—A Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1993), ISBN 978-1559391061
References
- ↑ Source: official announcement