Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche

Khenpo Pema Sherab

Khenchen Pema Sherab was born in 1936, at Riphu, in Dege in Kham province. He started to study at the age of eight, learning to read and write Tibetan with his uncle, Lama Chözang, while he was herding cattle. At fourteen, he went to Lhasa and studied under masters and scholars of all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1953 he received ordination from Shechen Kongtrul Rinpoche.

In 1959, he fled to India. There he met Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche from whom he received many teachings including the Guhyagarbha Tantra, and Longchenpa’s Treasury of Pith Instructions. In 1968, at the request of Kyabjé Penor Rinpoche he went to Namdroling Monastery to teach. Though the shedra was not yet established at that time, Khen Rinpoche taught the monks for several years. The shedra was finally established in 1978 and from then until 2003, for 25 years, Khenpo Pema Sherab taught there tirelessly while also managing the institution.

Among the many books he has written are a biography of Guru Padmasambhava, an exposition of the two truths, lorig and takrig, and an exposition of logic.

Writings

• dge ba'i bshes gnyen chen po thub bstan brtson 'grus phun tshogs kyi rnam thar bdud rtsi'i zegs ma, Namdroling, 1987