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'''Khandro Rinpoche Tsering Paldrön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''tshe ring dpal sgron'') (b.1967) is the daughter of Kyabjé [[Minling Trichen Rinpoche]]. | '''Khandro Rinpoche Tsering Paldrön''' ([[Wyl.]] ''tshe ring dpal sgron'') (b.1967) is the daughter of Kyabjé [[Minling Trichen Rinpoche]]. | ||
She was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the [[16th Karmapa]] as the reincarnation of the great [[dakini]] of [[Tsurphu]], [[Khandro Ugyen Tsomo]], one of the most renowned female masters of her time. The present Khandro Rinpoche holds the lineages of both the Nyingma and [[Kagyü]] traditions. | She was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the [[16th Karmapa]] as the reincarnation of the great [[dakini]] of [[Tsurphu]], [[Khandro Ugyen Tsomo]], one of the most renowned female masters of her time. The present Khandro Rinpoche holds the lineages of both the [[Nyingma]] and [[Kagyü]] traditions. | ||
Khandro Rinpoche has received teachings and transmissions from some of the most accomplished masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], [[Minling Trichen]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Tenga Rinpoche]], [[Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche]] and [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]. | Khandro Rinpoche has received teachings and transmissions from some of the most accomplished masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], [[Minling Trichen]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Tenga Rinpoche]], [[Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche]] and [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]. | ||
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Khandro Rinpoche Tsering Paldrön (Wyl. tshe ring dpal sgron) (b.1967) is the daughter of Kyabjé Minling Trichen Rinpoche.
She was recognized at the age of two by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa as the reincarnation of the great dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo, one of the most renowned female masters of her time. The present Khandro Rinpoche holds the lineages of both the Nyingma and Kagyü traditions.
Khandro Rinpoche has received teachings and transmissions from some of the most accomplished masters of the 20th century, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Minling Trichen, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche, Tenga Rinpoche, Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
Rinpoche maintains a rigorous schedule, teaching from both the Kagyü and Nyingma traditions in the USA including Hawaii, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Greece. She has established and heads the Samten Tse Retreat Center in Mussoori, India, which is home to 30 nuns and also provides a place of study and retreat for monastics and western lay practitioners. Rinpoche is also resident teacher at the Lotus Garden Retreat Center in Virginia, USA, which she established to provide retreat practice, the study of important Buddhist texts, and visiting teachers from all lineages. Rinpoche is also actively involved with the Mindroling Monastery in Dehra Dun, India.
She also heads a variety of charitable projects that supply health care and Buddhist education for monastics and lay practitioners who work side by side in a variety of challenging settings—including a leprosy project.
Publications
- This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment (Shambhala Publications, 2003)
Teachings Given at Rigpa Centres
- Berlin Centre, April 2009
- Lerab Ling, 1 October 2010, 'Compassion Versus Competition: An Essential Teaching on the Buddhist Practice of Lojong'