Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel

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Thrichen Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel ( Tibetan འགྱུར་ མེད་ ཀུན་ བཟང་ དབང་ རྒྱལ་ / Wylie transcription khri chen 'gyur med kun bzang dbang rgyal ; also: Gyurme Kunzang Wangyal ; * 1930 in Lumo-ra, Kham , Tibet ; † February 9, 2008 in Dehradun , India ) was the 11th Minling Thrichen Rinpoche (Tib .: smin gling khri chen rin po che ) (throne holder of Mindrölling Monastery ) of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism .

Life

Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel was born in Kham in 1930. His father was the 10th Minling Thrichen Rinpoche Gyurme Döndrub Wanggyel and his mother was Dawa Drölma. Among his teachers were Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö , " Shechen Kongtrül" Pema Drime Legpe Lodrö , Minling Chung Rinpoche , Minling Khen Rinpoche , and the former Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche. Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel spent more than 14 years of his life in retreat . He is considered the Tertön of the Nyingmapa and a direct emanation of the Padmasambhava . Due to the political situation in Tibet, Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel was not enthroned in his local Mindröl-Ling monastery. Like many other lamas of his generation, he fled the People's Liberation Army from Tibet to India in 1959 . In 1962 he was enthroned in Indian exile in the Zangdokpalri ( Kalimpong ) monastery by Düdjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse as the 11th Minling Thrichen. In 1976 he moved to Dehradun to the newly founded Mindröl-Ling monastery there. As Penor Rinpoche's successor , he was responsible for the administrative tasks of the Nyingmapa in the Tibetan government in exile after 2001 . Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel was generally regarded as one of the greatest Tibetan masters.

His daughter Khandro Rinpoche (Tshering Peldrön; * 1967) was recognized by the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje at the age of two as the reincarnation of the great Dakini of Tshurphu - Khandro Urgyen Tsomo - who was one of the most famous masters of her time. Khandro Urgyen Tsomo was the spiritual companion of the 15th Karmapa Khakyab Dorje (1871-1922) and an incarnation of the Yeshe Tshogyel .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche passes away
  2. ↑ The Parinirvana of Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche (English) ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mindrolling.org
  3. ↑ Shambhala Sun , Precious Jewels, Nov. 2001, page 67
  4. ↑ Homepage of Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
personal data
SURNAME Gyurme Künsang Wanggyel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 'gyur med kun bzang dbang rgyal; Gyurme Kunzang Wangyal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tibetan Lama of the Nyingma School, Tibetan Buddhism
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Lumo-ra, Kham , Tibet
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2008
Place of death Dehradun , India