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| His Eminence Luding Khenchen Rinpoche (75th Head of the Ngor Lineage) (1931) |
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 His Eminence Kyabje Dorje Chang Luding Khenchen Rinpoche is the 75th Head of the Ngor lineage, which is one of two sub-sects of the Sakya tradition in Tibetan Buddhism. A highly respected teacher, His Eminence is believed to be the emanation of Vajrapani. After forty-six years as head of the lineage, he retired in 2000, passing leadership of the monastery over to his nephew Luding Khen Rinpoche. Whilst in exile, his Eminence worked relentlessly to preserve the teachings and traditions of the Ngor School. In 1961, he oversaw the building of the Ngor monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim and then in 1978, he re-established the Ngorpal Ewan Choden Monastery in Mandawala, Dehradum in North India. Since re-establishing the monastery, His Eminence has worked relentlessly to bestow an array of oral transmissions, teachings, and holds numerous retreats. Over the years, His Eminence has ordained over twelve-thousand monks and nuns. Today, the monastery is fully re-established. The performance and training of monks in all of the annual 'drubchot' great tantric rituals, is in full flourish. There is a training school for young monks with a retreat centre, library, and Sakya Pandita shrine. There are also plans for a tantric college for in-depth study of the tantras. Today, hundreds of monks travel great distances to enroll in the Ngor Monastery School of ritual studies and to participate in the annual grand rituals, maintaining Ngor Monastery's heritage as a seat of learning and the headquarters for training of monks. Thus, the Ngor tradition has not only been completely re-established, it has also been spread throughout the world. |
Date of Birth: 02 Jan, 1931
Location: India
State: Uttaranchal
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His Eminence Kyabje Dorje Change Luding Khenchen Rinpoche was born in 1931, near the Ngor Ewam monastery called Pangshal. His Eminence comes from the family of Shang (also called Sharchen, or Ludingpa). This family has a long tradition of producing scholars and siddhas. At the age of ten, in accordance with tradition, he was ordained as a monk by his uncle, Khenchen Sharchen Jamyang Thupten Lungtok Gyaltsen Palsangpo. Afterwards, he went through a period of study and practice. At the age of seventeen, he commenced his first long retreat staying for three and a half years meditating on Hewajra and other major deities. In 1954, at the age of twenty-four, His Eminence was enthroned as the 75th abbot of the Ngor monastery. Traditionally this position was held only for a three-year period, being alternated between four Ngor Houses; Luding, Khangsar, Thartse, and Phende. Due to the takeover of Tibet in 1959, and the disruption of the Ngor monastic system, his Eminence continued to lead the Ngor School up until March 16th, 2000, when he past the abbotship onto his nephew Luding Khen Rinpoche. In 1959, His Eminence escaped to Darjeeling in India. In 1961, he established the Ngor monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim. In 1978, he also re-established the Ngorpal Ewam Choden Monastery in Mandawala, Dehradum in North India.
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www.sakya.thinkbig.ca/lama-kyabje.html
www.kbi.com.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?page=page.html&rec=10
jamyang190.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html
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