Denma Locho Rinpoche

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Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche (1928 Kham, Tibet - 23 October 2014, MacLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, India) also known as Lobsang Oser Choying Gyatso, was a Tibetan incarnate lama, or tulku, of the Loseling College of Drepung Monastery. An expert on Yamantaka and Vajrayogini, he is considered an incomparable luminary of Je Tsongkhapa's lineage, is renowned as a holder of the Tantric lineages, a master of the Tantric yogas, and the lineage holder of Ling Rinpoche.

Born in 1928 in Gaba, Kham, the eastern region of Tibet, from the Rongpo clan, where he was recognized at age six as the reincarnation of a famous lama, Choying Gyatso aka Gen Locho, from the local Selkar Monastery and of Drepung Loseling. At age twelve, at the insistence of Tongpun Rinpoche, Denma Locho Rinpoche entered Drepung Loseling Monastic College outside Lhasa and studied with Tongpun Rinpoche until he departed for China a few years later. Thereafter, he was tutored by Gen Nyima Gyaltsen. He obtained his Lharampa Geshe degree, equivalent to a PhD, and was first in his class. He then completed his tantric exams at Gyume Tantric College in 1958. ^{[1] [2][3]}

His education complete, Rinpoche decided to spend the rest of his life in contemplative retreat and sought the advice and permission of the

Rinpoche first came to the United States in 1978 where he taught for one year at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He taught at Jewel Heart in the United States and the Netherlands several times, at Drepung Loseling Monastery USA, Ladakh and the monasteries of South India. ^[4]

Locho Rinpoche received many teachings from the late Venerable Ling Rinpoche, the senior tutor to the Dalai Lama, and became the main lineage holder of his teachings. When the Dalai Lama's senior tutor Kyabje Ling Dorjechang passed away and his young reincarnation, the 7th Kyabjé Yongzin Ling Rinpoche was discovered, the Dalai Lama appointed Rinpoche as his tutor.^[5]

Rinpoche's principal gurus were Lithang Kyabgon (Shogdrung Rinpoche) and Lhatsung Dorje Chang, "the two masters from whom Rinpoche received the unique lineages of Manjushri/Yamantaka and Vajrayogini that came to define him;" Yongzin Ling Rinpoche;

His body was cremated at Gyuto Monastery on November 3, 2014. The head lamas present for the many services held in his honor were the Gaden Tripa, Rizong Rinpoche; Gyuto Abbot Emeritus, Tongpun Rinpoche; and Gyuto Khen Rinpoche, Jhado Rinpoche. ^[6][7]

Bibliography

• Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism, with
  ISBN 9780861711192,ASIN 086171119X
• THE WHEEL OF EXISTENCE: The Twelve Links of Dependent existence; Denma Locho Rinpoche: Teachings in the Netherlands, 1987

References

External links

• My Life in the Land of Snow by Denma Locho Rinpoche
• Invoking the Truth of the Tri-Ratna: A Supplication for the Swift Return of Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche, The Dalai Lama composed a prayer supplicating for Rinpoche’s swift return at the request of his students.
• The Gentle Rain of the Immortal Nectar of Denma Locho Rimpoche, Long Life Prayer; printed in Tibetan, transliterated in English and translated into English.
• Video, Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche teaching on The Fusion of Wisdom and Compassion
• Audio, Denma Locho Rinpoche teaching on The Three Principal Aspects of the Path and Steps on the Path
• Text, Denma Locho Rinpoche teaching on Three Principal Aspects of the Path
• Text, Denma Locho Rinpoche teaching on The Two Truths