Tenga Rinpoche
Tenga Rinpoche (Tibetan: དསྟན་དགའ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: bstan dgav rin po che; 1932 – 30 March 2012) was a Tibetan teacher (lama) in the Karma Kagyu tradition.[1]
Born in Kham in 1932,[1] Tenga Rinpoche was recognized as a reincarnation of Lama Samten[1][2] at the age of seven.[1]
As he grew older, he studied at Benchen Monastery[2] and was eventually given the name Karma Tenzin Thinle Namgyal from Situ Rinpoche.[2] Soon after, he was given ordination by Situ Rinpoche and entered a three-year retreat.[1][2]
He was an expert in mandala painting and sculpture.[3]
In 1959, Tenga Rinpoche left Benchen for
In 1976 Tenga Rinpoche settled in Swayambhunath, Nepal, where he founded a second Benchen Monastery and a retreat center in Pharping.[4]
In 1986, Tenga Rinpoche established the new Benchen Monastery in Kathmandu.[2]
He visited France regularly, giving teachings at Kagyu-Dzong in Paris and Vajradhara-Ling in Aubry-le-Panthou, Normandy. On 21 September 2003, he laid the cornerstone of the Temple for Peace in Normandy.[5]
On 30 March 2012, at 3:24 in the morning Nepali time, Tenga Rinpoche died.[6]
Nyima Döndrup, the yangsi (reincarnation) of the previous Tenga Rinpoche was born 14 December 2014 in Nepal. He was discovered in 2017 following the indications of the
Bibliography
- Cho: The Garden of All Joy and Generosity of the Body, trans. Yeshe Gyamtso, Peter O'Hearn, ed. Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Charitable Trust, 2007, ISBN 978-1-877294-38-9
- Transition and Liberation: Explanations of Meditation in the Bardo, trans. Alex Wilding, Susanne Schefczyk, ed. Lorenz Dobrot Khampa-Buchverlag, 1999, ISBN 978-3-9805251-2-1
- Gampopa's Mahamudra: The Five-part Mahamudra Practice Taught to Phagmo Drupa by Gampopa, Sgam-po-pa, Phag-mo-gru-pa Rdo-rje-rgyal-po, ed. Padma Karpo Translation Committee, 2008, ISBN 978-9937-2-0607-5
- Visions in Exile p. 193-197, in Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse, Dilgo Khyentse, Sogyal Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse, Ani Jinba Palmo, Dalai Lama
- Mahamudra kagyu tradition 10/13/91, New York : ARC Audio-Video, OCLC 48251788
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Short Biography of the Tenga Rinpoche Archived 2010-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f g Tenga Rinpoche Archived 2013-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tenga Rinpoche
- ^ a b Tenga Rinpoche, Visions in Exile p. 193-197, in Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
- ^ Dalaï Lama France 2008, see page 18.
- ^ The passing of Tenga Rinpoche
- ^ An Amazing Story: Finding the Reincarnation of Tenga Rinpoche
External links
- Video
- Tenga Rinpoche
- partie 1 on YouTube
- partie 2 on YouTube
- partie 3 on YouTube
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