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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
| The fourth son of the Dilgo family Date of Birth: 12.04.1910 Country: Dive |
Content:
- Birth and Lineage
- Recognition as an Incarnation
- Teachers and Training
- Years of Retreat and Study
- Work and Fleeing Tibet
- Exile in Bhutan and India
- Final Years and Passing
- Discovery and Recognition of the New Incarnation
Birth and Lineage
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was born in the Denchok Valley of Kham, Tibet, into the Dilgo family, which traces its lineage to the great Tibetan king Trisong Detsen.
His grandfather, Tashi Tsering, and later his father, were ministers to the King of Derge, the largest and most influential of Kham's numerous small principalities.
Recognition as an Incarnation
To the northeast of Derge lay Shechen, one of the six major Nyingma monasteries.
It was there that Khyentse Wangpo's close disciple, Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche (1871-1926), formally recognized and enthroned the young Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, aged twelve, as one of t