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Apho Yeshe Rangdrol was the grandson of the great Drukpa Kagyu yogi Shakya Shri. His seat in Tibet was called Kyiphug, a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1975, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Ses Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.
[[Image:Apho_Rinpoche-1.jpg|frame|right|Apho Rinpoche, Manali 1974]]'''Apho Yeshe Rangdrol''' was the grandson of the great [[Drukpa Kagyu]] yogi [[Shakya Shri]]. His seat in Tibet was called [[Kyiphug]], a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1974, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Sey Rinpoche [[Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche]] continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.
 


===Primary Teachers===
===Primary Teachers===
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*[[Tripon Pema Chogyal]]


===Primary Students===
*[[Gegen Khyentse]]
*[[Lama Dawa Gyaltsen]]


[[Image:Abu Rinpoche.jpg|frame|]]
===Primary Lineage===
===Primary Lineage===
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*Drukpa Kagyu Mahamudra
*Drukpa Kagyu Dzogchen
 
 
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[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu Masters]]
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Apho Rinpoche, Manali 1974

Apho Yeshe Rangdrol was the grandson of the great Drukpa Kagyu yogi Shakya Shri. His seat in Tibet was called Kyiphug, a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1974, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Sey Rinpoche Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.


Primary Teachers

Primary Students

Abu Rinpoche.jpg

Primary Lineage

  • Drukpa Kagyu Mahamudra
  • Drukpa Kagyu Dzogchen