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| − | Venerable '''Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche''' is one of the most qualified scholars and teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
| + | His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa is a pre-eminent Dzogchen teacher and Nyingma lineage holder. He is known as one of the greatest living tertons (treasure revealers) in the world today, having revealed the 3 classes of terma; those received directly from the mind, "crazy" termas which can manifest in the yogi as unconventional behavior, and secret termas which can only be revealed by one who is the owner of all 18 families of terma. His Holiness has been recognized as the incarnation of the Mahasiddha Drilbupa and of Lha-lung Pelgyi Dorje. His title, Kusum Lingpa means "Treasure Revealer of the Three Kayas." |
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| − | He entered [[Gochen Monastery]] at the age of six, where he began intensive training in all facets of Tibetan Buddhism. At age 12 he entered [[Riwoche Monastery]], training to become a Khenpo. In 1960 he had to flee to India. There, for over 15 years, he was in charge of the Nyingmapa Department at the [[Central Institute of Higher Studies]] in Varanasi, as well as being a founding member of that Institute. In the 1980's he began teaching at various centers of Dudjom Rinpoche in the West. In 1988, along with his brother, Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, who acts as his translator, he founded the [[Padmasambhava Buddhist Centers]], which now have branches in the U.S., India, and Russia.
| + | Concerning his life work, His Holiness said recently: "Much earlier in my life, I made a pilgrimage to Samye. There, due to the good karma and auspicious coincidence in conjunction with the needs of these times, I saw all my past and future lives. I recalled all the teachings I had received directly from Guru Rinpoche when I was his disciple, and I saw all the hardships and difficulties of the time in which I am now living. This made it possible for me to reveal those teachings which are of particular benefit now, in this time of terrible suffering." |
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| − | Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche has received many honors for his scholarship from His Holiness [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and other Tibetan leaders. He is fully versed in many areas of Buddhist study and is the author of several learned works and Tibetan language books. He is also considered a master of [[Dzogchen]], the highest tradition of meditation practice in Tibetan Buddhism.
| + | "His Holiness is a force of nature, a living repository of Tibet's most exalted spiritual traditions... He is not to be missed!" |
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| − | :from [http://www.padmasambhava.org/pbc/info/khenpos.php website]
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| − | [[Khenchen Tendzin Dragpa]]; [[Dzigar Kongtrul Lodro Rabphel]]; [[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]]; [[Kangyur Rinpoche]]; [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche|Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Paljor]]; [[Khenchen Thubten Tsondru]]; [[Riwoche Khenpo Dragpa Jangchub]]; [[Khunu Lama]].
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| − | ===Primary Lineage===
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| − | [[Terton Tsasum Lingpa]]; [[Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso]]; [[Longchen Nyingtik]]; [[Jatson Nyingpo]]; [[Sangye Lingpa]]; [[Ratna Lingpa]]; [[Chetsun Nyingtik]]; [[Taglung Kagyu]].
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| − | ===Publications===
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| − | *''Collected Works'' (three Tibetan volumes published in India; available as E-books on the Sky Dancer Press website under 'Links'.) These volumes include commentaries on such texts as [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s ''[[Definitive Meaning: The Sword of Wisdom]]''; [[Nup Sangye Yeshe]]'s ''[[Lamp of the Eye of Meditation]]''; Padmasambhava's ''[[Stages of the Path, a Heap of Jewels]]''; [[Vasubandhu]]'s ''Twenty Stanzas''; and the ''Heart Sutra.'' There are commentaries on prayers to Padmasambhava, Yeshe Tsogyal, [[Tsasum Lingpa]], ''[[The Praise to the 21 Taras]]'', and the Vajrasattva mantra. These volumes also include biographies of Nup Sangye Yeshe and his incarnations; [[Machik Labdron]]; [[Khenchen Tendzin Dragpa]] (Khenchen Palden's root guru); and a history of [[Sangphu Neuthok Monastery]], which includes biographies of [[Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherab]] and his disciples. They also include his compositions on logic, Madhyamaka, and grammar, as well as sadhanas, prayers, and poems.
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| − | *English publications include: ''The Smile of the Sun and Moon,'' a commentary on the ''Praise to the 21 Taras''.
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| − | *Books with Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche: ''[[Opening to our Primordial Nature]]'' (Snow Lion, 2006. A reprint of ''The Light of the Three Jewels,'' Dharma Samudra, 1993.)
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| − | *Publications by Sky Dancer Press include:
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| − | *''[[Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence]]'';
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| − | *''[[The Door of Inconceivable Wisdom and Compassion]]'';
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| − | *''[[Lion's Gaze]]'';
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| − | *''The Prajnaparamita''; and
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| − | *''The Six Perfections.
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| − | ===Index to Collected Works in Tibetan===
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| − | *[[Collected Works of Khenpo Palden Sherab]]
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| − | ===External Links===
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| − | http://www.padmasambhava.org
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| − | http://www.skydancerpress.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=51
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| − | ===Email===
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| − | jowozegyal@catskill.net
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His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa is a pre-eminent Dzogchen teacher and Nyingma lineage holder. He is known as one of the greatest living tertons (treasure revealers) in the world today, having revealed the 3 classes of terma; those received directly from the mind, "crazy" termas which can manifest in the yogi as unconventional behavior, and secret termas which can only be revealed by one who is the owner of all 18 families of terma. His Holiness has been recognized as the incarnation of the Mahasiddha Drilbupa and of Lha-lung Pelgyi Dorje. His title, Kusum Lingpa means "Treasure Revealer of the Three Kayas."
Concerning his life work, His Holiness said recently: "Much earlier in my life, I made a pilgrimage to Samye. There, due to the good karma and auspicious coincidence in conjunction with the needs of these times, I saw all my past and future lives. I recalled all the teachings I had received directly from Guru Rinpoche when I was his disciple, and I saw all the hardships and difficulties of the time in which I am now living. This made it possible for me to reveal those teachings which are of particular benefit now, in this time of terrible suffering."
"His Holiness is a force of nature, a living repository of Tibet's most exalted spiritual traditions... He is not to be missed!"