The Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoches
Revision as of 21:48, 14 January 2006 by SherabDrime (talk | contribs)
Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, the first Sangye Nyenpa, Tashi Paljor (1457-1525) was the root teacher of the 8th Karmapa Mikyo Dorje (1507-1554). The 4th Sangye Nyenpa dge legs rgya mtsho founded the great monastery of Benchen in Kham/East Tibet. The present 10th Sangye Nyenpa was born in 1964 in Bhutan, and resides in his monastery in exile in Kathmandu/Nepal
- 1st Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, bkra shis dpal 'byor (1427-1489)
- 2nd Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, lung rtogs rab brtan
- 3rd Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, dge legs snying po
- 4th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, dge legs rgya mtsho
- 5th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, bde legs snying po,
- 6th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, bsgrub rgyu'i bstan dar
- 7th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, shes rab snying po
- 8th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, bkra shis grub mchog
- 9th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, dge legs grub pa'i nyi ma, (d.1962)
- 10th Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche, bstan pa'i nyi ma (b.1964)