Sangpo, Khetsun

མཁས་བཙུན་བཟང་པོ་
Khetsun Sangpo (1920 - 2009)

Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche (Wyl. mkhas btsun bzang po rin po che) (1920-2009) was born in Central Tibet in 1920 from a patrilineal descent of ngakpas. He studied the sutras and tantras from 1937 to 1949. After which and until 1955 he mainly practised in closed retreat. In 1959 he fled Tibet for India where he first spent two years on retreat. Then he went to Japan to teach for 10 years at the request of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche. Back in India he became in charge of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. He is the author of many volumes of teachings including the outstanding Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in 12 vol. Rinpoche lived at his monastery in Sundarijal in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, which he established at the request of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoché. He passed into parinirvana on 6th December, 2009.

He attended the historic gathering at Prapoutel in 1990. (Source Accessed Jun 24, 2015)

In 2025, an autobiography was published with the help of Tsadra Foundation: The All Illuminating Mirror: The Life Journey of Venerable Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche in His Own Words. Katy TX, Nyingma Dojoling (USA), 2025.

All Names

Main Wylie Name	mkhas btsun bzang po	མཁས་བཙུན་བཟང་པོ
Other Names	mkhas btsun bzang po rin po che Khetsun Zangpo Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche

Relationships

Religious Affiliation	Nyingma
Is Emanation of
Has Following Emanations
Teachers	Chatral Rinpoche Dudjom Rinpoche Kangyur Rinpoche Khyentse, Dilgo Dalai Lama, 14th Shug gseb rje btsun chos dbyings bzang mo

Links

BDRC	http://tbrc.org/#!rid=P00KG09697
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