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'''H. E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche''' (1930-2002)
Ayang Tulku Rinpoche


Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche belongs to the last generation of teachers to have been fully trained in Tibet in the vast wealth of Vajrayana teachings and methods. He held superb teaching lineages, primarily in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Vajrayana, which he taught unceasingly throughout his life. The main emphasis in whatever he taught was pure motivation.
===A Short Biography===


After the Communist conquest of Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche went into exile in India and Nepal. During the next twenty years, in various refugee camps and settlements, Rinpoche served as lama who administered to the refugees’ spiritual needs, as a camp leader who organized work projects, and as a physician Tibetan medicine.  
His Eminence K.C. Ayang Rinpoche was born into a nomadic family in eastern Tibet after numerous auspicious signs appeared. He was recognised to be a reincarnate [[Drikung Kagyu]] lama by a delegation of high lama including [[Ayang Drubchen Tenpal Nyinpa]], [[Melong Drubchen]], [[Traleg Kyamgon]], [[Chabdra Rinpoche]] (the tutor Of H.H. the [[Drikung Kyabgon]]), and the [[sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa]].


Rinpoche traveled to the United States in 1979. The combination of his warm personality, his depth of knowledge, and his meditative realization magnetized thousands of students. His tireless teachings led him to Europe, Russia, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, and South America. He resettled in Brazil in 1995 after successfully establishing numerous centers and meditation groups in the United States and other places. In order to maintain his lineage teachings, he ordained a number of his Western students as teachers and gave them specific authorizations to teach.  
Following his early education at [[Drikung Thil Changchub Ling]], the main monastery of [[Drikung]], he continued his studies at [[Nyinma Thangra]], the Drikung philosophical college. He received all the initiations of [[Rinchen Terdzo]] and [[Kagyu Nagdzod]] from [[Nyinsum Tripa]], a great Drikung lama. The second tutor of H.H. the [[Drikung Kyabgon]], [[Ayang Thupten]] gave him the teachings of the [[Six Yogas of Naropa]] and Mahamudra. From [[Khenpo Tsense Sangpo]], he received all [[Nyingthig]] initiations and teachings as well as his first [[Phowa]] teaching (this of the Nyingma tradition). He received the [[Upadesha]] from a great Nyingma Yogi, [[Rahor Chodra Rinpoche]].


Rinpoche’s work is maintained by [[Chagdud Gonpa Foundation]] in North America, by [[Chagdud Gonpa Brasil]], and by [[Chagdud Gonpa Hispanoamerica]] in Spanish-speaking Latin America. The [[Mahakaruna Foundation]] administers support for [[Chagdud Gonpa]] and associated monasteries in Tibet and Nepal.
After finishing his studies and receiving many teachings he went on pilgrimage in Tibet to many of the holy places of Guru Rinpoche, doing a lengthy retreat at [[Phulung]], where Guru Rinpoche practiced Phowa for a long time. At the end of the retreat, he performed an offering puja which was attended by many naga, who came with offerings and circumambulated his retreat while performing mantras of Guru Rinpoche. Venerable Ayang Rinpoche felt that this was a great sign and felt it might mean that in the future he would be teaching Phowa in foreign countries.


==Lineage==
After leaving Tibet, he received the [[Kalachakra]] initiation from H.H. the [[Dalai Lama]] in Lhasa, and in [[Rumtek]], H.H. the [[sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa]] gave him the initiations and oral transmissions of [[Chagchen Kundzod Chigshe Kundrol]] and a special Mahamudra introduction. From [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] in Bhutan, he received the [[DamNgag Dzod]], which contains the essence of all initiations and teachings of all schools. He is a lineage-holder of both the [[Nyingma Phowa]] and [[Drikung Phowa]], and has done extensive retreat on the practice.


==Teachers==
Ayang Rinpoche is also the founder of two monasteries, including [[Thupten Shedup Jangchub Ling]] at [[Bylakupee]], a Tibetan Settlement in the Indian State of Karnataka, Chogyab, and Ayang Tulku, Ayang being the name of a 435-year-old monastery in Kham (eastern Tibet) which is a branch of the Drikung main monastery.
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'''Prayer for the Swift Ribirth of HE. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche'''                                                                                             
:from [http://home.hkstar.com/~francish/biography.htm website]
 
'''KON CHHOG TZA SUM DE SHEG KUN DÜ PA <br>
WANG DRAG RIG DZIN PAD MAI JIN LAB KYIY'''
 
I pray that by the blessings of the powerful and wrathful vidyadhara Padma, in whom the sugatas of the Three
Jewels and Three Roots all unite,
 
'''PAD MA GAR GYI WANG KHYUG TRUL PAI KU <br>
NYUR JON TAN DRO DON CHHEN DZAD DU SOL'''
 
the rebirth of Padma Gargyi Wangkhyuk may swiftly appear and bring vast benefit to the teachings and beings!


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[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
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Revision as of 05:26, 4 January 2006

Ayang Tulku Rinpoche

A Short Biography

His Eminence K.C. Ayang Rinpoche was born into a nomadic family in eastern Tibet after numerous auspicious signs appeared. He was recognised to be a reincarnate Drikung Kagyu lama by a delegation of high lama including Ayang Drubchen Tenpal Nyinpa, Melong Drubchen, Traleg Kyamgon, Chabdra Rinpoche (the tutor Of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon), and the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa.

Following his early education at Drikung Thil Changchub Ling, the main monastery of Drikung, he continued his studies at Nyinma Thangra, the Drikung philosophical college. He received all the initiations of Rinchen Terdzo and Kagyu Nagdzod from Nyinsum Tripa, a great Drikung lama. The second tutor of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon, Ayang Thupten gave him the teachings of the Six Yogas of Naropa and Mahamudra. From Khenpo Tsense Sangpo, he received all Nyingthig initiations and teachings as well as his first Phowa teaching (this of the Nyingma tradition). He received the Upadesha from a great Nyingma Yogi, Rahor Chodra Rinpoche.

After finishing his studies and receiving many teachings he went on pilgrimage in Tibet to many of the holy places of Guru Rinpoche, doing a lengthy retreat at Phulung, where Guru Rinpoche practiced Phowa for a long time. At the end of the retreat, he performed an offering puja which was attended by many naga, who came with offerings and circumambulated his retreat while performing mantras of Guru Rinpoche. Venerable Ayang Rinpoche felt that this was a great sign and felt it might mean that in the future he would be teaching Phowa in foreign countries.

After leaving Tibet, he received the Kalachakra initiation from H.H. the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, and in Rumtek, H.H. the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa gave him the initiations and oral transmissions of Chagchen Kundzod Chigshe Kundrol and a special Mahamudra introduction. From Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Bhutan, he received the DamNgag Dzod, which contains the essence of all initiations and teachings of all schools. He is a lineage-holder of both the Nyingma Phowa and Drikung Phowa, and has done extensive retreat on the practice.

Ayang Rinpoche is also the founder of two monasteries, including Thupten Shedup Jangchub Ling at Bylakupee, a Tibetan Settlement in the Indian State of Karnataka, Chogyab, and Ayang Tulku, Ayang being the name of a 435-year-old monastery in Kham (eastern Tibet) which is a branch of the Drikung main monastery.

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