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Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoché was born in Central Tibet in 1921 from a patrilineal descent of [[Ngakpa]]s. He studied the [[sutras]] and [[tantras]] from 1937 to 1949. After that, and until 1955, he mainly practiced 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 [[His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoché]]. Back in India he became in charge of the [[Library of Tibetan Work and Archive]] in Dharamsala. He is the author of many volume of teachings including the outstanding ''Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism'' in 12 vol.
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Rinpoché now lives at his monastery in Sundarijal in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, which he established at the request of His Holiness [[Dudjom Jigdra Yeshe Dorje]] Rinpoché.
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Khetsun Sangpo is one of the few remaining [[Nyingma]] [[Lama]]s trained in Tibet and capable of transmitting in complete form the special precepts of the Nyingma order. A lay-priest and renowned yogi-scholar, he was trained in all four lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He is among the most senior [[Lama]]s and [[Great Completeness]] masters in the [[Nyingma]] Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and the most eminent [[Nyingma]] historian alive today.
 
''From "Fundamental Mind".''
 
===Main Teachers===
*[[Shukseb Lochen Chokyi Zangmo]]
*[[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]]
*[[Kangyur Rinpoche]]
 
===Main Students===
 
 
===Literary Works===
 
'''In Tibetan'''
*The Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in 12 vol.
*An extra 13th vol. based on Dunhuang caves discovery called ''An early history of Tibet edited from the findings unearthed at the Dunhuang caves''
An autobiography
Proverbs and Lyric Poems
 
'''In English'''
*''[[Tantric Practice in Nyingma]]'' on the [[Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro]] translated by [[Jeffrey Hopkins]]
*''[[Fundamental Mind]]'' The [[Nyingma]] View of the [[Great Completeness]], by [[Mipham Gyatso]]- with practical commentary by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche- Translation and edited by [[Jeffrey Hopkins]]
 
===External Links===
 
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingthig]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar]]

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