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Venerable '''Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche''' is one of the most qualified scholars and teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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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.
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.
:from [http://www.padmasambhava.org/pbc/info/khenpos.php website]


===Short Biography===
The Very Venerable '''Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche''' is one of the most qualified scholars and teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
::from [http://www.padmasambhava.org/pbc/info/khenpos.php Main Website]
===Primary Teachers===
===Primary Teachers===
[[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]].
*[[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 Tenzin Gyaltsen]]
===Primary Lineage===
===Primary Lineage===
[[Terton Tsasum Lingpa]]; [[Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso]]; [[Longchen Nyingtik]]; [[Jatson Nyingpo]]; [[Sangye Lingpa]]; [[Ratna Lingpa]]; [[Chetsun Nyingtik]]; [[Taglung Kagyu]].
*[[Terton Tsasum Lingpa]] Terkor
*[[Longchen Nyingtik]]
*[[Jatson Nyingpo]] Chodruk
*[[Sangye Lingpa]] Terkor
*[[Ratna Lingpa]] Terdzo
*[[Chetsun Nyingtik]]
*[[Taglung Kagyu]]
*[[Mipham]]


===Publications===
===Publications===
*''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.
====English Publications====
*''The Smile of the Sun and Moon,'' a commentary on the Praise to the 21 Taras.  
*English publications include: ''The Smile of the Sun and Moon,'' a commentary on the ''Praise to the 21 Taras''.  
*'''Books with [[Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal]] Rinpoche:'''
*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.)
**''[[Opening to our Primordial Nature]]''
*Publications by Sky Dancer Press include:  
*'''Publications by [[Sky Dancer Press]] include:'''
*''[[Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence]]'';  
**''[[Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence]]'';  
*''[[The Door of Inconceivable Wisdom and Compassion]]'';  
**''[[The Door of Inconceivable Wisdom and Compassion]]'';  
*''[[Lion's Gaze]]'';  
**''[[Lion's Gaze]]'';  
*''The Prajnaparamita''; and
**''The Prajnaparamita''
*''The Six Perfections.
**''The Six Perfections
 
====Tibetan Publications====
===Index to Collected Works in Tibetan===
*[[Collected Works of Khenpo Palden Sherab]]
*[[Collected Works of Khenpo Palden Sherab]]
*'''Commentaries On:'''
**[[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
**[[Heart Sutra]]
*'''Commentaries on Prayers to:'''
**[[Padmasambhava]]
**[[Yeshe Tsogyal]]
**[[Tsasum Lingpa]]
**[[The Praise to the 21 Taras]]
**[[Vajrasattva]] Mantra
*'''Biographies of:'''
**[[Nup Sangye Yeshe]] and his incarnations;
**[[Machik Labdron]];
**[[Khenchen Tendzin Dragpa]] (Khenchen Palden's root guru);
**A history of [[Sangphu Neuthok Monastery]], which includes biographies of [[Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherab]] and his disciples
*'''Compositions on:'''
**[[Logic]]
**[[Madhyamaka]]
**Grammar
**[[Sadhana]]s
**Prayers
**Poems


===Internal Links===
===Internal Links===
 
*[[Sherab Raltri]] <br>
===External Links===
===External Links===
http://www.padmasambhava.org
[http://www.padmasambhava.org Main Web-site for Padmasambhava Centers]
http://www.skydancerpress.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=51
[http://www.skydancerpress.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=51]
 
===Email===
jowozegyal@catskill.net


===Contact Information===
* Email Address: jowozegyal@catskill.net
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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingthig Masters]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar]]

Revision as of 19:12, 8 December 2008

མཁན་པོ་ཤེས་རབ་དཔལ་ལྡན།
mkhan chen shes rab dpal ldan
Khenchen Sherab Palden
མཁན་ཆེན་ཤེས་རབ་དཔལ་ལྡན།
mkhan chen shes rab dpal ldan


Short Biography

The Very Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche is one of the most qualified scholars and teachers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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.
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.

from Main Website

Primary Teachers

Primary Lineage

Publications

English Publications

Tibetan Publications

Internal Links

External Links

Main Web-site for Padmasambhava Centers [1]

Contact Information

  • Email Address: jowozegyal@catskill.net