Khenpo Chodrak
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.
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.
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Primary Teachers
Khenchen Tendzin Dragpa; Dzigar Kongtrul Lodro Rabphel; Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje; Kangyur Rinpoche; Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Paljor; Khenchen Thubten Tsondru; Gertse Pandita; Riwoche Khenpo Dragpa Jangchub; Khunu Lama.
Primary Lineage
Terton Tsasum Lingpa; Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso; Longchen Nyingtik; Jatson Nyingpo; Sangye Lingpa; Ratna Lingpa; Chetsun Nyingtik; Taglung Kagyu.
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 Netok 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 include: "The Smile of the Sun and Moon," a commentary on the "Praise to the 21 Taras." 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.) Publications by Sky Dancer Press include: "Ceaseless Echoes of the Great Silence;" "The Door of Inconceivable Wisdom and Compassion"; "Lion's Gaze"; "The Prajnaparamita"; and "The Six Perfections."