Khenpo Munsel
མཁན་པོ་མུན་སེལ།
mkhan po mun sel
Short Biography
Khenchen Munsel Rinpoche (1916-1994) of Wangchen Topa, Golok; was a highly accomplished and respected Dzogchen Master and scholar who in turn instructed some of the greatest living and present-day Lamas. A student of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, he was imprisoned by the Chinese for many years, during which he taught the Dzogchen teachings, including Yeshe Lama (ye shes bla ma), Choying Dzo (chos dbyings mdzod) and the Nyingtik/Men-ngak Nyengyud Chenmo (snying tig snyan brgyud chen mo/man ngag snyan brgyud chen mo) to other lamas in the prison, including Adeu Rinpoche and Garchen Rinpoche.
- A small quote Khen Rinpoche said to the Drigung Lama Traga Rinpoche:
Khenpo Munsel gently looked at Traga Rinpoche and said, “Your karmic propensity is to practice Dzogchen. I am your karmic lama. If you can meditate, you have today found the way to liberation in one life. You will never find something like this even if you went to look for it with your horse’s hooves encased in steel. Spend one year near me and meditate.”
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Main Teachers
- Khenpo Ngakchung
- Khenpo Kunpal
- Kathok Situ Chokyi Gyatso
- Bontrul Pema Gyaltsen
- Drime Zhingkyong Gonpo
Main Students
- Trulshik Adeu Rinpoche
- Garchen Rinpoche
- Tulku Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche
- Traga Rinpoche
- Sogan Rinpoche Tulku Pema Lodro
- Lama Gape Konchok Thubten Nyima
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