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[[Image:Apho_Rinpoche-1.jpg|frame|right|Apho Rinpoche, Manali 1974]]'''Apho Yeshe Rangdrol''' was the grandson of the great [[Drukpa Kagyu]] yogi [[Shakya Shri]]. His seat in Tibet was called [[Kyiphug]], a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1974, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Ses(sp?) [[Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche]] continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.
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[[Image:Apho_Rinpoche-1.jpg|frame|right|Apho Rinpoche, Manali 1974]]'''Apho Yeshe Rangdrol''' was the grandson of the great [[Drukpa Kagyu]] yogi [[Shakya Shri]]. His seat in Tibet was called [[Kyiphug]], a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1974, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Sey Rinpoche [[Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche]] continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:03, 13 January 2006

Apho Rinpoche, Manali 1974

Apho Yeshe Rangdrol was the grandson of the great Drukpa Kagyu yogi Shakya Shri. His seat in Tibet was called Kyiphug, a retreat center. After his escape from Tibet he lived in the Himalayan border areas of Ladakh, Lahoul, Spiti and Pange, where he started a number of 3-year retreat centers, and eventually settled in Manali in 1971, where he built a home. He passed away at the age of 54 in 1974, leaving his wife and 4 young children behind. Of his three sons, all reincarnations, his eldest son Sey Rinpoche Gelek Namgyal Rinpoche continues the Shakya Shri tradition at their seat in Manali.

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