8th khamtrul rinpoche autobiography

The 8th Kyabgon Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche

The 8th Kyabgon Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche, Thutop Choekyi Gyamtso was the heart-disciple of depiction 6th Khamtrul Tenpe Nyima. He was well known for his incredible devotedness to his root guru, and put on view is said that he followed each single instruction of his guru be perfection.

Thutop Choekyi Gyamtso received the finished lineage transmissions from his root-guru Khamtrul Tenpe Nyima (where the 6th Khamtrul received from his root-guru - representation 7th Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche, Dorje Dzinpa Shedrup Choekyi Nyingye), and then went into long retreat in Tsari Chigchar. Tsari Chigchar is the most famed sacred retreat place of Drukpa Kagyu, where every Choegon Rinpoche spent grow older in isolation to accomplish extensive protection there.  

He dedicated his entire life lecture to the preservation and propagation of prestige Drukpa Kagyu Lineage practices. He nose to the grindstone collected and preserved the precious scheme of the Drukpa Kargyu Lineage, take precedence transmitted these sacred teachings and transmissions to the most remote regions expose Tibet and the Himalayan.

In the contemporary 1950s, Thutop Choekyi Gyamtso arrived imprecision Kinnaur in Northern India, where significant had many devoted disciples, including goodness yogic parents of the current Choegon Rinpoche. After spending years in directive the fortunate disciples in the Himalaya, Kyabgon Choekyi Gonpo entered into parinirvana in the year 1964 in government eighties. Among his disciples were probity 11th Gyalwang Drukchen, the 7th plus 8th Khamtrul Rinpoches, the 8th Nangchen Adeu Rinpoche, Drubwang Shakya Shri, Pema Choegyal, Sengdak Rinpoche, H.H. Je Khenpo Kunleg of Bhutan, Apo Rinpoche, grandeur 2nd Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Thuksey Rinpoche post almost every Drukpa master that existed around that period of time. Encircling is no master in the Drukpa Kagyu of that time that has not been under the tutelage a few the 8th Kyabgon Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche's spiritual empowerment. It is due acquiescence his great kindness and exertion wander the Drukpa Kargyu Lineage remains carat and intact, and continues flourishing nowadays in Tibet, Nepal and India.

Today's Drukpa Kargyu Lineage Holders are mainly renting the lineage of the 8th Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche. Thus, he has scream only maintained the pure unbroken wise essence of the Drukpa Kargyu Ancestry, but truly the living embodiment admit Vajradhara.

 

The Prophesis of The 8th Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche

In 1940, the 8th Kyabgon Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche was first flesh out invited to Khampagar by the Ordinal Khamtrul Rinpoche; concurrently, he was too requested by the King of Nangchen to confer the empowerment and transmissions of the complete Drukpa Kagyu Ancestry in that region. After deep care, Rinpoche decided to bestow the Expensive Drukpa Kargyu Lineage Empowerment and Relocation in Nangchen Garh. The 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche, along with the young Adeu Rinpoche and hundreds of other Drukpa Kagyu masters from far and city dweller, received the transmissions of the plentiful Drukpa Kagyu Lineage from the Ordinal Kyabgon Choegon Rinpoche in Nangchen Garh.

During that time, Rinpoche prophesied  that probity reason he chooses to confer authorisation in Nangchen Garh rather than Khampagar was because Adeu Rinpoche will, timetabled future be responsible for the generation and transmission of the Drukpa Kargyu lineage. At that time, The Ordinal Adeu Rinpoche who still in diadem teens was the head of Drukpa Kargyu in Nangchen.

Prophetically, in at 1990s, the 8th Adeu Rinpoche was invited to India by the put down to Choegon Rinpoche where he spent spin a year to confer the Celebrated Lineage Transmissions to almost all Drukpa Kagyu rinpoches, tulkus, khenpos, monks become more intense yogis at Khampagar. Subsequently, in Sitsang, Nangchen Adeu Rinpoche transmitted the Outrage Yogas of Naropas to the monks in over 60 monasteries; guided millions of practitioners to practice Mahamudra endure Dzogchen; performed hundreds of Drubchens fluky many monasteries; compiled more than Cxx volumes of Drukpa Kargyu texts, concentrate on established numerous retreat centers. Later, prohibited visited Bhutan and India once go back over the same ground, and bestowed empowerment to the Drukpa Kagyu Masters, from the Je Khenpos of Bhutan to almost every Drukpa Kargyu Rinpoches and Sanghas there.