Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche is the 12th and current Trungpa tülku.[1] He was born on February 6, 1989, in Pawo village, in Derge, eastern Tibet. He was recognized by Tai Situ Rinpoche in 1991,[2] and enthroned a year later at Surmang Monastery at a ceremony presided over by Domkhar Rinpoche, a high Kagyu lama and Choseng's uncle. The monastery's late abbot (and Choseng Trungpa's predecessor), was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Choseng Trungpa | |
|---|---|
| Title | Tulku |
| Personal | |
| Born | February 6, 1989 |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| School | Vajrayana |
| Lineage | Karma Kagyu |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Karma Senge Rinpoche |
| Predecessor | Chögyam Trungpa |
| Reincarnation | Trungpa Tulku |
Choseng studied the traditions of Surmang under the tutelage of Lama Kenla (1932–2003) and received his early monastic education at the shedra at Palpung Monastery. He studied at Surmang Namgyal-tse until 2008, and now studies at Serthar Institute.[3][4]
The name Choseng is a contraction of Chokyi Sengay (Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་སེང་གེ་, Wylie: Chos-kyi Seng-ge), which means "Lion of Dharma."
In 2001, he met for the first time with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the son of his previous incarnation, Chögyam Trungpa.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Midal (2005) p. 18
- ^ Harry Oldmeadow (2004) p.290
- ^ "Chokyi Senge, Trungpa XII Rinpoche". Biography of Chokyi Sengay, Trungpa XII. Konchok Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Biography of recent Trungpas". Simhanada web site. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008.
References
edit- Goss, Robert and Klass, Dennis (2005) Dead But Not Lost: Grief Narratives in Religious Traditions pp. 144–145 ISBN 0-7591-0789-0
- Midal, Fabrice (2005) Recalling Chögyam Trungpa ISBN 1-59030-207-9
- Harry Oldmeadow (2004) Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions ISBN 0-941532-57-7
External links
edit- Short Biography of Choseng Trungpa at konchok.org
- Choseng Trungpa's request for Chögyam Trungpa teachings to be made available to Tibetans, 2010, (YouTube)
- (in Chinese) Surmang Dutsi Monestery
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