Sangpo, Khetsun

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Sangpo, Khetsun on the DRL

མཁས་བཙུན་བཟང་པོ་
Wylie mkhas btsun bzang po
English Phonetics Khetsun Sangpo
Khetsun Sangpo.jpg
Other names
    • mkhas btsun bzang po rin po che
    Alternate names
    • Khetsun Zangpo
    • Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche
    Dates
    Birth:   1920
    Death:   2009


    Tibetan calendar dates

    About
    Religious Affiliation
    Nyingma
    Teachers
    Chatral Rinpoche · Dudjom Rinpoche · Kangyur Rinpoche · Khyentse, Dilgo · Dalai Lama, 14th · Shug gseb rje btsun chos dbyings bzang mo

    Biographical Information

    Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche (Wyl. mkhas btsun bzang po rin po che) (1920-2009) was born in Central Tibet in 1920 from a patrilineal descent of ngakpas. He studied the sutras and tantras from 1937 to 1949. After which and until 1955 he mainly practised in closed retreat. In 1959 he fled Tibet for India where he first spent two years on retreat. Then he went to Japan to teach for 10 years at the request of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche. Back in India he became in charge of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala. He is the author of many volumes of teachings including the outstanding Biographical Dictionary of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in 12 vol. Rinpoche lived at his monastery in Sundarijal in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, which he established at the request of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoché. He passed into parinirvana on 6th December, 2009.

    He attended the historic gathering at Prapoutel in 1990. (Source Accessed Jun 24, 2015)

    Links
    BDRC Link (P00KG09697)
    http://tbrc.org/#!rid=P00KG09697
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