Sangpo, Khetsun

PersonType	Category:Classical Tibetan Authors
MainNamePhon	Khetsun Sangpo
MainNameTib	མཁས་བཙུན་བཟང་པོ་
MainNameWylie	mkhas btsun bzang po
AltNamesWylie	mkhas btsun bzang po rin po che
AltNamesOther	Khetsun Zangpo  ·  Khetsün Zangpo Rinpoche
bio	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 Jikdral Yeshe Dorje. 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)
YearBirth	1920
YearDeath	2009
ReligiousAffiliation	Nyingma
StudentOf	Chatral Sangye Dorje  ·  Dudjom Jikdral Yeshe Dorje  ·  Longchen Yeshe Dorje  ·  Dilgo Khyentse Tashi Paljor  ·  The Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso  ·  Shukseb Jetsun Chöying Zangmo
BDRC	http://tbrc.org/#!rid=P00KG09697
IsInGyatsa	No
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