Yangthang rinpoche biography books
Texts by and about Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (mdo mang thang rin po che, –), the renowned incarnation of Domang Dorje Dechen Lingpa (–).
Yangthang Rinpoche..
Yangthang Rinpoche
Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (Tib. མདོ་མང་གཡང་ཐང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. mdo mang g.yang thang rin po che) Kunzang Jikme Dechen Ösal Dorje was born on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the earth-snake year (1929) in Yangthang in western Sikkim.
His father, Pema Drodül, was from Dzogchen in East Tibet and his mother was Tenzin Chödrön, the daughter of Yangthang Ating from the family of Oyuk Drakar. At an early age, following miraculous indications, he was recognized as one of the two incarnations of TertönDorje Dechen Lingpa of Domang Monastery in East Tibet, himself an incarnation of Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé.
This summary provides an overview of teachings on the six bardos (transitional processes) given at Dechen Rang Dharma Center on April 21,In 1942 he travelled to Domang Monastery, where he began his studies there with Domang Soktrul Rinpoche, the principal disciple of his previous incarnation. He also received teachings from Dzakha Lama Tsulo, who was a khenpo at Domang, and from PalyulKhenpoKunzang Özer, Rahor Dzogtrul Rinpoche, and Washul Kuchen Thupten Chökyi Wangchuk.
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