Dilgo khyentse yangsi rinpoche biography of nancy black

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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was the archetype of the spiritual teacher. His inner journey led him to an extraordinary depth of knowledge and enabled him to be, for all who met him, a fountain of loving kindness, wisdom, and compassion. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was born in in Eastern Tibet to a family descended from the royal lineage of the ninth century king Trisong Detsen.

When he was still in his mother's womb, he was recognized as a tulku or incarnation by the illustrious teacher, Mipham Rinpoche. He was later enthroned as an emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, one of the most important tertons treasure-finders and writers of the 19th century. Khyen-tse means wisdom and love. Even as a little boy, Rinpoche manifested a strong desire to devote himself entirely to the spiritual life.

Although his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps, he finally agreed to allow his son to pursue his own wishes and, at the age of eleven, Rinpoche entered Shechen Monastery in Kham, one of the six main monasteries of the Nyingma School. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche had many great teachers including his root guru, Shechen Gyaltsap from whom he received all the essential empowerments and instructions of the Nyingma tradition.

Then, from the age of fifteen until he was twenty-eight, he spent his time meditating in silent retreat, living in isolated hermitages and caves, or sometimes simply under the shelter of overhanging rocks in the mountainous countryside.