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On 25 July 2010, Thrangu Monastery was opened by Thrangu Rinpoche in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is the first traditional Buddhist monastery in Canada. It contains a six-metre-tall (20 ft) gold-plated statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, and the shrine hall can seat 500 people. [2] Rinpoche died on 4 June 2023 at Thrangu Monastery. [3]
Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Temple. Since it was founded by V.V. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche in 1978 the monastery has grown to be the home to more than 250 monks. [2] The Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Temple was officially opened on December 5, 2008. The Shree Mangal Dvip Branch School for young monks is also part of the monastery complex. [3]
Shamar Rinpoche questioned the authenticity of Tai Situ's prediction letter presented in 1992. He requested a forensic examination to prove or disprove its age and authorship. Shamar Rinpoche stated the inner letter appeared to be older than its outer envelope, and claimed the handwriting and grammar did not match that of the 16th Karmapa. [57]
Khenpo Gangshar (left) and Chögyam Trungpa. Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (b. 1925-?) was a highly respected lama in Eastern Tibet [1] and one of the primary teachers of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (the 11th Trungpa tulku) [2] and the 9th Thrangu Rinpoche.
He oversees a number of Thrangu establishments in several parts of the world. The new Canadian monastery will be under the direction of the resident lama, Lama Pema Tsewang, who was born in 1972 in Tsum, Gorkha District, Nepal. In 2002, Thrangu Rinpoche appointed him to the very high position of a "Vajra Master". [2] [3]
Traleg Rinpoche was born in 1955 in Kham (Eastern Tibet), and two years later was recognized by HH 16th Gyalwa Karmapa as the ninth incarnation of the Traleg Tulkus and enthroned as the Abbot of the Thrangu Monastery. He was taken to safety in India during the 1959 Chinese Communists invasion of Tibet.
In addition to numerous sadhana and poems dedicated to Trungpa, Khyentse Rinpoche wrote a supplication after Trungpa's death specifically naming him a mahasiddha. [78] [79] [80] Among the Tibetan Rinpoches to name Trungpa a mahasiddha are the Sixteenth Karmapa, Thrangu Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Tai Situpa Rinpoche. [81]
Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche in Nepal, 2008 A call for the propagation of the teachings of mahamudra first rose to prominence in the 1970s when, during his travels in the West, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje proclaimed, "of all meditations, Mahamudra would be of the most benefit for Westerners, because it deals directly with mind itself and is therefore ...