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| − | Geshe Gendün Rinchen (1926-1997), was the 69th [[Je Khenpo]] of Bhutan.
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| − | ==Biographical Details==
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| − | Geshe Gendün Rinchen was born in a small cave by the side of the path to [[Paro Tagtsang]], so as a child he was nicknamed "Dragphugpa" (Cave Man).
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| − | At a young age he showed great interest in the Buddhist religion and at seven he received novice ordination at [[Tashichho Dzong]] in Thimphu and was given the name Gendün Rinchen.
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| − | When he was twenty-seven he travelled to Lhodrak Lhalung, center of the tradition of [[Padma Lingpa]] in Southern Tibet. There he studied the Thirteen great texts of [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhist Philosophy]] from Khatok Khen Rinpoche. At the age of twenty-nine he went to [[Drigung]] in Central Tibet where he studied classical Tibetan orthography, grammar and poetry; the works of [[Mipham Rinpoche]] and [[Khenpo Shenga]] and received many tantric teachings including those on the [[Mañjuśrīnāmasamgīti]]. Afterwards he went to [[Samye Monastery]] where he received the [[empowerment]]s and instructions of the [[Rinchen Terdzö]]; the [[Nyingthig]] and [[Longchenpa]]'s Dzödun from [[Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje]].
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| − | After returning to Bhutan, he entered a three-year meditation retreat at the [[Tagsang Palphug]] hermitage, which was followed by another three year retreat he entered when he was forty at Kungachöling in Paro. From Lopon Sonam Zangpo, a disciple of Drubwang Shakya Shri, he received teachings on the [[Six Yogas of Naropa]], [[Mahāmudrā]], and so on.
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| − | For ten years he was the abbot of [[Tango Monastery]] where he wrote many commentaries on [[Buddhist philosophy]], [[sutra]] and [[tantra]].
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| − | In 1990 he was enthroned as the 69th [[Je Khenpo]] of Bhutan and subsequently travelled throughout the country giving religious teachings. At the age of 61 he resigned from the post of Je Khanpo and retired to a life of prayer and meditation at Jangchub Ding in Yangchenphug. In 1997, on the ninth day of the third month according to the Bhutanese calander, he passed away sitting in a straight meditation posture. It is reported that his body remained sitting thus for more than a week or eleven days during which time his body remained flexible and showed no signs of decay.
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| − | His physical remains are now preserved in a gold and silver reliquary [[stupa]] in the Shabdrung Chapel of Tashichö Dzong, Thimphu.
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| − | ==Works==
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| − | The Collected Works of Gendün Rinchen published in 6 volumes, include:
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| − | * lho 'brug chos 'byung - A detailed account of the religious history of Bhutan
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| − | * dpal 'brug pa rin po che mthu chen chos kyi rgyal po ngag dbang rnam rgyal gyi rnam thar rgya mtso'i snying po - A biography of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651)
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| − | * kyai rdor rgyud kyi tshig don rnam bshad - a commentary on the Hevajra Tantra based on the exegesis of the Ngok tradition.
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| − | * 'brug pa kun legs kyi rnam thar rgya mtsho'i snying po mthong ba don ldan - A hagiography of the holy madman Drukpa Kunley (1455-1529). This has been translated into English by Keith Dowman and published as The Divine Madman: The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley
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| − | [[Wikipedia:Geshe Gendün Rinchen]]
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