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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 {{Wiki|cave}} by the side of the [[path]] to [[Paro Tagtsang]], so as a child he was nicknamed "Dragphugpa" ({{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|Central}} [[Tibet]] where he studied classical [[Tibetan]] {{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|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]] {{Wiki|remains}} are now preserved in a {{Wiki|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]] {{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|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 {{Wiki|English}} by Keith Dowman and published as The [[Divine]] Madman: The [[Sublime]] [[Life]] and Songs of [[Drukpa Kunley]]
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