Ngondro Teaching by Shartul Rinpoche
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The Present Shartul Rinpoche, Kunsang Dhamchoe Gyatso Thupten Choe
Kye Gyaltsen (Tulku Dhamchoe) was born in 1974 amidst miraculous
signs on the 10th day of the fourth Tibetan month of wooden tiger
year. Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of the Second
Shartul Rinpoche by the omniscient Khandro Kunsang Rinpoche, His
Holiness Penor Rinpoche, H.E. Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche and H.E.
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche.The night before his birth, his mother
dreamt she saw a bright lamp in the shrine shining in all
thedirections, revealing a golden vajra, carrying a bundle of
blazing wood on the back radiating the whole village.
On the very morning of his birth, people witnessed a raven
(believed to be the messenger of Mahakala) guarding the house,
miraculous transformation of water into nectar, a cuckoo singing
from top of the house and above all, a streak of colorful rainbow
overhead.Even before reaching the age of one, he sat upward and
pronounced the name and mantra of Guru Padmasambhava. Every now and
then, he would perform the Mudra teachings. When asked upon, he
answered, "I am Shartul". He is believed to have committed to
memory the long text of Dhugkar in as short time as it takes to
consume a cup of tea. At the age of nine, he received vow of refuge
and Bodhichitta from H.E. Dzogchen Khenpo Khenchen Thupten Namgyal
Rinpoche, the Abbot of Dzogchen Monastery.
At the age of ten, Shartul Rinpoche received empowerment,
initiation and instructions of Ka-Gyae, Gongdue and Phurpa from
Great Terton Master Namkha Dorje Rinpoche. At the age of eleven, he
received instructions on the Three Roots of Jatson” and preliminary
practice from the Great Drukpa Kagyu Lineage Master Jamyang
Rinpoche. At the age of thirteen, Shartul Rinpoche received many
teachings such as the empowerment, initiation and pith instructions
on Ngondro, Dzogchen Longchen Nyingthig (Great Perfection), and
pith instructions on the sTsa-Lung (Winds and Channels), from Great
Master Phurtse Rinpoche. He not only received these teachings but
also practiced them perfectly. At the age of fourteen, Rinpoche
started the three-year three-month retreat while engaging into the
practice of “Chod” and “Nyung Ne. During the retreat he perfectly
completed “Nyung Ne” 108 times.
At the age of nineteen, Rinpoche traveled to India. In 1993, under
H.E the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche, Tenzin Jigdral Thunpo, his
enthronement ceremony was held in Orgyen Samten Choeling Monastery
in South India.
At the age of 20 to 26, Rinpoche continued receiving numerous
teachings from His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, H. E. Terton
Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, Kyabjé The 7th Shechen Rabjam
Rinpoche, including “Rinchen Terzod ” from Kyabjé Drubwang Pema
Norbu Rinpoche, and many other great Nyingmapa masters.
With the encouragement from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Penor
Rinpoche, Shartul Rinpoche established the “Ngagyur Garwang Drodul
Ling” in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1999. The following year, the Taiwan
Nyidrak Drodul Ling center was established. Rinpoche has since then
traveled abroad regularly to the United States, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, China and Hong Kong to fulfill vast teaching
activities.Shartul Rinpoche’s teachings filled with wisdom, depth,
clarity and Humor. His students often praise for his clear, detail
instructions and easy to understand teaching methods. He continues
to engage in nurturing the Dharma with unceasing compassion.
Concerns that the rare and precious Nyidrak” lineage will be lost,
His Holiness the Dalai Lama kindly offered Shartul Rinpoche a piece
of land in Bir, India to build a monastery to continue the”
Nyidrak” Treasure Dharma. Rinpoche and members of his congregation
purchased additional land. Since 2001, Rinpoche has been working
tirelessly to raise fund to build the Nyidrak Drodul Ling
Monastery.At the same time, Rinpoche is taking the responsibility
of another project: to build a Zongdok Parli at Phodrang Monastery
in Kham, Eastern Tibet, and to improve the structural conditions of
the main shrine and to rebuild the retreat center.
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