UPCOMING EVENTS

Dakmar Khentrul Rinpoche Teachings and Empowerment in NYC

Teachings on “How to improve our meditation” on Saturday, May 2nd, 3-5 pm. Wrathful Guru Rinpoche empowerment on Sunday, May 3rd, 3-5 pm. Suggested donation for each session: $20

Biography of Dakmar Khentrul Rinpoche:

Dakmar Khentrul Rinpoche is the sixth incarnation of Dragmar Tulkus. He was born in 1975 and recognized as a Tulku at the age of six. His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, the leader of all beings of the three worlds as well as His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, the heir of Guru Padmasambhava recognized him as an authentic incarnation of the fifth Dragmar Tulku, Pema Wangchen and gave the name Pema Jigme Wangdrag Thutob Gonpo, thus recognizing him to be heir of Guru Padmasambhava.

At ten, Penor Rinpoche formally enthroned him with great grandeur. Under Rinpoche's guidance, he received the basic education of reading and writing. Everybody praised him for his intelligence. At fourteen, he received the novice vow from Penor Rinpoche and also the name Thupten Dongag Mawei Senge. At this time, he enrolled in the Ngagyur Nyingma Institue, the prestigious religious college of Namdroling monastery and for nine years, under many excellent teachers, he studied the sutra and tantra teachings as well as common traditional studies like Tibetan Language, poetry, political history, and religious history of Tibet. Thus, he filled his mind with treasures of the scriptural knowledge and also the Buddhist practice. Especially, he studied the writings of Longchenpa, Rongzom, and Mipham with great detail, thus becoming an illuminator of the Nyingma Doctrine and earning appreciation from many eminent scholars of the Institute.
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At twenty-four, he received full ordination from Penor Rinpoche. Rinpoche always showered love and affection to him and considered him to be his heart son and praised him for many times. Keeping in view of his vast and profound scriptural knowledge, he was appointed as a kyorpon (revision teacher) at the Institute and subsequently became a lopon (acharya).
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In essence, he served Penor Rinpoche, his root guru, with three kinds of pleasing actions and reached the status of the lineage holder of the vidyadharas who holds the three vows by practicing outer pratimoksha vows, inner bodhisattva precepts, as well as secret vajrayana vows simultaneously.

He has also received many teachings such as the full Ngondro, Tsa Lung and Dzogchen according to the Nam Chö cycle, Rinchen Terzod, Nyingthig Yabshi, Kama, Gongdu, Ratna Lingpa's treasure teachings, Kalachakra, Mayajbal, Dupa Do, and so on from His Holiness Penor Rinpoche as well as many other great masters of the Nyingma lineage.

He has traveled abroad with His Holiness Penor Rinpoche and was praised for his clear and detailed instructions of Tsalung and other esoteric practices to Dharma students. At present, he is working as a teacher in Ngagyur Nyingma Institute and also taking the responsibility to renovate and improve the condition of Dragmar Wangchen Monastery in Tibet.