Friday, January 27, 2006

Gama Sangye Rinpoche

Gama Sangye Rinpoche is recognised by Khen Lama Rinpoche Achuk Drupwang Lungtok Gyatso as the authentic incarnation of Paltrul Rinpoche, a realized mystic-saint of Tibet and author of the famed -Words of my Perfect Teacher.

Gama Sangye Rinpoche's earlier incarnation as the great Paltrul Rinpoche is also an acknowledged manifestation of Shantideva, the unparalleled Master of the Buddhist Nalanda University of ancient India and source of the quintessential Mahayana text, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

There are totally three emanations of Paltrul Rinpoche: the Body, Speech and Mind emanations. Gama Sangye Rinpoche is the Mind emanation of Paltrul Rinpoche.

Gama Sangye Rinpoche was ordained at the age of 13. Since then, Rinpoche had completed the Ngondro of Foundational Practices 4 times in total, inclusive of one hundred thousand sets each of Refuge, Bodhicitta, Vajrasattva, Mandala Offering, Guru-Yoga.

Practising assiduously in some of Tibet's holiest retreat caves, Rinpoche received frequent visions of Vajrapani, Chenresig, Manjusri and other bodhisattvas.

Despite Rinpoche's current relatively youthful age of 24 years, Rinpoche has been a fortunate repository of some of Tibet¡¯s holiest teachings and transmissions:


- Seven Treasures of Longchenpa

- The Nyingthig Yabshi

- The Rinchen Terdzod in which is preserved all the major transmissions extant in the Nyingma Tradition

- Complete transmission of the Longchen Nyingthig Cycle

- Complete transmission of the Longsal Nyingpo Cycle

- Complete transmission of Karma Lingpa's Peaceful and Wrathful Deities

- The Drupthab Kundu and the Gyude Kundu: the collection of all sadhanas and tantras

- Complete transmission of the Dudjom Tersar

- Complete transmission of the Winds / Drops and Channels practices.

- The Kalachakra

- The 13 Golden Dharma of the Sakyapa

- The Lam-Dre Lob Shed of the Sakyapa

- Mahamudra

- The Six Yogas of Naropa

- Chod

Rinpoche received all the above transmissions from some of the greatest Masters of Tibet including his Root Teacher: Khen Lama Rinpoche Achuk ¨C Drupwang Lungtok Gyatso; Sertha Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok; HH Penor Rinpoche; HE Luding Khenchen; HE Tai Situ Rinpoche; Jetsunma Pema Yudron, the daughter of HH the late Dudjom Rinpoche and the sister of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, a living lineage-holder of the Dudjom Tersar Treasures.

Drupwang Achuk Rinpoche has declared Gama Sangye Rinpoche as having attained the Youthful Vase Body, one of the rarest and highest Dzogchen attainments.

Besides being a Master of the Tantric disciplines, Gama Sangye Rinpoche has also been enthroned as a Khenpo upholding all the great classical Buddhist texts of the Sutra tradition such as the Madhyamika, Logic, Monastic Discipline.

In addition to being the consummate scholar and practitioner, Rinpoche has mastered the complex Tibetan medical systems and is also known as an effective and powerful healer.

Gama Sangye Rinpoche is the Teacher of countless thousands of students in Tibet including some of the greatest Masters of Tibet.

Gama Sangye Rinpoche is one of the most outstanding and promising of the new generation of Masters.

Gama Sangya Rinpoche's Dzogchen-Lineage

1) Buddha Samantabhadra
[ The primordial personified aspect of the pan-ultimate state of Buddhahood ]

2) Guru Padmasambhava
[ The supreme Master and Source-Founder of Tibetan Buddhism ]

3) Longchen Rabjampa
[ One of the three great Manjushri of Tibet together with Sakya Pandita and Je Tzongkhapa ]

4) Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa
[ The great Terton of the Longchen Nyingthig Cycle ]

5) Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu
[ The Perfect Teacher referred to by Paltrul Rinpoche ]

6) Paltrul Rinpoche
[ Author of Words of my Perfect Teacher ]

7) Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Gyaltsen Palzangpo
[ One of the 4 Heart-Disciples of Paltrul Rinpoche ]

8) Khenchen Ngawang Palzang ( Khenchen Ngaga )
[ Supreme Lineal Master of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibet ]

9) Tromge Choktrul Arik Rinpoche
[ One of the most important Lineal Masters of the Nyingma Tradition in Tibet ]

10) Drupwang Achuk Rinpoche
[ Heart-Disciple of Arik Rinpoche ]

11) Gama Sangye Rinpoche
[ Incarnation of Paltrul Rinpoche ]

* The above presentation being that of a succinct-short lineal transmission, the long-extended lineal transmission of which will include more than 37 great Masters between Longchen Rabjam and Jigme Lingpa.