Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche (1926 – 23 December 2015) was a Tibetan

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and the Supreme Head of the

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School of

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. He received the highest

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teachings from Polu Khenpo Dorje, a direct disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung.

"Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, throneholder of the Dorje Drak monastery, accepted the position of the Supreme Head of Nyingmapa lineage, the “Old Translation Tradition” in Tibetan Buddhism. He is following Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kyabje Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche, Kyabje Mindroling Trichen Rinpoche, and then finally Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, who died late last year."

Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was born in 1926 in central Tibet near the famous Yamdrok Lake, and he was recognized as an incarnation of the great master Ngok Chöku Dorje. The prominent

Dorje Drak Dorjidak Gompa ( "Indestructible Rock Vihara") or Tupten Dorjidak Dorjé Drak Éwam Chokgar () is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and one of the Nyingma school's "Six Mother Monasteries" in Tibet. It is located in the Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture ...

affiliated Taklung Tse monastic center, the head of which he is considered to be, used to be located near his birthplace in Taklung region. He lived in exile in Simla, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. He passed into parinirvana on December 23, 2015. The four years old Nawang Tashi Rapten from the Spiti Valley has in November 2022 been placed on the high seat as the successor to Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/buddhist-nyingma-sect-identifies-reincarnation-of-prominent-rinpoche/article66174971.ece

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*Palyul Ling Internationa

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