Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (''khrul zhig ngag dbang chos kyi blo gros'') (1 January 1923 – 2 September 2011) born in Yardrok Taklung,

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was one of the main teachers of the

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and of many of the younger generation of

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lamas today including

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. He is considered the spiritual heir of several senior

masters of the last century such as

Dudjom Rinpoche Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (, THL ''Düjom Jikdrel Yéshé Dorjé'') was known as Terchen Drodül Lingpa and as Dudjom Rinpoche (10 June 1904 – 17 January 1987). He is considered by many Tibetan Buddhists to be from a line of importan ...

and

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Tashi Paljor, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche () (c. 1910 – 28 September 1991) was a Vajrayana master, scholar, poet, teacher, and recognized by Buddhists as one of the greatest realized masters. Head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism from 198 ...

. Rinpoche is the subject of a documentary film ''Destroyer of Illusion'' narrated by

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. Trulshik Rinpoche founded the monastery of Thubten Chöling in Nepal. In 2010 he became the official head of the Nyingma school. Rinpoche lived in

Solukhumbu Solukhumbu District ( ne, सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला , Sherpa: , Wylie: shar khum bu dzong) is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. As the name suggests, it consists of the subregions Solu and Khumbu ...

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. Trulshik Rinpoche died on September 2, 2011, and was succeeded by Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche who accepted the position on 22 March 2012. His reincarnation, or Yangsi, Ngawang Tendzin Lodrö Rabsel (Tib. ངག་དབང་བསྟན་འཛིན་བློ་གྲོས་རབ་གསལ་), was born in Kathmandu on July 25, 2013 and recognized in 2015.

References

External links

listing
at TibetanLama.com with date of birth

1923 births 2011 deaths Nyingma lamas Rinpoches Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet Chinese emigrants to Nepal People from Solukhumbu District {{Tibet-bio-stub