Neten Chokling Rinpoche (), is also referred to as the 4th Neten Chokling Rinpoche.
Life
Neten Chokling was born on August 10, 1973, into a farming family in
Wangdue Phodrang
Wangdue Phodrang (, Dzongkha 'Wangdi Phodr'a) is a town and capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan. It is located in Thedtsho Gewog. Khothang Rinchenling
History
The town shares its name with the Wangdue Ph ...
in
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
. He was recognized by the
16th Karmapa
The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (; August 14, 1924 – November 5, 1981) is the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He is of the oldest line of reincarnate lamas in Vajrayana Buddhi ...
and
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tashi Paljor () (c. 1910 – 28 September 1991) was a Vajrayana master, Terton, scholar, poet, teacher, and recognized by Buddhists as one of the greatest realized masters. Head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism f ...
as being the reincarnation of
Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme. At the age of four, he was taken to his monastery — the
Pema Ewam Chögar Gyurme Ling Monastery — in Bir, India, and enthroned by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Clement Town at the Ngedön Gatsal Ling monastery. Before arriving in his home monastery, Rinpoche was also enthroned in Rumtek by H.H. 16th Karmapa, who gave him the name Rigdzin Gyurme Dorje. He has received the transmissions of the
Kangyur
The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur and the Tengyur. The ''Kangyur'' or ''Kanjur'' is Buddha's recorded teachings (or the 'Translation of ...
,
Nyingma Gyübum
''Nyingma Gyubum'' (, ''Collected Teachings of the Ancients'') is a collection of Vajrayana texts reflecting the teachings of the Nyingma ("Ancient") school of Tibetan Buddhism.
The contents of this collection comprises the Classes of Tantr ...
,
Nyingma Kama,
Rinchen Terdzö and
Chokling Tersar
In Tibetan Buddhism the Chokling Tersar (Tib. མཆོག་གླིང་གཏེར་གསར་ Wyl: ''mchog gling gter gsar.'') are a collection of formerly hidden teachings or termas revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa, whose current reincar ...
, as well as many other teachings from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, one of the sons of the previous Neten Chokling Rinpoche, participated in the education of his father's reincarnation before transferring to him the full responsibility of his monastery in 2004.
Neten Chokling, along with
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche was a Tibetan teacher, writer, religious ritual master, and meditation master of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche has been recognized by the 16th Karmapa as the fourth reincarnation of ...
, is one of the four reincarnations of
Chokgyur Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa or Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829-1870) was a tertön or "treasure revealer" and contemporary of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul. Regarded as one of the major tertöns in Tibetan history, his termas are widely practiced ...
. This lineage traces back to
Trisong Detsen
Trisong Detsen () was the son of Me Agtsom, the 37th king of Tibet. As the 38th king, he ruled from AD 755 until 797. Trisong Detsen was the second of the Three Dharma Kings of Tibet — Songsten Gampo, Trisong Detsen, Rapalchen — honored f ...
, a Tibetan king who invited
Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava ('Born from a Lotus'), also known as Guru Rinpoche ('Precious Guru'), was a legendary tantric Buddhist Vajracharya, Vajra master from Oddiyana. who fully revealed the Vajrayana in Tibet, circa 8th – 9th centuries... He is consi ...
to Tibet.
Neten Chokling Rinpoche is married to Tenzing Choyang Gyari, the second eldest daughter of
Gyari Rinpoche. Their son is
Tulku Urgyen Yangsi Rinpoche.
Rinpoche acted in
's films ''
The Cup'' (1999) and ''
Travellers and Magicians
''Travellers and Magicians'' is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha-language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, writer and director of the arthouse film ''The Cup''. The movie is the first feature film shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The ...
'' (2003). In 2006, he directed his own film, ''
The Life of Milarepa - Part I'', about the adventurous years of the legendary Buddhist mystic,
Milarepa
Jetsun Milarepa (, 1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan , who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple. He is generally considered one of Tibet's most fa ...
(1052-1135). Milarepa, who initially set out for vengeance and retribution, is one of the best known
Tibetan saints .
References
External links
Milarepa movie official websiteMilarepa movie blogNeten Chokling Rinpoche
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Tibetan male actors
Bhutanese male actors
Tibetan film directors
Rinpoches
1973 births
Living people
People from Wangdue Phodrang District