Trulshik rinpoche biography for kids

Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche (1924-2011) was is one of the last great masters to have completed a truly extensive study, training and practice of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the extraordinary cultural environment of Tibet prior to its invasion by the Chinese communist régime.

Close disciple of some of the greatest Buddhist practitioners of the century, including Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche, he is one of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s respected teachers, holder of an important monastic lineage, and inheritor of many precious instructions and transmissions.

The family of his father, Tenzin Chödar, traced its ancestry to a member of the Licchavi clan of India. His mother, Jamyang Wangmo, was the daughter of a family descended from Önré Dharma Senge, nephew of the great Drukpa Kagyü founder, Tsangpa Gyarepa.

The family still inhabited Önre’s house in the district of Nakartsé near Yamdrok Taklung in lower Tsa