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He passed away in Bodhgaya on December 23, Close to my birthplace, in the region known as Taklung, was the prominent Taklung Tse monastic center affiliated with Thubten Dorje Drak , the seat of the Northern Treasures Chang Ter Nyingma dharma tradition. He devoted his whole life to practice and the attainment of superior realization. I arrived at Taklung Tse Monastery and received my first ordination when I was five years old, as well as the title and enthronement of a tulku.

I studied and became proficient in all of the monastic arts and rituals. From the age of fourteen I studied with a lama named Pawo Rinpoche, who was a student of Khenpo Thubten Gyaltsen, a personal student of the great Dzogchen Khenpo Shenga.

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When I was fifteen, the elder Khenpo from Gotsa Monastery, who was a personal disciple of the previous Dordrak Rigdzin, gave the empowerments and transmissions of the Changter lineage to the current, great Dordrak Rigdzin, Namdrol Gyatso. At that time I most humbly was able to receive most of these empowerments and transmissions, as well as other Dzogchen instructions.

From the retreat master at Mindroling and from the previous Lalung Sungtrul Rinpoche, I received most empowerments and transmissions for the treasures of Padma Lingpa , and from Golok Chewo Rinpoche I received all the transmissions for the Seven Treasures and other teachings of the omniscient Longchen Rabjam. At Dorje Drak I received all of the empowerments and transmissions for the higher and lower Changter treasure teachings, as well as Kama oral teachings, and instructions on the nature of mind.

I became the khenpo of Dodrak Monastery for several years, and then was requested to return to my own Taklung Monastery. On the occasion of the th anniversary of the Buddha's parinirvana I went on pilgrimage to India with my family.