Spiritual Lineage
His
Holiness Karmapa Khakyab Dorje, the 15th Karmapa, was told in his
dreams that in order to prolong his life, he needed to take a consort who
was an emanation of the Yogini Yeshe Tsogyal (consort,
disciple, and spiritual heir of Padmasambhava). The emanation predicted
in his dreams was Urgyen Tsomo, who had been born into a family living near
Tsurphu. When she was found, she was sixteen years old. Endowed with spontaneous
realisation she performed the purification practise of Dorje Namdjoma for
the Karmapa, because at that time he was very seriously ill. Every day she
had to repeat this practise and was able in this way to prolong the life
of the Karmapa for another nine years. After His Holiness the Karmapa passed
away Urgyen Tsomo lived at the retreat center in Tsurphu doing many retreats
and guiding others on the path to liberation, becoming known as The
Great Khandro of Tsurphu. When Urgyen Tsomo was about to pass away,
the nuns who were with her requested her to take birth again, and she explained
that she would be born in Zangdok Palri and they would meet her there.
Khandro Tsering Paldron, endowed with the lineage of Yeshe Tsogyal, was born
at the monastery of Zangdok Palri in Kalimpong in the Tibetan fire sheep
year (1967) as the eldest daughter of His
Holiness Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche.
At the age of one year Khandro Tsering Paldrön manifested many auspicious signs by which the 16th Karmapa Rigpe Dorje recognized her to be the reincarnation of the Great Khandro of Tsurphu. When she was three years old an official announcement was made, and she was later enthroned.
Khandro Tsering Paldron, known now as the Venerable Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, was also recognized by His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who became a close teacher.
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