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BHAKHA RINPOCHE is the tenth incarnation in the Bhakha Tulku line, recognized as such by three consummate Buddhist masters: Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro, H.H. the 16th Karmapa, and H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. Rinpoche’s monastic seat is the Bhakha Gompa (Monastery), located in the Powo region of south-eastern Tibet, at the entrance to the “King of the Hidden Lands,” Beyül Pemaköd.

The line of Bhakha Tulku incarnations traces back to Ananda, the cousin and attendant of Lord Buddha Shakyamuni, and later, in 8th-century Tibet, to Vairotsana, the first Tibetan monk and greatest translator. Our present Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche is said to be the combined emanation of two of the five Great Kingly Tertöns (revealers of Guru Rinpoche’s concealed teachings): Dorje Lingpa and Pema Lingpa. As such, he is one of the principal lineage holders of the Pema Lingpa tradition. Rinpoche is a senior student of his root guru H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, as well as of Garwang Sangye Dorje and the great Dzogchen yogi H.H. Chatral Rinpoche.

At the request of Chatral Rinpoche, Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche served as a close mentor and teacher to the young Dudjom Yangsi Tulku, Sangye Pema Zhepa, thus returning the kindness of his own root guru.

Bhakha Rinpoche is widely revered for his deep meditative realization, authentic humility, excellent translations and scholarship, and his beautiful calligraphy. Rinpoche has written countless mantra stones, which students have carved, and he continues to write every day.

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compiled by Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok