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Practice Lineage Contemporary Masters Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche
| Khensur Denma Locho Rinpoche |
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| Tuesday, 03 January 2006 14:56 |
 Denma Locho Rinpoche is one of the few living high reincarnate lamas who was educated in Tibet. He is an expert on Manjushri's fierce form, Yamataka, and many other teachings and practices. Born in Kham, Tibet in 1928 and recognized at age six as the reincarnation of a famous scholar/teacher from the local Selkar monastery, at age eleven Locho Rinpoche entered Drepung Loseling Monastic College outside Lhasa, obtained his Geshe degree at age 25, and then attended Gyume Tantric College. In 1959 he fled to India, living in Sarnath for two years and then two years on a research fellowship at Calcutta University before becoming principal of the Buddhist School of Dialectics in Ladahk for six years. In 1967 he become abbot of a small monastery in Manali before moving to Dharamsala, where he now resides. He served as Abbot of the Dalai Lama's Namgyal Monastery from 1986 to 1991, and has visited the U.S. on several previous occasions, including one year teaching at the University of Virginia. Comments (0)
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