https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&feed=atom&action=historyTsewang Paljor (1909-1999) A Tribute to a Remarkable Life - Revision history2024-03-29T01:37:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.1https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&diff=89387&oldid=prevSébastien at 22:36, 9 December 20202020-12-09T22:36:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both [[Nyingma|Old]] and [[Sarma|New Translation]] Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen|Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shenyen Chenpo </del>Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], Shechen Rabjam [[Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]], [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima|Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[Karma Shedrup Tenpé Nyima|Benchen Sangyé Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[Khenpo Lekshé Jorden|Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both [[Nyingma|Old]] and [[Sarma|New Translation]] Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen|Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the great kalyanamitra </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khenpo Jamyang Gyaltsen|</ins>Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], Shechen Rabjam [[Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]], [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima|Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[Karma Shedrup Tenpé Nyima|Benchen Sangyé Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[Khenpo Lekshé Jorden|Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar family]], great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[Anathapindika|Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the [[Lakar family]] to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar family]], great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[Anathapindika|Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the [[Lakar family]] to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, in turn, the true incarnation of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]] was also enthroned at Sikkim’s palace temple as a sovereign and protector of the [[Ngagyur Nyingma]] teachings, in accordance with the prophecy of Kyabjé Dodrup Rinpoche. While in Dharamsala for the [[hair-cutting ceremony]] in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the young Dzogchen Tulku was advised to enter the Dharamsala [[School of Dialectics]] to study buddhist philosophy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, in turn, the true incarnation of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]] was also enthroned at Sikkim’s palace temple as a sovereign and protector of the [[Ngagyur Nyingma]] teachings, in accordance with the prophecy of Kyabjé Dodrup Rinpoche. While in Dharamsala for the [[hair-cutting ceremony]] in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the young Dzogchen Tulku was advised to enter the Dharamsala [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Buddhist School of Dialectics|</ins>School of Dialectics]] to study buddhist philosophy.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:TP+Tselu+Khandro 92.jpg|frame|'''At [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in South India with [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] and his wife, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]].''']]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:TP+Tselu+Khandro 92.jpg|frame|'''At [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in South India with [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] and his wife, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]].''']]</div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&diff=20357&oldid=prevSébastien at 17:52, 23 August 20092009-08-23T17:52:08Z<p></p>
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</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&diff=16993&oldid=prevSébastien: /* A Tribute to a Remarkable Life */2009-05-23T13:40:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Tribute to a Remarkable Life</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great [[tertön<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[</del>Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö|Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse]] himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the [[Kham]] region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rigdzin Düddul Dorje|</ins>tertön Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö|Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse]] himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the [[Kham]] region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout his life, Tsewang Paljor worked on numerous projects to ensure the survival and expansion of the precious teachings, related to study, meditation practice and creative activities, such as the organising of [[empowerment]]s, transmissions and teachings. These projects included the founding of the great [[Kham-jé shedra]] at Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s own seat of Dzongsar, which produced so many of East Tibet’s great scholars, as well as the retreat centre of [[Karmo Taktsang]]. There was also the renovation of the [[Dragang Nyengyü]] retreat centre at the great monastery of Derge and the carving of a new set of woodblock-prints for the fifteen-volume collected works of the previous [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo|Jamyang Khyentse]]. The [[Tsé Lhakhang temple]] was built at Dzongsar and its images installed, and a statue of the future Buddha [[Maitreya]] was erected, unequalled in all of Kham. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout his life, Tsewang Paljor worked on numerous projects to ensure the survival and expansion of the precious teachings, related to study, meditation practice and creative activities, such as the organising of [[empowerment]]s, transmissions and teachings. These projects included the founding of the great [[Kham-jé shedra]] at Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s own seat of Dzongsar, which produced so many of East Tibet’s great scholars, as well as the retreat centre of [[Karmo Taktsang]]. There was also the renovation of the [[Dragang Nyengyü]] retreat centre at the great monastery of Derge and the carving of a new set of woodblock-prints for the fifteen-volume collected works of the previous [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo|Jamyang Khyentse]]. The [[Tsé Lhakhang temple]] was built at Dzongsar and its images installed, and a statue of the future Buddha [[Maitreya]] was erected, unequalled in all of Kham. </div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&diff=16691&oldid=prevSébastien: /* A Tribute to a Remarkable Life */2009-05-20T17:57:00Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Tribute to a Remarkable Life</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both [[Nyingma|Old]] and [[Sarma|New Translation]] Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen|Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], [[Shenyen Chenpo Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], Shechen Rabjam [[Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]], [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima|Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[Benchen <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sangye </del>Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[Khenpo Lekshé Jorden|Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both [[Nyingma|Old]] and [[Sarma|New Translation]] Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen|Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], [[Shenyen Chenpo Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], Shechen Rabjam [[Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]], [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima|Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Karma Shedrup Tenpé Nyima|</ins>Benchen <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sangyé </ins>Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[Khenpo Lekshé Jorden|Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar family]], great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[Anathapindika|Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the [[Lakar family]] to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar family]], great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[Anathapindika|Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]]). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the [[Lakar family]] to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tsewang_Paljor_(1909-1999)_A_Tribute_to_a_Remarkable_Life&diff=16342&oldid=prevSébastien: /* A Tribute to a Remarkable Life */2009-05-14T20:50:38Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">A Tribute to a Remarkable Life</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Tsewang Paljor<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, the greatly respected private secretary to the second [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö| Jamyang Khyentse]] of [[Dzongsar]], Dorje Chang Chökyi Lodrö, and father of the Seventh [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], passed away in Sikkim on the fifth of April this year [1999], the Tibetan Earth Hare in the seventeenth [[calendrical cycle]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tsewang Paljor, the greatly respected private secretary to the second [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö| Jamyang Khyentse]] of [[Dzongsar]], Dorje Chang Chökyi Lodrö, and father of the Seventh [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], passed away in Sikkim on the fifth of April this year [1999], the Tibetan Earth Hare in the seventeenth [[calendrical cycle]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great [[tertön]] [[Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö|</del>Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, [[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse]] himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the [[Kham]] region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great [[tertön]] [[Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö|</ins>Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse]] himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the [[Kham]] region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In all these activities, he offered his services with the utmost devotion of his body, speech and mind. Although his work involved dealings in fields such as trade and agriculture, it definitely brought tremendous benefit. In particular, during the organization of empowerments, transmissions and teachings when Dzongsar played host to many hundreds of masters from all traditions, he ensured that all of them were taken care of properly. Through his efforts, everything was done to bring about the most favourable of circumstances, and there was never even the slightest hint of dissatisfaction.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In all these activities, he offered his services with the utmost devotion of his body, speech and mind. Although his work involved dealings in fields such as trade and agriculture, it definitely brought tremendous benefit. In particular, during the organization of empowerments, transmissions and teachings when Dzongsar played host to many hundreds of masters from all traditions, he ensured that all of them were taken care of properly. Through his efforts, everything was done to bring about the most favourable of circumstances, and there was never even the slightest hint of dissatisfaction.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both Old and New Translation Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], [[Shenyen Chenpo Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </del>[[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shechen Rabjam]] </del>Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje, [[Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gyalsé </del>Gyurme Dorje]], [[Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[Benchen Sangye Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the course of his life, Tsewang Paljor received a great many instructions, empowerments, transmissions and teachings from hundreds of masters of both <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Nyingma|</ins>Old<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Sarma|</ins>New Translation<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>Schools. These included his root master, Khyentse Dorje Chang, [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen|</ins>Dezhung Choktrul Ajam]], [[Gatö Chöje Ngawang Lekpa]], [[Shenyen Chenpo Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen]], the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Thubten Chökyi Dorje]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shechen Rabjam </ins>[[Nangdzé Drubpé Dorje<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|</ins>Kathok Situ]], [[Adzom <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gyalse </ins>Gyurme Dorje]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima|</ins>Dodrup Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Situ Pema Wangchok Gyalpo]], [[Benchen Sangye Nyenpa]], [[Drubram Gyatrul Rinpoche]], [[Driter Ösal Dorje]], [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Khenpo Nüden]], [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Khenpo Lekshé Jorden|</ins>Khenpo Jorden]] and [[Khemar Rinchen]]. Whatever instructions he received he put into practice with tremendous effort, reciting more than a hundred million ''mani'' mantras and a similar number of ''vajra guru'' mantras. In particular, it is said that he completed over two-hundred million repetitions of the ‘heart-''phurba''’ mantra, based on the development stage (''kyerim'') practice of the supreme ''yidam'' deity, [[Vajrakilaya]]. He is also said to have told a few close friends how on several occasions he saw the deities of the Vajrakilaya mandala directly.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family</del>, great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of Shakyamuni Buddha). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the Lakar family to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From 1954 onwards, he frequently journeyed to the [[Trehor]] region, which was home to the [[Lakar <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">family</ins>]], great benefactors of the teachings, whom many masters likened to [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Anathapindika|</ins>Anathapindaka]] (the greatest patron of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Shakyamuni Buddha<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>). He took the elder daughter of the family, [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|Tsering Wangmo]] (known as 'Tselu'), as his spiritual wife and adopted the dress of a layman. In 1957, he travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Lakar family<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>to [[Lhasa]], passing through the main places of pilgrimage in Kham on the way. Together they made vast offerings at the three principal centres of Dharma in Central Tibet—Lhasa, [[Samye]] and [[Tradruk]]. In all the sacred sites they visited, the teacher and his party were greeted by gatherings of vajra assemblies. They presented a great offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the [[Norling Kalzang Palace]], and he granted them a private audience. Then, having made their way slowly through Tsang, visiting and making offerings at all the holy sites en route, they arrived in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. From there, they undertook a pilgrimage around the most important sites of India and Nepal, all the time combining extensive offerings with vast prayers of aspiration. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1959, the Jamyang Khyentse displayed the signs of dissolving into the [[dharmadhatu]], in the palace temple in Gangtok. Tsewang Paljor was charged with overseeing the offerings and the ''gong dzok''—fulfilment of his intentions. He saw that everything necessary was accomplished, especially the cremation and the construction of a single storey ''bodhi'' stupa at Tashiding, within the sacred land of Sikkim. There was also a similar bodhi stupa of pure gold placed within Jamyang Khyentse’s former living quarters at Sikkim’s palace temple, and a small gold reliquary stupa made in order to ensure his return one day to Kham. All these stupas were fashioned from the finest quality materials, such as pure gold, and ornamented with precious and semi-precious stones. They were easily financed using the wealth of the Khyentse Labrang and the Lakar family’s own private resources. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1959, the Jamyang Khyentse displayed the signs of dissolving into the [[dharmadhatu]], in the palace temple in Gangtok. Tsewang Paljor was charged with overseeing the offerings and the ''gong dzok''—fulfilment of his intentions. He saw that everything necessary was accomplished, especially the cremation and the construction of a single storey ''bodhi'' stupa at Tashiding, within the sacred land of Sikkim. There was also a similar bodhi stupa of pure gold placed within Jamyang Khyentse’s former living quarters at Sikkim’s palace temple, and a small gold reliquary stupa made in order to ensure his return one day to Kham. All these stupas were fashioned from the finest quality materials, such as pure gold, and ornamented with precious and semi-precious stones. They were easily financed using the wealth of the Khyentse Labrang and the Lakar family’s own private resources. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following this, he remained for several years, doing his own practice in a small house which he had built in a place called Lü Sharmar, above Gangtok. He and his spiritual wife (''sang-yum'') Lakar Tselu, had four children. The youngest one, through the strength of a very deep spiritual and family connection, was born as the seventh in the line of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]s.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following this, he remained for several years, doing his own practice in a small house which he had built in a place called Lü Sharmar, above Gangtok. He and his spiritual wife (''sang-yum'') Lakar Tselu, had four children. The youngest one, through the strength of a very deep spiritual and family connection, was born as the seventh in the line of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]s.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the incarnation of the former Khyentse Dorje Chang was born, as prophesied by His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], as the son of [[Thinley Norbu]] and the grandson of Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], Tsewang Paljor disregarded numerous hardships and organised an elaborate enthronement at the palace temple. This occasion signified the completion of all his tireless acts of service and he resigned his post as secretary-treasurer of Dzongsar [[Labrang]]. Before a gathering which included the consort of the previous Jamyang Khyentse, the new secretary Tashi Namgyal and several officials from Derge, he made a record of all the images (of body, speech and mind), offerings and riches in the possession of the labrang and formally handed over his responsibilities.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When the incarnation of the former Khyentse <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Vajradhara|</ins>Dorje Chang<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>was born, as prophesied by His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], as the son of [[Thinley Norbu]] and the grandson of Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], Tsewang Paljor disregarded numerous hardships and organised an elaborate enthronement at the palace temple. This occasion signified the completion of all his tireless acts of service and he resigned his post as secretary-treasurer of Dzongsar [[Labrang]]. Before a gathering which included the consort of the previous Jamyang Khyentse, the new secretary Tashi Namgyal and several officials from Derge, he made a record of all the images (of body, speech and mind), offerings and riches in the possession of the labrang and formally handed over his responsibilities.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, in turn, the true incarnation of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]] was also enthroned at Sikkim’s palace temple as a sovereign and protector of the [[Ngagyur Nyingma]] teachings, in accordance with the prophecy of Kyabjé Dodrup Rinpoche. While in Dharamsala for the hair-cutting ceremony in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the young Dzogchen Tulku was advised to enter the Dharamsala [[School of Dialectics]] to study buddhist philosophy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, in turn, the true incarnation of [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]] was also enthroned at Sikkim’s palace temple as a sovereign and protector of the [[Ngagyur Nyingma]] teachings, in accordance with the prophecy of Kyabjé Dodrup Rinpoche. While in Dharamsala for the hair-cutting ceremony in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the young Dzogchen Tulku was advised to enter the Dharamsala [[School of Dialectics]] to study buddhist philosophy.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Towards the end of his life, he returned for just four years to his former residence in [[Gangtok]]. He explained that he preferred to stay in a place of even temperature, near the stupa containing the relics of the former Jamyang Khyentse. Here, he was able to remain quietly doing his practice without interruption. He performed [[tsok]] together with his wife and [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]], the consort of Jamyang Khyentse, on the tenth and twenty-fifth days of the Tibetan month and on full and new moon days. In this way he devoted his time to practice and did not indulge in talk about worldly matters, but restricted his speech to recounting episodes from the lives of his teachers, their prophecies and so on.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Towards the end of his life, he returned for just four years to his former residence in [[Gangtok]]. He explained that he preferred to stay in a place of even temperature, near the stupa containing the relics of the former Jamyang Khyentse. Here, he was able to remain quietly doing his practice without interruption. He performed [[tsok]] together with his wife and [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]], the consort of Jamyang Khyentse, on the tenth and twenty-fifth days of the Tibetan month and on full and new moon days. In this way he devoted his time to practice and did not indulge in talk about worldly matters, but restricted his speech to recounting episodes from the lives of his teachers, their prophecies and so on.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having celebrated the Tibetan New Year of the Earth Hare in such a way, at the age of ninety, he confided to those around him that, as he was now an old man, he had decided not to remain much longer. He had met Jamyang Khyentse in a dream and he had told him if he came quickly he would be happy. All his spiritual and worldly tasks had been well completed. He was content, he said, without any trace of physical or mental suffering. He displayed the signs of an illness and his family requested a divination. When an elaborate ceremony was performed on his behalf, he said, “I don’t need any ceremonies performed. My life and my dharma are both complete.” The illness gradually disappeared and he remained for about ten days without any trace of it at all. Then, on the morning of the nineteenth day of the second Tibetan month, he showed signs of ill health and in the afternoon, surrounded by his wife and family, he displayed the signs of passing away. At Tsering Paljor's own request Khandro Tsering Chödrön was present. He showed no distress, but remained in meditative equipoise with his right hand outstretched. His consort reminded him of the instructions for the after-death state (bardo) and Kyabjé [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]] was invited to give guidance for the bardo and perform an elaborate dedication and aspiration. After this, a few close friends came to visit, but when it was realised that he was remaining in [[thukdam]], the equipoise of the great sphere of luminosity, just as it is taught in the [[Dzogchen tantra]]s, they were asked to wait until the following Monday morning.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Having celebrated the Tibetan New Year of the Earth Hare in such a way, at the age of ninety, he confided to those around him that, as he was now an old man, he had decided not to remain much longer. He had met Jamyang Khyentse in a dream and he had told him if he came quickly he would be happy. All his spiritual and worldly tasks had been well completed. He was content, he said, without any trace of physical or mental suffering. He displayed the signs of an illness and his family requested a divination. When an elaborate ceremony was performed on his behalf, he said, “I don’t need any ceremonies performed. My life and my dharma are both complete.” The illness gradually disappeared and he remained for about ten days without any trace of it at all. Then, on the morning of the nineteenth day of the second Tibetan month, he showed signs of ill health and in the afternoon, surrounded by his wife and family, he displayed the signs of passing away. At Tsering Paljor's own request Khandro Tsering Chödrön was present. He showed no distress, but remained in meditative equipoise with his right hand outstretched. His consort reminded him of the instructions for the after-death state (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>bardo<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>) and Kyabjé [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]] was invited to give guidance for the bardo and perform an elaborate dedication and aspiration. After this, a few close friends came to visit, but when it was realised that he was remaining in [[thukdam]], the equipoise of the great sphere of luminosity, just as it is taught in the [[Dzogchen<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[</ins>tantra]]s, they were asked to wait until the following Monday morning.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Tsewang Paljor]], the greatly respected private secretary to the second [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö| Jamyang Khyentse]] of [[Dzongsar]], Dorje Chang Chökyi Lodrö, and father of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">seventh </del>[[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], passed away in Sikkim on the fifth of April this year, the Tibetan Earth Hare in the seventeenth calendrical cycle.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Tsewang Paljor]], the greatly respected private secretary to the second [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö| Jamyang Khyentse]] of [[Dzongsar]], Dorje Chang Chökyi Lodrö, and father of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Seventh </ins>[[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], passed away in Sikkim on the fifth of April this year <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[1999]</ins>, the Tibetan Earth Hare in the seventeenth <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>calendrical cycle<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great tertön [[Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the Kham region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the Iron Dog year of the fifteenth calendrical cycle in a place called Sangen, in the [[Derge]] district of East Tibet. His mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>tertön<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>[[Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and write at an early age, and training in astrology and poetry, he entered [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö|</ins>Dzongsar Monastery]] in his eighteenth year, as instructed by his uncle, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>himself. Before too long, he became renowned throughout the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Kham<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>region as the ‘secretary-lama Tsewang Paljor’, on account of his outstanding intelligence and capabilities. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout his life, Tsewang Paljor worked on numerous projects to ensure the survival and expansion of the precious teachings, related to study, meditation practice and creative activities, such as the organising of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">empowerments</del>, transmissions and teachings. These projects included the founding of the great [[Kham-jé shedra]] at Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s own seat of Dzongsar, which produced so many of East Tibet’s great scholars, as well as the retreat centre of [[Karmo Taktsang]]. There was also the renovation of the [[Dragang Nyengyü]] retreat centre at the great monastery of Derge and the carving of a new set of woodblock-prints for the fifteen-volume collected works of the previous [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo|Jamyang Khyentse]]. The [[Tsé Lhakhang temple]] was built at Dzongsar and its images installed, and a statue of the future Buddha [[Maitreya]] was erected, unequalled in all of Kham. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout his life, Tsewang Paljor worked on numerous projects to ensure the survival and expansion of the precious teachings, related to study, meditation practice and creative activities, such as the organising of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[empowerment]]s</ins>, transmissions and teachings. These projects included the founding of the great [[Kham-jé shedra]] at Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s own seat of Dzongsar, which produced so many of East Tibet’s great scholars, as well as the retreat centre of [[Karmo Taktsang]]. There was also the renovation of the [[Dragang Nyengyü]] retreat centre at the great monastery of Derge and the carving of a new set of woodblock-prints for the fifteen-volume collected works of the previous [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo|Jamyang Khyentse]]. The [[Tsé Lhakhang temple]] was built at Dzongsar and its images installed, and a statue of the future Buddha [[Maitreya]] was erected, unequalled in all of Kham. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In all these activities, he offered his services with the utmost devotion of his body, speech and mind. Although his work involved dealings in fields such as trade and agriculture, it definitely brought tremendous benefit. In particular, during the organization of empowerments, transmissions and teachings when Dzongsar played host to many hundreds of masters from all traditions, he ensured that all of them were taken care of properly. Through his efforts, everything was done to bring about the most favourable of circumstances, and there was never even the slightest hint of dissatisfaction.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In all these activities, he offered his services with the utmost devotion of his body, speech and mind. Although his work involved dealings in fields such as trade and agriculture, it definitely brought tremendous benefit. In particular, during the organization of empowerments, transmissions and teachings when Dzongsar played host to many hundreds of masters from all traditions, he ensured that all of them were taken care of properly. Through his efforts, everything was done to bring about the most favourable of circumstances, and there was never even the slightest hint of dissatisfaction.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, at the proper time, as determined through astrology, the Nyingma master [[Yangthang Rinpoche]] summoned him to arise from the state of [[thukdam]], and he manifested the signs of doing so. His remains were dressed in [[sambhogakaya]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ornaments </del>and cremated in a ceremony led by Kyabjé [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] and [[Yangthang Rinpoche]]. Fire offerings were performed by means of two great mandalas, a gathering of Dzogchen khenpos and tulkus with lamas and monks from the Nyingma tradition on one side and a gathering of khenpos and others from the [[Ngor]] tradition on the other.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Then, at the proper time, as determined through astrology, the Nyingma master [[Yangthang Rinpoche]] summoned him to arise from the state of [[thukdam]], and he manifested the signs of doing so. His remains were dressed in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Thirteen ornaments of the perfect </ins>sambhogakaya<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|sambhogakaya ornaments</ins>]] and cremated in a ceremony led by Kyabjé [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] and [[Yangthang Rinpoche]]. Fire offerings were performed by means of two great mandalas, a gathering of Dzogchen khenpos and tulkus with lamas and monks from the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Nyingma<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>tradition on one side and a gathering of khenpos and others from the [[Ngor]] tradition on the other.</div></td></tr>
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