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'''Zhichen Bairo Rinpoche''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gzhi chen bai ro rin po che''), also known as '''Zhichen Bairochana''', was recognized by [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] as the thirty-sixth incarnation of the [[lotsawa]] [[Vairotsana]]. He is an important holder of the [[Katok]] lineage. His main seat is Zhichen Kharmar Sangag Tangye Ling in [[Golok]], one of the major branches of [[Katok Monastery|Katok Dorje Den Monastery]] in eastern Tibet. Zhichen has its own group of over twenty branch monasteries throughout the region.  
[[Image:Bairo Rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Bairo Rinpoche''' courtesy of drukpa.org]]
'''Bairo Rinpoche''', aka Shyichen Bairo Rinpoche (Tib. གཞི་ཆེན་བཻ་རོ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''gzhi chen bai ro rin po che'') (1933-2017), Jamyang Tenpé Gyaltsen, the third '''Shyichen Bairochana''', was recognized by [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] as the thirty-sixth incarnation of the [[lotsawa]] [[Vairotsana]]. He was an important holder of the [[Katok]] lineage. His main seat, [[Shyichen Monastery]] in [[Golok]], is one of the major branches of [[Katok Monastery|Katok Dorje Den Monastery]] in eastern Tibet. Shyichen Monastery has its own group of over twenty branch monasteries throughout the region.  


Bairo Rinpoche received teachings from [[Tuksé Nyidha Zangpo]], [[Tulku Kunzang Nyima]], [[Katok Khenpo Sherab]], Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, [[Katok Getse Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal]], [[Chaktsa Rinpoche Pema Trinlé Gyatso]], [[Khenpo Drimé Özer]], [[Katok Khenpo Gyaltsen Özer]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Nyima|Katok Situ Shedrup Chökyi Nyima]], [[Minling Chung Rinpoche]], [[Minling Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu|Minling Khen Rinpoche]], [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and [[Lodrak Namkhai Nyingpo]].
Bairo Rinpoche's older brother is [[Katok Moktsa Rinpoche]].


Bairo Rinpoche teaches for one month every year at his new seat, Zhichen Bairo Ling, in Kathmandu. Zichen Monastery in Tibet is currently being rebuilt under the direction of Bairo Rinpoche’s son, the [[Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche|Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa]].
Bairo Rinpoche received the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]] and other cycles of the secret Nyingtik teachings from [[Khenpo Ngawang Palzang]]<ref>''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'' by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje, Padma Publishing, 2005, page 536.</ref>. He also received teachings from [[Tuksé Nyidha Zangpo]], [[Tulku Kunzang Nyima]], [[Katok Khenpo Sherab]], Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, [[Katok Getse Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal]], [[Chaktsa Rinpoche Pema Trinlé Gyatso]], Rakor [[Khenpo Drimé Özer]] of Getse, [[Katok Khenpo Gyaltsen Özer]], [[Katok Situ Chökyi Nyima|Katok Situ Shedrup Chökyi Nyima]], [[Minling Chung Rinpoche]], [[Minling Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu|Minling Khen Rinpoche]], [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and [[Lodrak Namkhai Nyingpo]].
 
Bairo Rinpoche taught for one month every year at his new seat, Zhichen Bairo Ling, in Kathmandu. During the recent resurgence of the teachings in Tibet, Bairo Rinpoche worked closely with [[Zhichen Ontrul Rinpoche]], a student of [[Tulku Tsullo]]<ref>''Ibid''.</ref>. Shyichen Monastery in Tibet is currently being rebuilt under the direction of Bairo Rinpoche’s son, the [[Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche|Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa]].
 
==Notes==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.drukpa.org/biography/father.html  Longer biography]
*[http://www.drukpa.org/en/my-family/57-biographies/my-family/264-my-father Longer biography]
 
*[http://www.drukpa.com/shop/books/278-jewel-of-the-heart Gyalwang Drukpa, 'Jewel of the Heart', 2017.]


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Revision as of 04:20, 18 February 2018

Bairo Rinpoche courtesy of drukpa.org

Bairo Rinpoche, aka Shyichen Bairo Rinpoche (Tib. གཞི་ཆེན་བཻ་རོ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl. gzhi chen bai ro rin po che) (1933-2017), Jamyang Tenpé Gyaltsen, the third Shyichen Bairochana, was recognized by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö as the thirty-sixth incarnation of the lotsawa Vairotsana. He was an important holder of the Katok lineage. His main seat, Shyichen Monastery in Golok, is one of the major branches of Katok Dorje Den Monastery in eastern Tibet. Shyichen Monastery has its own group of over twenty branch monasteries throughout the region.

Bairo Rinpoche's older brother is Katok Moktsa Rinpoche.

Bairo Rinpoche received the Nyingtik Yabshyi and other cycles of the secret Nyingtik teachings from Khenpo Ngawang Palzang[1]. He also received teachings from Tuksé Nyidha Zangpo, Tulku Kunzang Nyima, Katok Khenpo Sherab, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Katok Getse Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal, Chaktsa Rinpoche Pema Trinlé Gyatso, Rakor Khenpo Drimé Özer of Getse, Katok Khenpo Gyaltsen Özer, Katok Situ Shedrup Chökyi Nyima, Minling Chung Rinpoche, Minling Khen Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche and Lodrak Namkhai Nyingpo.

Bairo Rinpoche taught for one month every year at his new seat, Zhichen Bairo Ling, in Kathmandu. During the recent resurgence of the teachings in Tibet, Bairo Rinpoche worked closely with Zhichen Ontrul Rinpoche, a student of Tulku Tsullo[2]. Shyichen Monastery in Tibet is currently being rebuilt under the direction of Bairo Rinpoche’s son, the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa.

Notes

  1. A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje, Padma Publishing, 2005, page 536.
  2. Ibid.

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