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*[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] passes into [[parinirvana]].
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] passes into [[parinirvana]].


==Iron Dog 1910 (birth)==
==Iron Dog 1910 (birth, aged 1<ref>According to Tibetan custom, during the first months of a person's life, that person is considered to be one year old, until the next Tibetan New Year ([[Losar]]), when they turn two. This timeline reflects this Tibetan custom.</ref>)==
*third day of the third Tibetan month: birth in Denkok Valley, [[Dergé]] region of [[Kham]], while a [[tsok]] offering was being held on the occasion of [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s successful explanation of the detailed [[Kalachakra]] Vajra Tantra commentary.
*third day of the third Tibetan month: birth in Denkok Valley, [[Dergé]] region of [[Kham]], while a [[tsok]] offering was being held on the occasion of [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s successful explanation of the detailed [[Kalachakra]] Vajra Tantra commentary.


==Earth Sheep 1919 (aged 9)==
==Earth Sheep 1919 (aged 10)==
*summer of 1919: meets [[Adzom Drukpa]].
*summer of 1919: meets [[Adzom Drukpa]].


==Monkey 1920 (aged 10)==
==Monkey 1920 (aged 11)==
*travels to Jeykundo and receives a commentary on ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'' from [[Khenpo Shenga]].
*travels to Jeykundo and receives a commentary on ''[[Introduction to the Middle Way]]'' from [[Khenpo Shenga]].


==Wood Ox 1925 (aged 15)==
==Wood Ox 1925 (aged 16)==


==Fire Tiger 1926 (aged 16)==
==Fire Tiger 1926 (aged 17)==
*receives from Lama Jamyang Trakpa: the oral transmission of the ''[[Seven Treasuries]]'', ''Trilogy of Natural Ease'', ''[[Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions]]'' and ''Tantric Overview'', along with the table of contents written by Shedrup Pandita.
*receives from Lama Jamyang Trakpa: the oral transmission of the ''[[Seven Treasuries]]'', ''Trilogy of Natural Ease'', ''[[Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions]]'' and ''Tantric Overview'', along with the table of contents written by Shedrup Pandita.
*fifth month: passing away of his root master [[Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal]].
*fifth month: passing away of his root master [[Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal]].


==Fire Rabbit 1927 (aged 17)==
==Fire Rabbit 1927 (aged 18)==
*receives from Lama Jamyang Trakpa: the empowerment and reading transmission of ''Tsa Sum Dril Drup'', and a blessing of the ''Five-Deity Kurukulle'' contained in the ''[[Compendium of Sadhanas]]''.
*receives from Lama Jamyang Trakpa: the empowerment and reading transmission of ''Tsa Sum Dril Drup'', and a blessing of the ''Five-Deity Kurukulle'' contained in the ''[[Compendium of Sadhanas]]''.
*retreat
*enters retreat in Denkok.
 
==Fire Horse 1930 (aged 21)==
*receives teachings from Kunga Palden Rinpoche.
 
==Water Monkey 1932 (aged 23)==
*10th day of the seventh month: [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] recognizes the fourth incarnation of Gyaltsap Choktrül.
*10th month: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's father, Tashi Tsering, passes away.
 
==Water Bird 1933 (aged 24)==
*10th month: establishes an annual [[Vajrasattva]] [[drupchen]] for the anniversary of his father's death.
 
==Wood Dog 1934 (aged 25)==
*falls seriously ill, and takes a consort, Khandro Lhamo (1913-2003).
 
==Wood Pig 1935 (aged 26)==
*third month: writes a guru sadhana of [[Saraha]] while staying below Marong Drungtrul, on his way to  see [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] in [[Dzongsar]].
 
==1936 (aged 27)==
*stays for about two months in [[Dzongsar]], receiving the reading transmission of the ''[[Nyingma Gyübum]]'' and of the ''[[Treasury of Precious Termas]]'' from [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]].
 
==Fire Ox 1937 (aged 28)==
 
==Earth Tiger 1938 (aged 29)==
*goes to [[Benchen Monastery]]


==Water Horse 1942==
==Water Horse 1942==
==Water Sheep 1943==
==Water Sheep 1943 (aged 34)==
==Wood Monkey 1944==
*birth of his second daughter who receives the name Dechen Wangmo from Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.


==Wood Bird 1945 (aged 35)==
==Wood Monkey 1944 (aged 35)==
*second month: goes to Palpung.
 
==Wood Bird 1945 (aged 36)==
*receives the empowerments and transmissions of the ''[[Treasury of Precious Termas]]'' from [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] in [[Dzongsar]].  
*receives the empowerments and transmissions of the ''[[Treasury of Precious Termas]]'' from [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] in [[Dzongsar]].  


==Fire Dog 1946 (aged 36)==
==Fire Dog 1946 (aged 37)==
*receives the ''[[Treasury of Precious Instructions]]'' from [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] in [[Dzongsar]].
*early summer: receives the reading transmission of the ''Collected Works'' of [[Taranatha]].
*late autumn: goes to [[Surmang Monastery]]


==Fire Pig 1947==
==Fire Pig 1947==
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==Wood Sheep 1955==
==Wood Sheep 1955 (age 46)==
 
*leaves for [[Lhasa]].
*visits [[Tsurphu]]
*death of his sister
*death of his brother Shedrup
*visits [[Mindroling]]


==Fire Monkey 1956==
==Fire Monkey 1956==
 
*returns to Lhasa


==Fire Bird 1957==
==Fire Bird 1957==
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==Earth Dog 1958==
==Earth Dog 1958==
*returns to Lhasa
*flees to Bhutan


==Earth Pig 1959 (aged 50)==
*6th day of the 5th month, the 12th June 1959: [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] passes into [[parinirvana]], in Sikkim.


==Earth Pig 1959 (aged 49)==
==1976 (aged 67)==
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] passes into [[parinirvana]], in Sikkim.
First visit to the West
*February: visits the UK. Teaches and gives [[empowerment]]s in London on February 22nd. Blesses [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]'s London centre in its future location.
*March: Dilgo Khyentse is invited for 2 weeks to a house in Brooklyn by [[Chögyam Trungpa]]'s Dharmadhatu group. [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] stays in the same house for 7 days. Khyentse Rinpoche gives [[Chetsun Nyingtik]] to [[Chögyam Trungpa]] and about 50 of his students. [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] receives a long-life empowerment from the Chokling Thubs sgrub cycle and an initiation for [[Manjushri]]. [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] offers Dilgo Khyentse a long life empowerment in the tradition of the [[Sakya]]pas and the [[Sakya Pandita]]-Manjushri guru yoga sadhana by [[Gatön Ngawang Lekpa]]. Dilgo Khyentse reminds [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]'s request 20 years before that [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] write a supplement to the biography of [[Gatön Ngawang Lekpa]] and formally requests him to write it, too.  Dilgo Khyentse said:" if you do not set it down in writing, the secret biography of Gatön will be lost. Please write it down!" (As described in David Jackson, Saint in Seattle: The Life of the Tibetan Mystic Dezhung Rinpoche, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003)
*visits H.H. [[Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche]] at Sakya Monastery in Seattle


==1982 (aged 72)==
==Iron Monkey 1980 (age 71)==
*While at [[Paro Taktsang]] has a vision of [[Jikmé Lingpa]] who empowers him as a holder of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]].
*April-March: visits France. Between the 20th and 29th April, Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (with [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]) gives teachings in Paris on "The Good Heart" and [[Tsik Sum Ne Dek]], gives an empowerment of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] on the 24th, a lung of the ''Guru Yoga of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö'' on 25th April, and teaches on the [[Dzogchen]] Lineage on the 27th. He also gives the [[Refuge]] Vows at the end of March.
*The construction of Shechen Tennyi Dargyelin Monastery begins in [[Boudhanath]], Nepal.
 
==Water Dog 1982 (aged 73)==
*May: visits England. Teaches at the Friends House in London on the 12th and at Rigpa's centre [[St Paul’s Crescent]] on the 14th and 15th.  
*May: visits England. Teaches at the Friends House in London on the 12th and at Rigpa's centre [[St Paul’s Crescent]] on the 14th and 15th.  


==1984 (aged 74)==
==Wood Mouse 1984 (aged 75)==
*summer of 1984: teaches in France, at La Sonnerie, on [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[guru yoga]].
*summer of 1984: teaches in France, at La Sonnerie, on [[Longchen Nyingtik]] [[guru yoga]], and at Rigpa's summer retreat, which was held at nearby Thonac (see [[La Castillanderie 1984]]).


==1985 (aged 75)==
==Wood Ox 1985 (aged 76)==
*first return to Tibet; visits Lhasa, Samye, Mindroling, Sakya and Tsurphu in central Tibet, as well as Shechen Monastery, and other places in Kham.
*first return to Tibet; visits Lhasa, Samye, Mindroling, Sakya and Tsurphu in central Tibet, as well as Shechen Monastery, and other places in Kham.


==1987 (aged 77)==
==Fire Rabbit 1987 (aged 78)==
*May: visits England.  
*May: visits England.  
**20th of May: gives [[empowerment]]s of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Rigdzin Düpa]] at [[St Paul’s Crescent]], in London.  
**20th of May: gives [[empowerment]]s of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Rigdzin Düpa]] at [[St Paul’s Crescent]], in London.  
*June: visits England again.
*June:
**end of June: teaches on two occasions at St Paul’s Crescent, in London, commenting on ''[[Tsik Sum Ne Dek]]'', ''[[Shyitro]]'', ''[[Vima Nyingtik]]'', ''[[Khandro Nyingtik]]'' and [[Vajrakilaya]]. Also gives a teaching at the Friend’s Meeting House on the [[nature of mind]].  
**visits Shambhala centres in North America: presides over [[Chögyam Trungpa]]'s cremation ceremony and gives teachings at Karma Dzong, in Boulder, Colorado, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
**end of June: visits England again; teaches on two occasions at St Paul’s Crescent, in London, commenting on ''[[Tsik Sum Ne Dek]]'', ''[[Shyitro]]'', ''[[Vima Nyingtik]]'', ''[[Khandro Nyingtik]]'' and [[Vajrakilaya]]. Also gives a teaching at the Friend’s Meeting House on the [[nature of mind]].


==1988 (aged 78)==
==Earth Dragon 1988 (aged 79)==
*second trip to Tibet; stays three months in Dergé.
*second trip to Tibet; stays three months in Dergé.


==1990 (aged 80)==
==Iron Horse 1990 (aged 81)==
*summer of 1990: final, historic visit to Europe and to France. After a month at his seat in Dordogne in southwest France, he taught at the invitation of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]], at [[Rigpa]]’s summer retreat, held that year in [[Prapoutel]].
*summer of 1990: final, historic visit to Europe and to France. After a month at his seat in Dordogne in southwest France, he taught at the invitation of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]], at [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]]’s summer retreat, held that year in [[Prapoutel]].
*final visit to Tibet; consecrates the newly renovated temple of Samye, visits Lhasa, Tsurphu and Reting.
*final visit to Tibet; consecrates the newly renovated temple of [[Samye]], visits [[Lhasa]], [[Tsurphu]] and [[Reting]].
 
==Iron Sheep 1991 (aged 82)==
*19th day of the 8th Tibetan month: passes into [[parinirvana]], in Bhutan.


==1991 (aged 81)==
==Water Bird 1993==
*passes into [[parinirvana]], in Bhutan.  
*10th day of the fifth Tibetan month (30 June): birth of [[Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche]] aka Ugyen Tenzin Jigme Lhundrup.


==1993==
==Iron Tiger 2010==
*birth of Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche aka Ugyen Tenzin Jigme Lhundrup.
*third day of the third Tibetan month (17 April?): 100th anniversary of Khyentse Rinpoche’s birth


==Notes==
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 20:36, 16 July 2010

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Timeline

Water Dragon 1892

Iron Dog 1910 (birth, aged 1[1])

  • third day of the third Tibetan month: birth in Denkok Valley, Dergé region of Kham, while a tsok offering was being held on the occasion of Mipham Rinpoche's successful explanation of the detailed Kalachakra Vajra Tantra commentary.

Earth Sheep 1919 (aged 10)

Monkey 1920 (aged 11)

Wood Ox 1925 (aged 16)

Fire Tiger 1926 (aged 17)

Fire Rabbit 1927 (aged 18)

  • receives from Lama Jamyang Trakpa: the empowerment and reading transmission of Tsa Sum Dril Drup, and a blessing of the Five-Deity Kurukulle contained in the Compendium of Sadhanas.
  • enters retreat in Denkok.

Fire Horse 1930 (aged 21)

  • receives teachings from Kunga Palden Rinpoche.

Water Monkey 1932 (aged 23)

  • 10th day of the seventh month: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö recognizes the fourth incarnation of Gyaltsap Choktrül.
  • 10th month: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's father, Tashi Tsering, passes away.

Water Bird 1933 (aged 24)

  • 10th month: establishes an annual Vajrasattva drupchen for the anniversary of his father's death.

Wood Dog 1934 (aged 25)

  • falls seriously ill, and takes a consort, Khandro Lhamo (1913-2003).

Wood Pig 1935 (aged 26)

1936 (aged 27)

Fire Ox 1937 (aged 28)

Earth Tiger 1938 (aged 29)

Water Horse 1942

Water Sheep 1943 (aged 34)

  • birth of his second daughter who receives the name Dechen Wangmo from Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

Wood Monkey 1944 (aged 35)

  • second month: goes to Palpung.

Wood Bird 1945 (aged 36)

Fire Dog 1946 (aged 37)

Fire Pig 1947

Earth Mouse 1948

Earth Ox 1949

Iron Tiger 1950

Iron Hare 1951

Water Dragon 1952

Water Snake 1953

Wood Horse 1954

Wood Sheep 1955 (age 46)

Fire Monkey 1956

  • returns to Lhasa

Fire Bird 1957

Earth Dog 1958

  • returns to Lhasa
  • flees to Bhutan

Earth Pig 1959 (aged 50)

1976 (aged 67)

First visit to the West

Iron Monkey 1980 (age 71)

  • While at Paro Taktsang has a vision of Jikmé Lingpa who empowers him as a holder of the Longchen Nyingtik.
  • April-March: visits France. Between the 20th and 29th April, Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (with Sogyal Rinpoche) gives teachings in Paris on "The Good Heart" and Tsik Sum Ne Dek, gives an empowerment of Rigdzin Düpa on the 24th, a lung of the Guru Yoga of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö on 25th April, and teaches on the Dzogchen Lineage on the 27th. He also gives the Refuge Vows at the end of March.
  • The construction of Shechen Tennyi Dargyelin Monastery begins in Boudhanath, Nepal.

Water Dog 1982 (aged 73)

  • May: visits England. Teaches at the Friends House in London on the 12th and at Rigpa's centre St Paul’s Crescent on the 14th and 15th.

Wood Mouse 1984 (aged 75)

Wood Ox 1985 (aged 76)

  • first return to Tibet; visits Lhasa, Samye, Mindroling, Sakya and Tsurphu in central Tibet, as well as Shechen Monastery, and other places in Kham.

Fire Rabbit 1987 (aged 78)

Earth Dragon 1988 (aged 79)

  • second trip to Tibet; stays three months in Dergé.

Iron Horse 1990 (aged 81)

  • summer of 1990: final, historic visit to Europe and to France. After a month at his seat in Dordogne in southwest France, he taught at the invitation of Sogyal Rinpoche, at Rigpa’s summer retreat, held that year in Prapoutel.
  • final visit to Tibet; consecrates the newly renovated temple of Samye, visits Lhasa, Tsurphu and Reting.

Iron Sheep 1991 (aged 82)

  • 19th day of the 8th Tibetan month: passes into parinirvana, in Bhutan.

Water Bird 1993

Iron Tiger 2010

  • third day of the third Tibetan month (17 April?): 100th anniversary of Khyentse Rinpoche’s birth

Notes

  1. According to Tibetan custom, during the first months of a person's life, that person is considered to be one year old, until the next Tibetan New Year (Losar), when they turn two. This timeline reflects this Tibetan custom.