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[[Image:Tashi Jong.JPG|frame|right|Khampagar Monastery, [[Tashi Jong]], photo courtesy of Angus Moore]]
[[Image:793861 703268223052294 1659241742740870118 o.jpg|thumb|300px|The newly built Khampagar Monastery in Tibet]]
'''Khampagar Monastery''' is the main seat of the [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Incarnation Line|Khamtrul Rinpoche]] incarnation line in [[Kham]], Eastern Tibet, and is considered as one of the foremost monasteries of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] lineage. After its destruction in Tibet, the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyü Nyima|Dongyü Nyima]], rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in [[Tashi Jong]], Himachal Pradesh, India, in the late 1960s. It is home to the famous [[tokden]]s, yogis who have gained high levels of realization.
'''Khampagar Monastery''' is the main seat of the [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Incarnation Line|Khamtrul Rinpoche]] incarnation line in [[Kham]], Eastern Tibet, and is considered as one of the foremost monasteries of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] lineage. After its destruction in Tibet, the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyü Nyima|Dongyü Nyima]], rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in [[Tashi Jong]], Himachal Pradesh, India, in the late 1960s. It is home to the famous [[tokden]]s, yogis who have gained high levels of realization.



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The newly built Khampagar Monastery in Tibet

Khampagar Monastery is the main seat of the Khamtrul Rinpoche incarnation line in Kham, Eastern Tibet, and is considered as one of the foremost monasteries of the Drukpa Kagyü lineage. After its destruction in Tibet, the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, Dongyü Nyima, rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in Tashi Jong, Himachal Pradesh, India, in the late 1960s. It is home to the famous tokdens, yogis who have gained high levels of realization.

Lamas of Khampagar Monastery

Further Reading

  • Jeremy Russell, 'The Tokdens of Khampagar' in Chö Yang No. 7, 1996

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