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SHECHEN GYALTSAP RINPOCHE
BIOGRAPHY
Shechen Gyaltsap Rinpoche (1871-1926) was an important disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great and one of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's root teachers. An accomplished meditator, he was also one of the most respected scholars of his day. Shechen Gyaltsap IV spent most of his life in retreat.
Shechen Gyaltsap Pema Namgyal was a disciple of the two towering masters of the nineteenth century, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul. Recognized as the incarnation of the third Shechen Gyaltsap, he studied under many of the great masters of his day.
Although he inherited the responsibilities for the famous Nyingma monastery of Shechen in East Tibet, at the age of twenty he underwent a spiritual transformation while on pilgrimage and subsequently elected to spend the majority of his remaining life in retreat. There, he practiced wholeheartedly while nonetheless becoming a prolific author.
His collected works now fill thirteen volumes and cover a wide range of topics, from astrology to grammar, and almost every aspect of Buddhist doctrine. Having passed away at a young age, he did not live to see the turmoil of the 1950s, but nonetheless he mentored many of the great Nyingma masters of the twentieth century, including Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1893-1959), Shechen Kongtrul (1901- 1960), and Dilgo Khyentse (1910-1991), who all considered him their root guru.
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