The Jamgon Kongtruls 
A Brief Biography by Ven. Bokhar Rinpoche, page 4

 

The 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul,
Karma Lodro Chokyi Senge

The name of the third Kongtrul incarnation is Jamgon Kongtrul, Karma Lodro Chokyi Senge, perfect guide of unequalled kindness, whose aspirations, activity, and accomplishments for the precious Dharma and sentient beings in general, and the Kagyu lineage in particular, have been a wondrous light in these dark times. For this reason, his name is spoken with great reverence. As his last testament, the previous Jamgon Kongtrul, Khyentse Ozer, stated that his reincarnation would be in central Tibet and that the household, parents, and time would be predicted by the Gyalwang Karmapa. Accordingly, in a first letter of recognition, the XVIth Gyalwang Karmapa wrote the following prophesy:

In the central part of the country, surrounded by snow mountains,
With the father's name De and the mother's Pema,
From a wealthy family of pure ancestry,
A boy of the wood horse year with excellent signs
Is without any doubt Jamgon, the incarnation of Lotsawa Vairocana.
Raising the victory banner of the teachings,
He will give life to all Buddhist traditions
And especially to the lineage of Gampopa.

According to this vajra prophesy, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was born on the first of October, 1954, the male horse year of the sixteenth cycle, in Lhasa, from where the Dalai Lama guided the spiritual and temporal life of Tibet. His father was Tsering Tobgyal of Sadutshang, a prominent family, and his mother was Pema Yudron, the daughter of Sawang Ngawang Jigme Ngabo, a cabinet minister in the Tibetan government. Before and after his birth, many wonderful signs appeared to his mother, and he was recognized without any doubt as the reincarnation of Jamgon Kongtrul by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Gyalwang Karmapa through the vision of their stainless wisdom.

  
H.E. the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul
at 6 years of age

Under their direction, Yonten Phuntsok, the Treasurer of the former Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, repeatedly requested the Sadutshang family to entrust the tulku to his Labrang (monastic organization). At last they consented, and when he was one year and five months old, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche was formally recognized and offered robes and his title. At the age of six, he was enthroned by His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa at the old monastery in Rumtek, Sikkim. From then onwards, Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche as a heart son was inseparable from His Holiness, who supervised his education right from the very beginning, starting with reading, writing, and memorizing texts. At the age of thirteen, he received from His Holiness the XVIth Karmapa, getsul ordination along with Shamar Rinpoche and Tai Situ Rinpoche on the fifteenth day of Saga Dawa (the fourth Tibetan month) of the male fire horse year at Rumtek's Karma Shedrub Chokhor Ling (Dharma Chakra Center). At that time he received the name, Jamgon Kongtrul, Karma Lodro Chokyi Senge, Tenpay Gocha Ngedon Gyurme Trinle Kunkhyab Palzangpo.

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