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The Fourth
Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's
Return to the Sangha

  
H.E. the 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche with his family,
Tenzin Dorjee, Changdzo Yonten Phuntsok and sangha;
and the family of the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul

On August 19, 1996, the Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang organised a warm reception to honour and welcome His Eminence the Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche to his sangha. His Eminence, at 8 1/2 months old, thus took his seat as Chief Abbot of the monasteries and retreat centres of the Third Jamgon Kongtrul.

  
Beru Khyentse Rinpoche said he was very happy that
the incarnation of the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul had been found

From that moment on, His Eminence the Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, held audiences with many lamas, monks, disciples and devotees, some of whom had travelled great distances to meet him and to pay their homage. Among the first to arrive were: the Ven. Je Drung Rinpoche of Dzoche monastery in Kham, the stepfather of the Third Jamgon Kongtrul, Mr. Wangchuk Sadhutshang and family members of the mother of the Third Jamgon Kongtrul, Mrs. Pema Sadutshang, and Ven. Beru Khyentse Rinpoche. Also among the visitors during the first few days were the Honourable parents and family of His Holiness the Karmapa.

His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa Urgyen Trinley Dorje’s Letter to the Sangha Proclaiming Jamgon Rinpoche's Authenticity