Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, also called Tulku Ugyen Topgyal, is a Tibetan
Buddhist lama who was born in Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1951, living in
exile in India.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, born in 1951 in Nangchen in
Kham, Eastern Tibet is the eldest son of the 3rd Neten Chokling
Rinpoche. He has 3 younger brothers: Jamyang Gyaltsen, Khyentse Yeshe
Rinpoche, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and one sister. By 1959, he
left Tibet with his parents and oldest brother and went to Sikkim,
where they lived for few years. In 1967, his father, the 3rd Neten
Chokling Rinpoche began the construction of a Tibetan settlement in
Bir, Himachal Pradesh, North East India, and died in India in 1973
right after a car accident.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche then took over the
care of the monastery in Bir. His father's reincarnation, Neten
Chokling was born August 10, 1973 in a modest family in Wandipodzong,
in Bhutan, and was recognized by the 16th Karmapa as well as by Dilgo
Khyentse Rinpoche. At the age of 7, he was taken to the monastery of
his predecessor in Bir.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche was one of the teachers
of the young reincarnation of his father, and in 2004 he passed over
the full responsibility of the monastery to Neten Chokling.
Buddhist lama who was born in Kham in Eastern Tibet in 1951, living in
exile in India.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, born in 1951 in Nangchen in
Kham, Eastern Tibet is the eldest son of the 3rd Neten Chokling
Rinpoche. He has 3 younger brothers: Jamyang Gyaltsen, Khyentse Yeshe
Rinpoche, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and one sister. By 1959, he
left Tibet with his parents and oldest brother and went to Sikkim,
where they lived for few years. In 1967, his father, the 3rd Neten
Chokling Rinpoche began the construction of a Tibetan settlement in
Bir, Himachal Pradesh, North East India, and died in India in 1973
right after a car accident.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche then took over the
care of the monastery in Bir. His father's reincarnation, Neten
Chokling was born August 10, 1973 in a modest family in Wandipodzong,
in Bhutan, and was recognized by the 16th Karmapa as well as by Dilgo
Khyentse Rinpoche. At the age of 7, he was taken to the monastery of
his predecessor in Bir.Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche was one of the teachers
of the young reincarnation of his father, and in 2004 he passed over
the full responsibility of the monastery to Neten Chokling.
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