Gyashi (4 Hundred Offerings)

The first Dupsing Rinpoche was a very qualified and great master in Tibet. His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa instructed him take the responsibility as the Dorje Lopoen (Vajra Master) in Mendong Monastery. There, he served as Vajra Master till the Chinese occupation (1959) in Tibet. Rinpoche left Tibet and reached Nepal at a place called Pokhara. He and some of his disciples settled down there with a small temporary Monastery and slowly established and developed a permanent Monastery with about 33 monks including the young tulku, Shangpa Rinpoche. Dupsing Rinpoche and Shangpa Rinpoche are strongly connected to each other, having established this unique bond in their precious incarnations.

The 1st Dupsing Rinpoche was the reincarnation of the Khenpo Lama Pema Gyaltsen, a disciple of the 15th Karmapa. The previous Dupsing Rinpoche passed away in 1979.

The current Dupsing Rinpoche was born on 17th November 1981 in Mundgod, southern India. His mother had an auspicious dream prior to his birth. When he was two years old, he started telling everyone that he had two monasteries, one in Tibet and the other in Nepal. At the age of 4 years old, he wanted to become a monk, to which his parents agreed. Rinpoche was ordained as a monk by one great dharma practitioner in India. Later, His Holiness Shamar Rinpoche, H.E. Tai Situ, and H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche recognized him as the previous Dupsing Rinpoche. Within one month’s time, his disciples of his previous life from Pokhara came and welcomed him. Rinpoche then moved back to his Monastery in Pokhara, Nepal.

Dupsing Rinpoche studied under numerous masters in Pokhara. At the age of 14; Rinpoche joined Vikrama Shila Buddhist Institute in Pokhara where he studied for six years. Rinpoche topped his class every year and graduated with BA in Buddhist Philosophy. He furthered his education in the University of Cambridge in UK on English Literature, Theology and completed his studies with the degree MA in Theology. Dupsing Rinpoche has recently ended a 3 years retreat in Jangchub Choeling Monastery, Pokhara.

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