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Tha thiu thi

Khi Losang Phuntsog (Geshe Lama Konchog) ln su tui, cha mngi quyt nh gi ngi ti tu vin Drepung gn nh (Drepung lmt trong ba i tu vin ca phi Gelug Lhasa). Tuy nhin cu b biu l mt phm tnh chnh yu ca i mnh: cu bit ch xc

mnh mun g v s theo ui mc tiu vi s quyt tm mnhlit. Cu tuyn b rng cu mun tu hc Tu vin Sera. V cu cmt ngi ch hc Sera nn cha m cu cng thng cm viquyt nh .

Tuy nhin, ngi ch ny gy cn tr cho vic tu hc v thchnh ca cu. ng ta thng nh p cu.

Nhng khng iu g c th lm Losang Phuntsog nht ch.Konchog tu hc Tu vin Sera Ty Tng t nm ln 7 ti 32 tui (1934-1959). Mc d cctu s khng c php nhn cc nhp mn v gio l Mt tha trc khi hon tt hc trnhGeshe (Tin s Pht Hc), ngi thng ln i d nhng l nhp mn v gio l ca nhng Ltma nh Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche v Pari Rinpoche. Ngi cng hon tt mt

kha nhp tht ngn ca cc Bn Tn m ngi c nhp mn, trong nhng tr x ca ccLt ma ny. Sut nhng nm tu hc Sera, t khi cn l mt cu b, Lt ma Konchog thngbin mt, mi ln trong nhiu thng, du hnh ti nhng a im khc nhau quanh Ty Tng thu nhn vo tm tr d thng ca ngi ton b nhng loi thin xo rt kh tm thy mt conngi.

Thy Tenzin Zopa, th gi ca ngi, ni: Ngi lo luyn trong rt nhiu lnh vc. Ngoi Kinh inv cc gio l Mt tha ca c bn truyn thng ca Ty Tng, ngi cng thnh tu v iuCham, nhng nghi l, mn la ct, thin vn hc, khoa tin tri, kin trc ph hp vi Lut hc s hiu bit ca ngi tht ng kinh ngc.

i vi Geshe Jampa Tseten th r rng l ngi bn hc in ca ng khng phi l mtngi bnh thng. Geshe Jampa Tseten ni: T khi l mt a tr, ngi l mt bc linh

thnh, mt thin gi v i

i sng trong ni non

Nm 1959, khi hon tt hc trnh Geshe v sp d k thi tt nghip th ngi phi o thotkhi Ty Tng. Ngi ri b Ty Tng vi c nht b y mc trn ngi, mt ming da cu vmt vi bn vn ca bn trng phi. Trn ng i ngi gp ngi no ni rng Nepal cthi tit m p v ngi s khng cn ti da cu, v th ngi bn n i ly mt mn tin nh.Nhng ngi vn cn mt ming da cu nh.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche k rng khi Lama Konchog trn khi Ty Tng t Lhasa ti Nepal clc ngi trong mt thung lng b qun i Trung quc vy kn. Khng c cch no thot ra

ngoi. Ngi ngi gia thung lng v c hnh mt l puja thuyt phc tm linh thnh ca vBo H. Thi tit trong tro nhng sau l puja th nhng m my v sng m bt ng xuthin v tri bt u tuyt. Khi ngi c th trn i thm ch ngi i thng vo gia nhngchic xe ca qun i. Tuyt lm cho nhng ngi lnh khng nhn thy ngi.

Theo Lt ma Lhundrup, tu vin trng Tu vin Kopan, con ng m Geshe Lama Konchogtheo ui thot khi Ty Tng vo nm 1959 c khm ph trong mt gic m. Trc tinngi i ti Tsum Nepal v li nhng bn vn ca ngi cho mt ngi no , sau iKathmandu vi nh ti Buxa. Ngi gp Guru (o s) Trijang Rinpoche ca ngi


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Kathmandu. V Thy ny bo ngi ng i Buxa m tr li vng ni non thin nh. Nhngngi thc s mun i Buxa, v th ngi khng nghe theo li khuyn ca Trijang Rinpoche m i

n . Trong khi i trn xe la cng mt ngi bn mun ving thm Varanasi (Ba La Ni), ngigp Trijang Rinpoche trn cng chuyn xe la. Trijang Rinpoche hi ngi ang lm g n ,v bo ngi tr v ni Nepal thin nh. Ln ny ngi nghe theo li dy ca v Thy, ngi ithng v Tsum, bn kia bin gii nm trn phn t Nepal, thu thp cc bn vn ngi li v i ln ni m khng ni cho ai bit mnh i u.

Ngi tm thy mt hang ng pha trn ngi lng, v tnh c chnh l Hang B cu mMilarepa, v thnh v yogi c yu qu ca Ty Tng, thin nh. Chnh ni em gi caMilarepa cng dng anh mnh vi may o. Ngi ta ni rng cc daka v dakini binthnh nhng con chim b cu nghe gio l ca Milarepa.

Hang B cu su trong vng rng ni, ch c h v nhng d th khc cng nh hunai sinh sng. Lama Konchog mi nm, khng ri ni v khng gp bt k ai. Ngich c nhng bn vn, mt b y, nhng mu nh da cu, v mt chic bnh lng.

Theo li ngi k li cho Tenzin Zopa, th gi ca ngi, trong nhng thng u, Geshe LamaKonchog tp c ci d dy trng rng, ti sng nh rau tm ma v dn dn c th thc

hnh chulen gi mt phng php nh thin gi c th trch xut cc tinh cht (chulen)t thin nhin. Phng php thng thng m cc yogi thc hnh l trch xut cc tinh cht t v hoa, sau ha trn chng thnh nhng vin thuc. Nhng Lt ma Konchog quyt nhkhng to ra mi cht b dng. Tht vy, ngi rt tinh cht t khng kh, v c th tnti.

Lama Zopa Rinpoche k rng c ln khi ang tu tp trong n tht th mn tsampa (bt la mchnng mn n chnh trong thc n hng ngy ca ngi Ty Tng) ca ngi sp cn kit.Ngi quyt nh khng ra ngoi tm thm tsampa, m c tip tc nhp tht, bt k iu g xyra. Ngi thc hin quyt nh ny bng cch ngh ti bn s Trijang Rinpoche. V ti ngy khngcn tsampa, mt ngi n ng ti vi mt bao ln tsampa. T lc , ngi khng bao githiu tsampa. Bt k khi no lng thc ca ngi sp ht th c ngi xut hin mang thm ticho ngi. Ngi tin rng l nh s ban phc v dn dt ca Guru ca ngi bi ngi t b

s bm luyn vo cuc i ny bng cch nng ta Guru.

Geshe Lama Konchog sng nh th vi quyt tm thnh tu nhng chng ng, c thcy bi lng i bi v vui thch s c tch, vi cp v hu nai lm bn hu. Sau ny khi chi cm ngh ra sao v hon cnh phng Ty, ngi ni: N hon ton b nhim! Thcphm tt lnh nht ti tng c dng th c trong hang. Ni chn tuyt ho ti tng sng l trong hang. Nhng bng hu tt lng nht ti tng c th trong hang. Phi leo ln mi voc hang, v hu nai gip nhau len vo. i khi chng ngi sut ngy v m. Chngti cng sng vi nhau tht an bnh, khng cht s hi. Vi ti, l mt ci tnh .

Nng lc ca ngi ht sc mnh m, ngi khng ng m l ly sut m. Sau khi ngi 10nm, mt vi ngi lng i ln ni cng n cu tnh c nhn thy ngi. H ni vi ngi rngh s dng tng ngi thc phm ca loi ngi nu ngi xung lng v tng cc bn vn cho h,

nhng ngi t chi, ni rng ngi c thc phm tt lnh nht. Nhng dn lng tip tc quyry nn ngi quyt nh ri khi hang v tm mt ni khc. Ngi tm thy hang ng khc, nhngn khng tt nh hang u tin hang ny ch c mt na, v th ngi phi xy ln bng .

Dn lng pha di hang ng ny (y l lng ca Tenzin Zopa) gp rt nhiu vn vi cctinh linh v tri ma khng ng thi v v.v.., v ngi cu gip h. Cc thn ch ca ngi htsc hu hiu trong vic gii tr nhng vn ny, v th dn lng ti nh cy ngi, v lc nongi cng tht t bi, lun lun gip mi ngi. Khi sng Tsum ti Nepal, ngi cha khibnh cho mt t ngi in nh cng dng la v bng cch nh h.


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Ngi tip tc nhp tht v gip dn lng trong khong thi gian gia cc cuc nhp tht. Dnlng gi ngi l Lt ma ng ni v ht sc tn knh ngi. Vo lc ny, cc tu s v ni c trongvng (hu ht thuc truyn thng Kagyu) thnh cu ngi lm tu vin trng ca h v xin ngiban cc gio l. Geshe Lama Konchog ban cho h Kinh in v gio l Mt tha. Ngi c s hiubit uyn bc v c bn truyn thng.

Ti Tu vin Kopan

Nh vy Lama Konchog nhp tht nghim nht trong ni c thy 26 nm. Ngi tiKathmandu mt vi ln v gp Lama Yeshe (Thy ca Lama Zopa Rinpoche), bn c ca ngi Tu vin Sera, v mc d Lama Yeshe vi ln yu cu ngi li Kopan, Lama Konchog khng chp thun m lun lun tr v Tsum. C mt ln ngi i cng Lama Yeshe ti phi trng Kathmandu, khi y Lama Yeshe ang thc hin mt chuyn du hnh ngoi quc. Trnng i, c ngi cng dng Lama Yeshe mt i giy. Lama Konchog cm thy bun b vngi ngh rng s khng gp li Lama Yeshe na Cui cng vo nm 1985, mt nm sau khiLama Yeshe th tch, Lama Konchog ti c tr Kopan. Khi Thy Tenzin Zopa hi ngi iu g khin ngi ti Kopan, Lama Konchog ch ni rng Lama Zopa Rinpoche thc hin mt lpuja Chokyong (H Php) mc ngi ti gip Tu vin Kopan v FPMT (T chc Bo tn PhtGio i tha)!

Thy Tenzin Zopa cng ni rng tr li cho cu hi ti sao ngi ti Kopan, Geshe LamaKonchog ni l bi tt c nhng g ngi lm trong qu kh, tt c nhng g ngi ang lmtrong hin ti, v tt c nhng g ngi s lm trong tng lai. cng do bi thin nghip cachng ta!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche thut li rng khong nm 1990-1991, Lama Konchog b vp ng trn ccbc thang Tu vin Kopan v p u vo b tng. Lp tc ngi c mt cm thc mnh m vs gii thot v ngi v cng hoan h v nhn lnh nhng chng ngi ca Lama ZopaRinpoche v Tu vin Kopan. Ngi cm thy ht sc hi lng. Thay v Kopan phi kinh qua nhngchng ngi th ngi tri nghim chng v v th ngi hi lng.

Ngoi nhng chng ng Mt tha, r rng ngi l mt hnh gi i tha, mt yogi c chng ng

B tm v chng ng khng th sai lm v tnh Khng.

Trong chuyn Lama Zopa v Lama Konchog hnh hng Ty Tng (nm 1987), cc ngi tithm h Palden Lhamo. H ny trng ging mt chic TV n c th tin on cuc i ca conngi. N tin on v xc nhn Ha Thn ca c t Lai Lt Ma th 14. Lama ZopaRinpoche thu nga cho c on hnh hng nhng Geshe Lama Konchog t chi khngt chn ln nga. l du hiu ca mt B Tt. Ngi khng mun mang li phin no hay aukh cho con nga. Mc d ngi khng khe, ngi lun lun i b.

Thy Tenzin Zopa k: Nm 1999, ti trong phng ca ngi ti Kopan phc v tr b chongi v ngi bn hc ca ngi l tu vin trng Tu vin Samdeling. Cc ngi chc gho nhaubng nhiu cch, v bt ng tu vin trng ni vi ngi: Nh li i, t khi cn th u chng ta sng vi nhau i hc Sera Ty Tng. Khi chng ta cn tr ngi rt khc bit vi chngti. Ngi thc hnh nghim nht mi con ng Kinh tha v Mt tha. Ngi lun lun lngi nhit tnh v c yu mn nht nhn nhng nhp mn Mt tha v thc hnh ccnhp tht nghim nht. Ngi khng bao gi l mi c hi ny Chng ta thng cnhnhau v sut m ngi khng cho chng ti ng yn. Ngi lm n c m bng nhng thchnh cng dng Cho (1) v nhng bi tp Su Yoga ca Naropa, p m m khp ni. Haha V ngi cng l mt trong nhng trit gia/ ngi tho lun li lc nht; v ngi c bit xutsc v mn Madhyamika (Trung o) v nhng hc thuyt v tnh Khng. Ngi nh khng, ngilun l mt ngi lnh o cc cuc tho lun v ngay c nhng hc gi thm nin cng tm nngi hc hi nhng kin thc phi thng ca ngi, nhng ngi thng ht sc khim tn. V


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Lc 4,30 gi sng ngy th ba sau l cng dng la, di sgim st ca Lt ma Cherok tr tui, Lt ma Lhundrup, ThubtenLhundrup, Geshe Losang Jamyang, Amtsok, Drakpa v TenzinZopa, thp c m ra v cuc tm kim x li bt u. Mt slng x li ng kinh ngc c tm thy nhng du hiu vs v i ca v thnh ny. Qu nhiu x li c tm thy khinmt cng vic c cho l mt hai gi ko di n tm gi,Tenzin Zopa ni. Hng trm x li nh nhng vin ngc, tc en,tri tim, li v mt con mt thng th nhng b phn nh thca mt hnh gi Mt tha cao cp khng b t chy v nhiux li khc c tm thy. Lt ma Lhundrup ni nh th ton thn ca Geshe-la l mt vinngc qu

Su tun sau khi x li c mang ra khi ngn la v c ttrong nhng chic bnh trn bn th trong nh ca Lama Konchogti Tu vin Kopan th nhng bin i to ln xy ra. Tenzin Zopani: Mt b x li gm hai vin bin thnh ba mi by vin,v b khc bin thnh hai mi tm vin. Nhng ming xngthng xuyn to thnh cc x li ging nh ngc v thuc loivng; v t tro, x li cng ang hin l. Trn chic li c mthnh nh ca c Tara t xut hin cng lc cng l r. Tri timtip tc thu nh li v ng thi to thnh x li . Mt chic rngc hnh dng v c x c xon ngc chiu kim ng h.

Cc x li ng sc l trng thi thanh tnh ca 5 un, trng thi ca5 v Pht Thin, trng thi ca s ton gic. R rng l i thnhtu gi v i thnh tu s ton gic trong mt i. y l ktqu ca vic ngi sng mt cuc i vi Ba Phng din

Chnh yu ca Con ng,(2) thc hnh B tm v t b mi nhim bng cch p dngphp i tr l tnh Khng.

Khensur Losang Tsering Rinpoche, cu tu vin trng i Hc Sera Je ni vi Thy Tenzin

Zopa: Ti bit Geshe Lama Konchog r hn cc ng. Chng ti l bn rt thn t khi cn iHc Sera Ty Tng. Tn Ngi l Lama Konchog v Ngi thc s l Lama Konchog. Danh hiuc ban cho Ngi qu l c cn c ng n. Ti thy Ngi thc s l mt bc ton tr. Ngikhng ch l mt hc gi v mt trit hc, m thc s l mt hc gi trong mi lnh vc thucKinh tha v Mt tha. Ngi tinh thng mi s m chng ta tng l mnh hiu r, l nhng ium nhiu hc gi khc khng thu sut, v Ngi thc s a mi s vo thc hnh. Ngi rtkhim tn, rt dng cm v gip ti rt nhiu. Khi ti thc hin Kha Nhp tht Yamantaka Vi 3 nm ti cn phng c k ca ti Sera, Ngi l ngi bo tr cho cuc nhp tht ny vmi l cng dng la. Ti rt bit n Ngi. Ti c cm tng v hon ton tin rng Ngi thcs l mt Lt ma chng ng cao cp, chc chn l nh vy. Hy nhn nhng du hiu sau khiNgi th tch., nh nhng x li v cc cu vng v.v.. y l nhng du hiu m mt ngi bnhthng khng th thnh tu, tht v phng!!! Ch nhng bc thnh chng ng rt cao mi cth thnh tu nhng du hiu nh th. T 2500 nm trc c Pht ging dy iu chkhng ch mnh ti ni vi ng. Thnh thong, khi ti ngh ti Ngi v nhng yogi trong qu kh

nh Milarepa, ti t hi lm th no cc ngi c th c can m lm cc thc hnh v inh th. thc s l mt iu ng t ho. Ngy nay c nhiu ngi, mc d nghin curt gii v hiu bit rt nhiu nhng a nhng kin thc vo thc hnh hng ngy v lmcho thc hnh hon ton tr thnh nguyn nhn ca s gii thot th qu l ht sc kh khn.Hin nay tht rt rt kh tm c nhng bc tn qu nh cc yogi v i Milarepa v LamaKonchog. Nu chng ta mun thnh Pht trong i ny, ta nn thc hnh nh cc ngi. Nhngiu thc s, thc s l mt cng vic v i. Khng th tin ni, phi khng? Ti hoan h, tihoan h. Chng ta rt, rt may mn c ni kt vi nhng bc chng ng ny, thm ch ch


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c bn cc ngi mt chc lt, c mi lin kt v nhng s ban phc v c bit c lm t ca cc ngi th qu l ht sc may mn."

Ha Thn

Thy Tenzin Zopa thut li: Khong mi pht trc khi i Thnh

tu gi ngng th, Kopan Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup v ti mingi nm mt bn tay ca ngi v cui cng tha thit khn cu ngitr li nh mt ha thn lm li lc cho Pht Php v tt c chngsinh. i Thnh tu gi tr li chng ti vi lng bi mn ln lao,a ra hai biu th r rng. Trc ht ngi ni ch u tin ca tncha m l ch AH. K , bng cch ch ngn tay v pha ng bcKopan, mt biu th r rng v phng hng ngi s n. Vo lc Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup v ti cm thy ht sc an n v cnim tin cng s hoan h trong vic xc quyt ha thn ca ngi.Nhng c hai chng ti gi kn biu th r rng ny cho ti ngy 17thng Mi Hai nm 2005 khi Tenzin Nyudrup c c t Lai LtMa th 14 xc nhn l ha thn ch thc khng th sai lm ca i

Thnh tu gi qu c Geshe Lama Konchog. Khi ha thn c ba tui ri.

Yogi v i Geshe Lama Konchog th tch ngy 15 Thng Mi nm 2001 v Tenzin Nyudrup rai lc 3 gi sng ngy th Hai 28 thng Mi nm 2002, theo lch Ty Tng l ngy 22thng Chn, l ngy tt lnh k nim c Pht t Cung Tri u Sut tr v th gian. Khi cu bra i, thn cu to ln nhng khng lm thn mu au n. Nhng ngi trong gia nh ni rnga tr sinh ra m khng khc. Ngay sau khi cu ra i, mt trong nhng o s dng Kagyu dng khoa chim tinh tin tri v s kin ny. Vic tin tri cho thy tht r rng rng a trny khng phi l ngi bnh thng, l mt hin l ca mt Lt ma chng ng rt cao cp phng Nam v v.v..

8 gi sng ngy 12/1/2006 c t Lai Lt Ma th 14 lm l th phong cho ha thn TenzinNyudrup Amarvati trong Vin Kalachakra Mandala, a im linh thing nht, ni c PhtThch Ca Mu Ni ban gio l tantra Kalachakra ln u tin trong th gii. Hn 800 t ca

i thnh tu gi qu c Geshe Lama Konchog (l nhng ngi tham d l nhp mnKalachakra) t khp ni trn th gii tham d bui l. Ngoi ra cn c nhiu Tng on vcc tu vin trng, cu tu vin trng, v Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundrupv v.v.. Ha thn c c t Lai Lt Ma lm l th phong tu s v c tng danh hiu lTulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche. Khi ban danh hiu ny, c t Lai Lt Ma ni: Bi ngi thay i thn tng, ti c mun tng ngi mt danh hiu mi, phn na l tn ti v phn nal tn trong i trc ca ngi. Ti ht sc k vng ngi, cu mong ngi tt lnh trong Php,ti tng ngi danh hiu TENZIN PHUNTSOK (Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche)./.

Ch thch:

(1) Cho: Ngha en l ct. Mt h thng thc hnh da trn Bt Nh Ba la mt, truyn t Thnhtu gi n Phadampa Sangye v n o s Ty Tng Machig Lapdron vi mc ch ct t

bn loi Ma v s chp ng.

(2) Ba Phng din chnh yu ca Con ng: nhng gio l ct ty ca Lam-rim: s T b, B tm, v tnh Khng

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The Incarnation of Geshe Lama Konchog

Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche

Photographer Ven Tenzin Zopa

Letter from Ven Tenzin Zopa to Kyabje Lama Thupten Zopa Rinpoche about the

search for the reincarnation and the miraculous signs around the events. July 31

2005

With great devotion and countless prostrations to the lotus feet of The Three Times

Supreme Object of Refuge, The most venerable Kyabje Lama Thupten Zopa Rinpoche

On your holy advice, in July 8th, 2005 I wrote a letter relating pertinent information

about the Tsum boy, Tenzin Nyudrup, who is a candidate to be recognized as the late

Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation.

5 years ago the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away. Since then, with

great devotion hundreds and hundreds of true devoted Sangha and lay disciples of the late

great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog from all over the world who have extracted the

nectar of the late yogi's Holy teachings, especially the communities of Omin Jangchup

Choe Ling (Kopan Monastery), Kachoe Gyakyil Ling (Kopan Nunnery), DaychenLhundrup Monastery and Rachen Jangchup Choeling Nunnery in the Himalayan region

called Tsum, plus overseas Dharma centers and Sangha and lay communities have

strongly prayed for great benefit for Buddha Dharma and numberless sentient beings so

desperately needed by praying for the swift return of the true un-mistaken reincarnation

of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.


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Therefore I, a simple minded and deluded disciple of the late great yogi, have searched

for the actual reincarnation and in the process been able to gather some valid, true, and

obvious observations as follows.

Some weeks before the great yogi passed away, while I was serving Him, He talked

about a young man called Apey from the place where Geshe Lama Konchog did strict

retreat for over 25 years. During those 25 years He sustained His body by doing chulen

(taking the essence) practice which means sustaining the body by extracting the

nutritional essence from wind (or other substances). He stayed in a holy remote

Himalayan valley where the ancient Tibetan saint Milarepa's cave is located. As well, He

did strict retreat under a tree without any protection from outer elements, snow, or wild

animals. The environment surrounding this holy hidden happy valley called Tsum is said

to have been established by the Lotus Born Buddha, Padmasambava.

The great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog constantly talked about this farmer namedApey from this holy valley saying repeatedly, "Now I have a great wish to meet Apey."

Especially one week before the great yogi passed away, His main conversation is about

Apey. One day the great yogi said, "How come this year Apey never appeared to see me?

Before I die, I must see him. Is there anyway to send a message to him to come down to

see me?" While saying this the great yogi also showed the aspect of being very nervous

and urgent. Then I asked what is the reason it appears so important to see him? I had

never seen the great yogi act like this before, so I asked why? The great yogi Geshe Lama

Konchog replied, "You people will not understand what I mean! It would be best if I

could meet Apey directly." While we were earnestly trying to understand what the great

yogi meant, suddenly, a man from Tsum Niloe, who used to be one of the the great yogi'sbenefactors while he was in Tsum, appeared to see Him. His first words to this Tsumpa

were, "Is Apey coming down to town?" He replied that this year Apey would not be able

to come down to town; the reason being that this year Apey had lots farming at the one

time and he didn't have manpower in his family. For this reason Niloe was sure that Apey

would not come. Then he asked why the great yogi needed to see him? The yogi replied,

"I need to give him a very important message." The great yogi said, "Anyway when are

you going back to Tsum?" He replied, "I am going back tomorrow morning." "Oh! That's

very good." The great yogi said, "Can you be sure to pass my message to Apey? Ask him

to come down to see me as soon as possible and at the same time ask him to bring a small

piece of butter, and a bit of tsampa, and a bit of new cheese (shoesha-somar)." "Sure

Geshe la, I'll pass the message to Apey. But I am quite sure that he doen't have fresh

shoesha this time. Can I send fresh shoesha from my family for you?" the great yogi said

"NO! This time he must bring it from his family." After this conversation, Niloe man left

from the great yogi's room at Kopan. Unexpectedly, about ten minutes later, he returned

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again, the great mahasiddha said, "Oh, you came back. I would like to reconfirm with you,

please make sure that you don't forget my message to Apey."

We found out that, unfortunately, this Tsumpa was unable to return to Tsum before the

great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away. Therefore, Apey didn't get the

message.

Miraculously though, on October 16th, 2001, at nine in the morning Apey suddenly

appeared at great mahasiddha's room in Kopan. Unfortunately, he didn't get a chance to

meet the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog directly as the great yogi Geshe Lama

Konchog had passed away on the previous day, October 15th, 2001, at 8:50 PM. So,

Kopan's abbot, Khen Rinpoche Lama Lhundup, and myself asked Apey, "Did you receive

Geshe Lama Konchog's message?" "No," He replied. "Did you hear about Geshe la's

situation?" "No.", Apey replied. "Then why did you come down to Kathmandu even

though it is a very long way from Tsum? Do you have any job to do in Kathmandu?""No.", Apey replied. "Then how come you are here?" "Since last week while I was

working in the fields, I couldn't settle my mind. I don't know why. I was almost going

crazy. I couldn't concentrate even for a moment on my work in the fields. I suddenly felt

like going off, and so three days ago left without even informing my wife and my

children. I just came off to Kathmandu. I also don't understand myself how I was able to

walk from mountain to mountain to reach Kathmandu within 2 days when it is supposed

to take at least 5 days to walk here from Tsum."

Then we asked why he wasn't able to reach last night before our guru Geshe Konchog la

passed away? He said, "Unfortunately, I was unable to get a bus from Arugar, and, at thesame time I didn't know about Geshe la's situation. In Tsum we all don't know about the

great yogi's situation. No one has heard about it".

Then we asked him, "What have you brought from Tsum?" Amazingly, he had brought

just exactly the things Geshe la had desired from him, butter, tsampa, and cheese

(shoesha) in the exact amounts wished for. Kopan abbot Kyen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup

and myself and many of us who knew the story of the great yogi's and the Tsumpa Niloe's

conversation about Apey and the things to be brought from Tsum were all amazed and

shocked! It was so amazing for things to happen in this way without any verbal

communication. This was truly direct mental communication. Apey brought these three

things for the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog so that in case Geshe la was

staying at Kopan then, he might get a chance to see him and offer those foods. These

three things were the great yogi's favorites, he knew.

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Apey to arrange these three offerings into beautiful bowls and offer them in front of the

great mahasiddha geshe la's holy body. Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup said to Apey,

"Because the great mahasiddha is still alive he can see you, he can talk to you, he will

accept the offerings. Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup continued, "He is in clear light

meditation. He is not like us normal people, he is buddha. From a material view, it

appears to us he is dead, but in reality he is not dead. He is still alive and he is in clear

light meditation. So you make three prostrations and offer as an auspicious offering and

please pray strongly. I have a great hope in you."

On another occasion, a few days before the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog

passed away, a committee representing Kopan monastery, Kopan nunnery, and other

overseas students made extensive mandala offerings with many requests to the Great

Mahasiddha to return as a reincarnation. The Great Mahasiddha replied, "Whether I

return as an incarnation or not depends on the Sangha communities and students prayers

and wishes.

On the following day, Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup, and Geshe Lobsang Jam-yang on

behalf of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, made extensive mandala offerings with symbols

of Buddha's body, speech and mind, and requested The Great Mahasiddha to return as a

reincarnation. The great Mahasiddha again replied, "It depends on the Sangha

communities and students prayers. Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche will know where I will

be.

The day before The great Mahasiddha passed away, I also made strong prayers and

offered body, speech, and mind and requested many, many times to The GreatMahasiddha to return as a reincarnation. He replied, "Don't cry. Don't be sad. We will be

seeing each other very soon. I have full trust in you. The only thing you have to be

careful about is not to be too aggressive. I truly trust Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. You

just make sure you finish your Geshe studies and be sure to serve Rinpoche in whatever

way required. And also, whenever you need advice just refer to Rinpoche. Rinpoche will

know where I will be, just refer to Rinpoche. Also, one thing, before I stop my breath,

make sure all the offerings and money I have is divided into two portions. With one

portion make charity and offerings to all the monasteries, temples, holy places etc.

without any discrimination. Make equal charity and offerings to them. The second

portion, offer for the teachings at Bodhgaya by HH Dalai Lama. The teachings should be

arranged with Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche's advice and should be suitable to be

received by all levels of people. Just keep 50 rupees as a purse keeper." He gave a very

sweet smile then carried on saying, "After I pass away, for some time don't let anybody

touch the body. Don't make noise. Don't light butter lamps near to my body. Don't burn

incense near my body and don't cry; and make sure to cremate my body on Monday. The


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cremation puja is to be performed through the Yamataka fire puja, and do Medicine

Buddha puja. So just make it a simple one okay. I have done everything in my life, I have

no regret, I am very happy about everything."

About ten minutes before The Great Mahasiddha stopped his breath, Kopan Khen

Rinpoche Lama Lundrup and myself each held one of The Great Mahasiddha's holy

hands and finally made extensive requests for Him to return as a reincarnation for the

benefit of the Buddha Dharma and all sentient beings. We requested extensively and with

very loud voices to show us clear indications from where his reincarnation would appear.

With so much compassion The Great Mahasiddha replied to our request by showing two

obvious indications. First, by saying the first syllable of the parents name, the syllable

AH. Second, by pointing his finger to the north-east from Kopan, showing a clear

indication of the direction where he was going to descend. At that moment Khen

Rinpoche Lama Lundrup and myself already felt greatly relieved and had confidence and

joy in the certainty of His reincarnation. But we both kept this clear indication toourselves until December 17th, 2005 when Tenzin Nyudrup was recognized as an

unmistaken true reincarnation of the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog by HH

the 14th Dalai Lama.

In fact in 1999, I was in the Great Mahasiddha's room at Kopan serving butter tea for him

and his classmate, the Abbot of Samdeling Monastery. They were teasing each other in

many ways, and suddenly the abbot said to The Great Mahasiddha, "Remember, since

childhood we were together at Sera University in Tibet. You have been very different

from us since we were young. You have done serious practice in all the Sutra and Tantra

paths. You have always been one of the most enthusiastic and favorite to receive Tantricinitiations and do serious retreats. You would never miss out on all these things. It is kind

of your hobby isn't it?" "Remember we used to stay next to each other and the whole

night you would never let us have a peaceful sleep. The whole night you would make

noises of Cho offering practices and the exercises of the Six Yogas of Naropa, banging

here and there ha ha.... And as well you were one of the best philosopher/debaters; and

you are especially excellent in Madhyamika / The Middle Way and the theory of

emptiness. Remember you always used to be a discussion leader and even senior scholars

came to you to extract your extraordinary knowledge and yet you used to be very humble.

Therefore, our seniors gave you the nickname, Lama Konchog (Lama Refuge). When we

think of our past it is with very joyous memories and is amazing isn't it? And now we are

already old." Ho!Ho!Ha!Ha! "Lama Konchog if you die surely you will come as a

reincarnate Rinpoche won't you?" The Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog gave a

big smile and a huge laugh and said, "Of course, for sure I will come back with so much

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On another occasion during 2000, the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog was

seriously ill in Singapore such that He almost passed away. At that time Kyabje Lama

Zopa Rinpoche was in Hong Kong. Rinpoche gave a call to the Great Mahasiddha and

requested Him to live long, but if due to the lack of disciples' merits if the Great

Mahasiddha felt is more beneficial to leave this body then, "You still have to make sure

and promise that You will return to Kopan as a reincarnate lama. You need to help and

support me as you have done during this life." The Great Mahasiddha replied, "For sure I

will."

After this conversation with Rinpoche, the Great Mahasiddha showed me a very

delightful face and said, "If I get well, I really need to use my full time to help Rinpoche,

especially to actualize Rinpoche's heart project, the Maitreya Statue. You know, whatever

Rinpoche does, there is no mistake! Rinpoche never fears problems, He only reflects on

what is of benefit. If the action is beneficial for Dharma, and even if it benefits just one

sentient being, even if there are lots of obstacles, Rinpoche will still do it. He will nevergive up. It is cause for much rejoicing, and it is very courageous, and it is wonderful isn't

it? In fact, we all should be like Rinpoche. There is no waste of time if serving Rinpoche

and it is very meaningful. Whatever He does, is truly pure Dharma."

I remember that after Rinpoche called, from the very next day the great mahasiddha

Geshe Lama Konchog started to recover. Unfortunately though, he never fully recovered

until the end of his life.

So I am very hopeful, and I pray days and nights and have full faith that all the late Great

Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's wishes to help Rinpoche and Dharma and sentientbeings will be fulfilled by holy reincarnation Tenzin Nyudrup (Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok

Rinpoche).

On one occasion, before the Great Mahasiddha returned to Kopan from Singapore, He

again relapsed and almost passed away.

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche suddenly flew to Singapore and visited the Great

Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, at that time. Rinpoche asked myself and my brother,

Thupten Lundrup, and the resident geshe and everyone to stay out of the Mahasiddha's

room, and the door was closed. Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Great Mahasiddha

Geshe Lama Konchog, just by themselves, spent more than an hour. I presume that they

made serious conversation and confirmation of the Great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog's reincarnation and so on. Since then, whenever people talked to him about His

holy reincarnation, most of the time He would reply that, about this Kyabje Lama Zopa

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Now, recalling all these incidents, it seems really amazing how Buddhas communicate

through their omniscient mind. It is really beyond we ordinary being's perceptions. It is

truly amazing.

The year after the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away, I was on a

fundraising tour in Singapore for the 1000 Buddha Relics Stupa at Kopan,

commemoration for the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog. On the day after a

fundraising lunch, I happened to call Kopan Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup, but

accidentally the call went to Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche's room. Coincidentally, Kyabje

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Himself picked up the phone. I was shocked and very happy to

hear His voice and so took the chance to report the success of the fundraising lunch for

the 1000 Buddha Relics Stupa. Which Rinpoche had advised me to build a Wheel

Turning Stupa especially motivated and dedicated to the swift and unmistaken return of

the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation. When Rinpoche heard thesuccess of the fundraising, He sounded very pleased. Suddenly Rinpoche added a few

words saying, try to get as many blessings pills, such as mani pills, as possible, and send

them to your brother's wife. Ask her to take them regularly. Take as many as possible.

After this conversation with Rinpoche, we hung up the phone and my head was full of

questions? Why did Rinpoche ask me to send blessing pills to my sister-in-law and ask

her to take them regularly? I was even wondering how Rinpoche knew about my sister-

in-law? On that occasion, Rinpoche was pausing at Kopan on the way back from a

pilgrimage tour in Tibet.

When I recall this incident now, I am very sure that Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche hadalready predicted Tenzin Nyudrup to be the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog's reincarnation even just after He was conceived in my sister-in-law, Drolma

Choezom's, womb. It's amazing isn't it?

On another occasion, a few months after the Great Mahasiddha passed away, during

Tibetan New Year's Great Prayer Festival in Kopan, the great and revered lama, Kyabje

Denma Locho Rinpoche, the ex-abbot of HH the Dalai Lama's monastery, was present at

Kopan Monastery. With the holy advice of Kopan Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup, I took

the opportunity to offer one complete set of new (fully ordained) Gelong's robes, which

had belonged to the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, to Kyabje Denma

Locho Rinpoche. I asked for his omniscient mind observation about the late great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation. His omniscient reply was that at the

moment the Great Mahasiddha is in Vajrayogini Pure-land, and He has already made a

prayer to descend to this world to benefit numberless beings and to serve Buddha Dharma.

So, we just wait for the right time for Him to descend. From our side, we just rejoice in


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his great and numberless realizations, and keep pure samaya, and make strong prayers,

then our wish will come true. " I will pray strongly from my side for the swift return".

The following year, Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche again visited Kopan Monastery for

the Great Prayer Festival. I made strong prayers, prostrations, and offerings, and asked

the same question. His omniscient mind replied, "Now it seems the great yogi Geshe

Lama Konchog has already descended. Now it is very important for us to find the

unmistaken reincarnation. For that, you must seek advice from the Omniscient

Compassionate Buddha Chenrezig, HH the Dalai Lama. Then we will be able to find the

unmistaken true reincarnation of the great yogi the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog."

Rinpoche even advised me, "Now you must study hard and complete your geshe studies.

Once we have found the unmistaken reincarnation, you must look after him. It is very

meaningful and very fortunate to be able to serve Him again. One will accumulate greatvase merits, you will be one of the most lucky ones, because it is the same person, having

the same realizations, and with an equal power of blessing. The only difference is in

different form." After hearing Rinpoche's advice, i couldn't wait to serve the Great

Mmahasiddha again in a different form.

At the beginning of 2005, I went to meet Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche in Dharamsala

with the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation film project crew.

Rinpoche declared, "Now you should try to make an appointment to meet HH the Dalai

Lama and request His omniscient observation on the great Yogi's reincarnation. It is

already coming on five years since The Great Yogi passed away. I am sure He hasalready descended into our world by now." I replied to Rinpoche that Kyabje Lama Zopa

Rinpoche, Khen Rinpoche, and Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche are taking full charge of the

search for the unmistaken reincarnation of the late Great Mahasiddha and they are

referring everything to HH The Dalai Lama. As well, Ii got a call from Kyabje Lama

Zopa Rinpoche saying that He is going to arrange an appointment to see HH The Dalai

Lama either in Switzerland or the U.S. this year about our late great mahasiddha Geshe

Lama Konchog's reincarnation. Kyabje Denma Locho Rinpoche showed a very delightful

face and said, "That's very good! Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche will be the most

appropriate to do this. I am very happy about it because it is very important! I will make

strong prayers to clear the obstacles to finding swiftly the unmistaken reincarnation of the

late great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog."

In the beginning of 2003, after I had completed the 1000 Buddha Relics Stupa, Ii returned

to Sera Je University and went to pay respects to my teacher, the ex-abbot of Sera Je

University, Khensur Losang Tsering Rinpoche. We had a serious conversation on the late


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great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's life and reincarnation. Khensur Rinpoche made

an observation and said it is 100% sure that the Great Mahasiddha's reincarnation already

exits. Then I asked where Khensur Rinpoche thinks He is now? Rinpoche replied, "In my

observation He seems to have taken rebirth in the place where Geshe la meditated in the

past 25 years." Khensur Rinpoche even advised, "If you happen to visit that place, it is

good that you should start to observe, but you have to be very careful and skillful, and

very low profile. The best way is to take one of the mahasiddha's malas, mix it with other

malas, and you wear it on your wrist or on your neck. Then go around that village,

especially analyze the children around age one to two." Then He changed the subject and

said, "I know Geshe Lama Konchog (the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog) better

than you people know Him. We were very close friends since Sera University from Tibet.

His name is Lama Konchog and He is really Lama Konchog. The label was given to the

right base, I see Him as truly omniscient. He is not only a scholar in philosophy, but He is

truly a scholar in all fields of Sutra and Tantra. He mastered everything that we're

supposed to know which many of the other scholars don't, and truly put everything in topractice. He is very humble, very courageous, and very supportive. When I did 3 years

Great Yamantaka Retreat in my old room in Sera, He is the one who sponsored my

retreat and all the fire pujas. I am very thankful to Him. I feel and have 100% faith that

He is truly a highly realized lama, that's no question at all. Just looking at the signs after

He passed away, like the relics and the rainbows etc, these are not signs an ordinary being

can achieve, no way!!!!!. Such signs can only achieved by very highly realized holy

beings. It is not that I am just saying this to you, it is as Buddha taught 2500 years back.

Sometimes, when I think of Him and past yogis such as Milarepa, I wander how they

were able to get such courage to do such great practices. It is truly something worth

rejoicing in. Nowadays many people still study very well and know quite a lot but to putin to daily practice and make that practice the full cause of liberation is very very very

difficult. Is very very very rare to find precious beings like the great yogis like Milarepa

and Lama Konchog nowadays. If we want to become Buddha in this lifetime, we should

be doing like them. But it is really, really a great task. Unbelievable isn't it? I rejoice, I

rejoice. We are very, very fortunate to have connections with these holy realized beings,

even just to get a moment to be together and have connection and blessings and

especially to be a disciple of him is truly fortunate"

After this conversation, Khensur Rinpoche asked me to have lunch with Him and we

ended the meeting.

Every time I returned from Nepal, Khensur Rinpoche would always ask me about the late

great mahasiddha's Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation. For the past few years I have

had no confirmation for Khensur Rinpoche. But this last time, when I returned from

Nepal, I had the best news for Him. When I saw Him on December 27, 2005, on entering


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His room, before i could even prostrate, He asked me," What is the update on Geshe

Lama Konchog's reincarnation?" I immediately answered that the Great Mahasiddha

Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation is already found and recognized by HH the 14th

Dalai Lama on 17th of December 2005 and the Reincarnation is a 3 and half years old

boy from Tsum, the same boy Khensur Rinpoche used to talk about. Khensur Rinpoche

was so pleased to hear this news. He said, "Now we are very relieved, very happy, and

very fortunate to have found the unmistaken reincarnation. Since His Holiness recognized

Him, that's the most accurate and most important. So now even though there is the same

continuum of the same person and the same realizations, but for the benefit of deluded

beings, He has chosen to manifest in a new form to manifest like us in our world, just

manifest like us for our full benefit. So now we should concentrate to offer Him the best

education, we have to create very pure and best environment and take good care of His

health and everything, they are not like us for them they will learn very fast and very

easily, from our side we just need to create the best environment . He will bring great

benefits for the Buddha Dharma and numberless beings, having one holy being like thisin our world is much more worthwhile then having hundreds and hundreds of like us.

Now we should treasure Him and take good care of Him."

And also before Tenzin Nyudrup was ordained, Khensur Losang Tsering Rinpoche so

kindly came to pay respect to the little holy boy Tenzin Nyudrup on 11/1/06 at Amarvati

during HH The 14th Dalai Lama's Kalachakra, and that is the first time they met in

different form. While Khensur Rinpoche offered kata and full sets of ordained Sangha

robes to the holy boy, Khensur Rinpoche asked Tenzin Nyudrup whether he remembered

him or not and the holy boy reply that he did, and they bowed to each other and offered

kata to each other and they touch their forehead for about 5 minutes and KhensurRinpoche said "I request you to live long and have to be the great wisdom eye for the

benefits of all the beings and have to turn the great wheel of Buddhadharma till samsara

ends and I can see that you have the ability to do that, I am very very very happy that you

have returned very fast and in a great form."

On 12/1/06 after the holy boy Tenzin Nyudrup was ordained by HH the 14th Dalai Lama

at 8 am in Amarvati in the Kalachakra Mandala House, the most holy site where the

Buddha Shakyamuni gave the teachings on the Kalachakra tantra for the first time in this

world. The greatest auspicious holy site Amarvati Holy stupa, the greatest auspicious

holy Guru the living compassionate Buddha Chenrezig HH The 14th Dalai Lama, the

greatest auspiciousness of holy teaching, the great tantric teaching the Kalachakra

initiation, the greatest month day and hour and moment - with all this incredible

auspicious occasions the holy boy Tenzin Nyudrup was ordained and given a holy

ordination name - Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche. When HH the Dalai Lama gave this

holy name to the little boy Tenzin Nyudrup His Holiness said "Since you have changed


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your form I wish to give you a new name, so half my name and half your past life's name.

I have great hope in you, may you be auspicious to the Dharma, I give you a name

TENZIN PHUNTSOK." (Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche)

After the ordination on 12/1/2006 we had an ordination ceremony for Tulku Tenzin

Phuntsok Rinpoche at 1.30pm in Amarvati and over 800 students of the late great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog attended from all over the world (who were attending

the Kalachakra initiation), as well many Sangha and abbots and ex-abbots and of course

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khenrinpoche Lama Lundrup and so on. On that very

day everyone had a most wonderful, most happy, most auspicious moment when

everyone rushed to offer kata and offering of toys and so on and once again got the

chance to be so close to the the great mahasiddha Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche (the

holy reincarnation of our late Guru the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog).

On that day Khensur Rinpoche came to the auspicious gathering and said to Tulku TenzinPhuntsok Rinpoche "We all have great hope in you and you are our future and you have

to turn the great wheel of Dharma to the all world. We all have faith in you and we have

full trust that you will be the great opening wisdom eye for numberless blind poor mother

beings. You brighten our coming days."

And also Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche keep sharing with the ex-abbots and

Khenrinpoche that when our little Lama went to get blessing from His Holiness, His

Holiness showed a very pleased expression to our little Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche is very pleased with all the occasions related to Tulku

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

On the same day Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche met his old past life close friend the

ex-abbot of Seraje Khensur Rinpoche Jampa Thechog in Amarvati and Khensur

Rinpoche offer kata and offerings and asked to 3 and half year old Tulku Tenzin

Phuntsok Rinpoche, "Rinpoche do you remember me? We were very very close Dharma

friend". Then our little rinpoche replied in a very unique and very special way to Khensur

Rinpoche and Khensur Rinpoche right away said that is true Geshe Lama Konchog, our

late Geshe Lama Konchog especially used to behave in the same way like this to me

whenever we were together. I am so happy that you returned quite fast, we all waited to

see this auspicious day. We all are very glad and we have great hope in you and you are

our future".

On the same day he met Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche and Rinpoche said "Now we all feel so

happy and so grateful, the most important thing is that we were able to find the

unmistaken reincarnation of our late great master and at the same time we were able to


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get such a fortunate chance to get blessing and ordination and recognition from HH the

14th Dalai Lama. It is all truly amazing and tooooo fortunate and toooo auspicious for all

of us".

On 21 Jan 2006 while Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche was on the pilgrimage to Ajanta

and Ellora (80 Mahasiddhas' Caves in India) Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche for the

first time met his old past life friend the ex-abbot of Samdeyling Monastery Khensur

Jampa Tseten. Khensur Rinpoche was very very happy and offer kata and offerings to his

past life friend in a different form, the 3 and half years old Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok

Rinpoche. And his first words to him were "I heard the great and very very auspicious

news about your return in Amarvati during HH the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra initiation, I

did try to find where you were staying but unfortunately I was unable to. But I had full

faith in our past karma and I did strong prayers that we must meet soon. My prayers and

our past karma are answered. Rinpoche you are truly wonderful, do you remember me?"

Then they touch their forehead and Khensur Rinpoche said "Now you have to come backto Sera University soon and have to return to Lhowa Khamtsen, and I have full faith in

you that you will be one of the greatest lamas in the coming days and you have to turn the

wheel of Dharma all over the world and have to live long and take good care, as for me I

am already too old and soon will have to leave the world".

Then Khensur Rinpoche talked to me and said "in fact I was there the day before Geshe

Lama Konchog passed away in Kopan and the great yogi said that in his coming life he

will return in the child of Tenzin Zopa's brother, I have kept this to myself till today

because I can see Kyabje lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kopan Khenrinpoche Lama Lundrup

and Dagri Rinpoche are taking full charge of this so I just watch from afar and if thisauspicious day didn't happen by now, in fact I thought to raise my voice about our late

yogi's reincarnation because we also have full responsibility, especially me from Sera

Lhowa Khamtsen, the Khamtsen has full responsibility about this, anyway thanks to all

the buddhas and thanks to His Holiness and thanks to Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kopan

and you and so on for finding the unmistaken true incarnation of my late great friend,

Tenzin Zopa you just have to remember that in this world you will never find such a great

true lama, a true yogi like the late Geshe Lama Konchog. I knew him for 27 years so I

know the true facts about him, I tell you the truth he is fantastic in everything, a true

living Kadampa geshe, a true yogi, and true scholar, and true Lama Konchog, however

much you people know about him you people don't know anything about him. Anyway

you are still one of the fortunate ones. OK you made my day and life of letting me and

my long time close friend Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche be here together for a

moment. Anyway I don't mean to take too much time of you all, you might need to leave

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Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche has many inborn qualities and I would like share one or

two.

A few hours after Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche was ordained by His Holiness The

14th Dalai Lama we had an ordination ceremony at Amarvati, during the ordination

ceremony attended by over 800 students and Sangha and many new faces; not only the

students who were already connected with the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog were overjoyed and blessed but also the new faces were also truly in great joy

just by hearing the name of Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche and just to see his face

everyone is totally subdued and gave them great joy and blessing, as many of those who

attended said, and I think so too. I am 100% sure that in coming days this precious Tulku

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche will be like pure honey, by the sweetness of his compassion,

wisdom and blessing numberless beings in this world will be able to be satisfied and

everyone's wishes will be fulfilled by granting the nectar of pure Dharma and blessing

just like pure honey satisfies all the bees. Even with the cuteness of the look of his holyface and the way he looks at things and the way he smiles at people and the way he

interacts with different people and different things and his compassion of giving and

concern for sick people and poor people and his thoughtfulness to everyone and his

respectful and affectionate thought to holy objects, especially for Buddha images and

stupas. The amazing thing is he never satisfied or gets tired of being with stupas and

buddhas images even at this age of 3 and a half, and also since he was two years old he

prefers to sleep alone and before he sleeps he like to recite Om mani peme hum.

Especially after everyone has fallen sleep and if he can't sleep he will chant the mantra till

he can sleep, and every night he will wake up at 3am and will ask any of the family

sleeping around him whether the sun has risen or not. If we don't want him to get up bythat time we just have to reply to him that the sun has not risen and then he will say I

want to rise fast so I will chant JANGCHUP SEMCHO RINPOCHE till the sun rises and

then he will chant this holy bodhichitta prayers till he can get up.

And he likes to use only red and yellow colour cloths. Plus the firmness in his decisions

and he really knows what is good and what is not good. Whenever he gets close with the

different things and also within my stay with him for the last few months he has shown

many many sign of predictions, such as if there is going to be an accident or some bad

things are going to happen he will scream and direct us in the safe direction. A few times

at the beginning when I started to travel and stay together with him I just ignore him and

find he was very stubborn, and sure enough some bad things will happen - it has

happened every time he reacted like that. So then whenever he react this way I try to

follow as he wants and then he stops crying and screaming and nothing bad will happen.

If things around are very good and auspicious and something good or auspicious is going

to happen he will act very happy, very enjoying and very relaxed. Just this much itself is


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already too amazing for a little 3 and half year old child. There are many many inborn

amazing qualities in him.

In 2003, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khen Rinpoche advised myself, Gelek Gyatso

Rinpoche, and Kopan manager Ven. Tenpa Choden to visit Tsum valley for the purpose

of taking over the Mu Monastery and Rachen Nunnery on behalf of Lama Zopa Rinpoche

and Kopan Monastery. I took the opportunity to investigate Geshe la's reincarnation in

Tsum valley in accordance with the advice of Kyensur Losang Tsering Rinpoche, Kopan

Khenrinpoche Lama Lundrup, and Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche. A few days after the great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's cremation with the request of Kopan Khenrinpoche

Lama Lundrup through Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche, HH the Dalai Lama made several

predictions to the late Great Mahasiddha's reincarnation there is a reincarnation .

2-he will come more from the Tibet side, more in the east - north east direction.

Geshe Jam-yang's astrology predicted the structure, surrounding layout, height, and color,

of the reincarnation's house, and the first syllable of the parent's names, syllable (AH)

"Apey" and the first syllable of the village name, syllable (TSA) "Tsum".

As well, the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog himself had clearly indicated,

just before He passed away, the direction where his reincarnation would appear - the

direction north east direction and the first syllables of the parents' names, syllable (AH)

"Apey". However, my first efforts at checking were made using malas as Khensur Losang

Tsering Rinpoche had advised. I brought along to Tsum one crystal mala which belonged

to the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, and the mala which He usedeveryday for torma offerings. I wore one of Geshe la's actual malas on my wrist together

with a few others which did not belong to the great yogi Geshe la. Going through the

villages, I showed these to children around the age of one to two years old. Until reaching

Apey's family, I didn't see unusual indications from any of the children. When I saw

Apey's boy, a one year old named Tenzin Nyudrup, he straight away grabbed all the

malas from my wrist. He wore them on his neck and gradually threw all the other malas

from his neck except for the crystal mala, which had belonged to the late great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog. This one he wore around his neck. We all tried our

best to get the crystal mala back from him, but he grabbed it with his left hand and

wouldn't let go. Six of us were new to him but we were amazed by the response the boy

gave to all of us, and the monks and nuns from Rachen and Mu monasteries, including

the family, we all tried to be smart to get the mala back by giving him brand new toys

like cars, balloons, and saying nice words to him etc. He gave us a big shock by

screaming violently, throwing toys, and even crying so badly that all of us failed to

retrieve the mala. That was around 6 PM. Around 10 PM, he went to bed. Even then he


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was still holding the mala tightly around his neck. We tried our luck at getting the mala

back after he had gone to sleep. We asked his grandmother Butri to try gently to take it

off his neck while he was sleeping. But he knew and he screamed and cried. For three

days and nights, he never let the mala separate from his neck. He held it very dearly. We

had to fly back to Kathmandu having totally failed to retrieve the mala. In that instant

reaction of the little boy, in all our minds, without any choice, faith arose. We had a great

suspicion that this child may well be the reincarnation. Thus, we felt a spontaneous joy.

We all hoped to spend more time with him, but unfortunately we had to leave the valley.

We returned to Kopan with great joy and great hope.

In accordance with the strong advice of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kyabje Dagri

Rinpoche, Khenrinpoche Lama Lundrup and H E Trulshig Rinpoche and so on for the

swift return and to clear all the obstacles to find the unmistaken reincarnation of the late

great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog- for the past five years I have had many pujas

performed in different great monasteries such at Sera, Kopan and other monasteries andnunneries. Especially the one thousand recitation of the Snow Lion Face Dakini prayers,

one hundred thousand sets of Tara pujas, one hundred thousand recitations of the long

Manjushri Dharani prayers, hundreds of Medicine Buddha pujas, one thousand recitations

of the Heart Sutra, one thousand sets of White Umbrella prayers, hundreds and thousands

of recitations of the Vajrasattva mantra, one hundred thousand recitations of 21 Tara

prayers, full recitations of the Kangyur and Tengyur texts, four million recitations of

Compassionate Buddha's mantra, hung hundreds of prayer flags in the Himalayas, had

hundred sets of Nyungnye Retreat (fasting retreat) offered, one hundred thousand torma

offering pujas, many Vajrayogini and Yamantaka self-initiations, built a wheelturning 40

feet 1000 buddha relic stupa, made one hundred thousand Tsa Tsas of Guru LamaTsongkapa, made a statue of the great guru Lama Tsongkapa and his two disciples, made

a statue of three deities of highest Yoga tantra, made an 11 face life size statue of the

Compassionate Buddha Chenrezig and Buddha Maitreya, liberated hundreds of animals,

sponsored retreats for the holy Sangha, etc.

After doing these pujas Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche and other lamas asked me to go up to

Tsum again and visit Apey's family in order to make further enquiries about the child. So,

in a very low-key manner, I visited just after Tibetan New Year in 2004. I had the

opportunity to spend three days with Apey's family interacting with the potential

reincarnate child. Also, I made some enquiries with the parents and neighbours.

Especially important were several conversations with Ven. Ani Choedron, who was one

of the Great Mahasiddha's closest attendants while He was in Tsum. Also, she is the

grand-aunt of the boy. Ani Choedron declared many clear indications about the boy, such

as when the boy reached two, many times over many days, the little Tenzin Nyudrup

always called to go up to the cave where Geshe la did strict retreat and always looked up


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to the cave and always screamed and asked them to bring him there. And also everyday

he looked up to the cave and always said Gompa Gompa, at the same time pointing his

finger towards the cave. Later Ani Choedron even had to bring little Tenzin Nyudrup to

late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's cave and even had to stay there for weeks

because the boy insisted on going to the cave and even on staying there. She had to do

this a few times. Besides that even at the age of one, whenever he passed by a text box,

the box in which he late Great Mahasiddha himself locked up all his antique scriptures

about 20 years before, whenever the little Tenzin Nyudrup passed by this box, he paid

special attention and grabbed the box. And not only that, he used to search for and hold

the vajra and bell of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, the vajra and bell

which the late Mahasiddha kept with the family, and would even ring the bell loudly and

was very attached to it. And also late Great Mahasiddha kept one big wool sangha coat

(dagam) at Apey's house. Tenzin Nyudrup always liked to use that coat and liked to sleep

in that coat. The one year old Tenzin Nyudrup from one year old up to now paid special

attention and had a liking for all the things which belonged to Geshe la and which Hekept in Apey's house. Ven Ani Choedron was amazed to see all this incredible

extraordinary behaviors in this little Tenzin Nyudrup but not in other kids. Not only Ani

la but also many villagers, they saw this little boy Tenzin Nyudrup as extraordinary and

very special.

After I came back from Tsum and visited the boy Tenzin Nyudrup , I went to see one of

the most respected Nyingma lamas called H E Trulshig Rinpoche in Boudha a few times

and requested his omniscient observation in particular about the little boy Tenzin

Nyudrup from Tsum village in the Himalayas, and Rinpoche's observation came out that

Tenzin Nyudrup is the unmistaken reincarnation of the late Guru, the great mahasiddhaGeshe Lama Konchog.

In beginning of 2005, I again visited Apey's family and got the chance to spend three

days in their house. The amazing thing was every morning around 6-am Tenzin Nyudrup,

this little boy, would come and wake me up and force me to follow him to the back of his

house to water the apple tree. The apple tree which was planted by the late great yogi

Geshe Lama Konchog Himself about 20 years back. I would hesitate to get up because it

was very cold and freezing in the morning, even the water was frozen. To touch and play

with the ice water is very tough for me. But he never let me take a chance to run away

while I was staying three days in his house. Every morning I was pulled by his hand with

so much screaming I had to get out from the warm blankets! Since there was so much

force from him, as well as doing the same thing (watering that particular apple tree) at the

same time everyday, I happened to ask the family what is this about? Has he been doing

this everyday? They replied that since a year back, almost everyday he would never miss

any chance to water that particular apple tree. For this no one needed to lead him and no


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one needed to ask him. Everyday after he wakes up, he will never forget to water the

apple tree first thing. After knowing this, Iwas amazed and I felt very touched and I cried,

and my faith in him is unshakeable. Because the time wasn't ripe I had to keep all this in

myself till the day His Holiness declared that the little boy Tenzin Nyudrup is the

unmistaken reincarnation of my late great Guru Geshe Lama Konchog.

Another clear indication related to Apey's family is after the Great Mahasiddha passed

away, within 49 days Apey's wife Dolma Choezom had the same dream fortnightly for a

few days. The dream was Geshe la visiting Tsum valley and all the villagers lined up to

receive blessing from Him, but when everyone tried to get near to receive blessing from

Him, Geshe la only put His hand on Dolma Choezom's head and blessed her but none of

the other villagers received blessing from the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.

She had the same dream a few times and every time after the dream, she had a feeling of

great joy and bliss. In fact in those 2 years, after the first two children, it has been quite a

difficult time of not conceiving any child for Apey's family. Miraculously around the endof the 49 days after the great yogi passed away, she conceived. The great yogi Geshe

Lama Konchog passed away on Monday 15 Oct 2001 and Tenzin Nyudrup was born at 3

am on Monday 28 Oct 2002 which is Tibetan 22nd of the 9th month which is the

auspicious day on which Buddha Descended from Tushita Heaven. He was supposed to

be born in August, but he delayed two months in the womb. When he was born in Oct,

his physical size was huge, but there was not much pain for his mother. When the child

was born, he did not cry, the family members declared.

Right after the birth, one of the Kagyu mantra masters did a birth astrology for the new

born child. In the astrology it was very clearly stated that this child is not ordinary and isthe manifestation birth of one very highly realized lama from the Southern direction and

so on.

It is long story but to make it brief, in fact Apey and his wife were matchmade by the late

great yogi Himself, the date of the engagement and the date for their marriage were all

chosen by late great mahasiddha Geshe la Himself, even the late Great Mahasiddha

voluntarily offered a puja on their wedding day. Today when I recall all these incidents, it

is really amazing, it all sounds as though the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog

Himself made perfect arrangements for His next rebirth.

Then also, on the night when the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away,

Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup made a call to Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche, and requested

Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche to inform His Holiness that the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog

just passed away and entered into clear light meditation, and to request His Holiness'

prayers and dedication, and request advice about the reincarnation. For this request, His


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Holiness answered "For sure I will pray and do the dedication for the late great yogi, and

as for the reincarnation, there will be a reincarnation, and I feel the direction that he will

come from is more towards Tibet."

Even while the late Great Mahasiddha was in clear light meditation for 7 days, over 200

foreign students and over 700 Sangha saw directly many amazing signs of His great

realizations. Not only that, during His cremation rainbows appeared and surrounded the

sun, and there was a drizzling of rain and rainbows appeared towards the six different

directions. One rainbow appeared from the cremation stupa up to Kopan kitchen. One

rainbow appeared above the fire on the cremation stupa. One rainbow surrounded the

cremation stupa. One rainbow appeared from the cremation stupa to Kathmandu valley.

And one rainbow appeared from the ground to the space in the North-East direction and

this rainbow took about an hour to dissolve in the clouds in that direction. This is also one

of the very clear indications for the search for the reincarnation.

Also in Tibetan custom when we cremate high lamas, in order to find a sign of their

return as a reincarnation or not, normally under the cremation stupa in the centre we put

some sand and smoothen it and cover with a big plate. We invite the holy body to sit

above that plate and be cremated. After the cremation, after clearing the ashes, we open

the plate and check for signs. If there is a footprint, it is a sign that the Lama will return.

If the footprint is small, it means that we will be able to recognize the reincarnation from

childhood. If the footprint is big, that is the sign that we will recognize the reincarnation

when he gets older. To check the direction where the reincarnation will come, we check

the direction in which the heel faces. In the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's

case, there was a very obvious footprint and the heel was directed from the North- Eastdirection and the toes were facing Kopan's main temple. Plus there was a very obvious

inborn print of the Crown of the 5 Dhyani Buddhas as well as a very obvious inborn

image of a lotus. All these indications are already very obvious signs for the return of the

great mahasiddha's reincarnation in which direction and so on.

In fact, there were a lot of obvious signs that the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog

has achieved full enlightenment. The most obvious signs as stated in the Buddha's

teachings such as the 5 color of the relics and the heart, tongue and eyes and the 5 color

rainbows and the rain drizzling etc. In fact in the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog's case, from His ashes there were more than 5 colors of the relics not only that,

there were 3 colors of the hairs, and the hairs are very smooth, very shiny, and one

portion of the hair is very dark black in color and very fine and very shiny and sparkling -

actually it is the hair of Vajrayogini. As well as the heart, tongue and eyes were very

fresh and very lively left behind without being burnt by the fire, even though they were in

the great fire for 72 hours. All these signs were seen and directly perceived by hundreds


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and hundreds of people from all over the world. Immediately after we invited the relics

from the cremation site to the relics shrine, Kopan Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup made a

call to Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche in Dharamsala and Khen Rinpoche mentioned all the

auspicious incidents which happened during the cremation including the amazing

information about the relics and requested Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche to make extensive

offerings on behalf of late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog and inform His

Holiness the Dalai Lama about all this, and at the same time seek advice about the late

great yogi's reincarnation. Without delaying a day, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche did as Khen

Rinpoche requested. A few days later Kyabje Dagri Rinponche returned a call to Khen

Rinpoche Lama Lundrup and passed the answers from His Holiness. His Holiness said

that I am very pleased and very much rejoice about all the signs which the late great

Lama Konchog showed of achieving greatly high realizations. At the same time His

Holiness advised that "Reincarnation is definite - the great yogi will return in

reincarnation. I feel like He will come from the North East direction of Kathmandu or

more to the East from Tibet side and will come into the family which He was close in thepast when He was alive. In fact, He will come by showing many obvious signs, so you

don't have to put much effort to go and seek him. Anyway, nowadays I feel more

comfortable that the reincarnations come by themselves by showing obvious signs that

they are the true reincarnation of the past lama".

In early 2003, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche visited Kopan for the opening of the 1000 Buddha

Stupa to commemorate the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog. The 3rd day

after the Stupa consecration, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche went into retreat. The first night of

the retreat, around 3 am, Rinpoche had a very clear dream of the great mahasiddha Geshe

Lama Konchog., that the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog came to offer a handful ofgold to Rinpoche and showed the aspect of being very pleased and had few conversations

with Dagri Rinpoche. After Rinpoche woke up, Rinpoche felt very joyful, and very

strongly felt that the late great mahasiddha had already returned in new form. Rinpoche

went back to Dharamsala after the retreat and performed extensive protector pujas and

checked for observations with some other high lamas, whose observations predicted that

the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog had already returned as a reincarnation.

After that Rinpoche continuously did many observations and checked many signs and the

results 100% confirmed that the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog had

returned as a reincarnation and that the 3rd child of Apey is the unmistaken reincarnation

of late great yogi. Due to the time not being ripe, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche kept this

information with himself, Kopan Khen Rinpoche Lama Lundrup and myself till His

Holiness the Dalai Lama's confirmation was announced. Anyway, since that time, Kyabje

Dagri Rinpoche and other high lamas already mentioned many many times that the 3rd

child of Apey, Tenzin Nyudrup, is the true reincarnation of a very highly realized lama of

the past. And even advised the family to take good care of him.


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Also after the great yogi Geshe Lama Konchog passed away, Kyabje Lama Zopa

Rinpoche asked Geshe Jamyang to check astrology to find out whether there was a

reincarnation of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog or not, if there is, from

where he will come and how etc. The astrology predicted that definitely there will be a

reincarnation, and clearly predicted the scenery of the area, which is exactly the scenery

of Tsum valley. Especially the structure of the house and the surroundings are exactly

Apey's house and surroundings. More than that, the size, height, color and the personality

of the father is exactly the marks of Apey. Geshe Jamyang also did the calculation of the

astrology of the place, and the name of the parents. In the astrology name of the place, the

option came syllable (TSA) and syllable (LA). For Syllable (TSA) -came 90% of the

option, for syllable (LA) came 50%. Then the astrology of the father name was syllable

(AH). In the conclusion of Geshe Jamyang's astrology, the name of the place starts from

syllable (TSA)- is "TSUM" in the direction of North East at the Himalayan border of

Nepal and Tibet. The syllable (AH) is the name of the father "APEY" who lives in thedirection of the North East of Kathmandu and in the border of Nepal and Tibet, in the

village called Tsum. From the astrological point of view, the 3rd son of Apey, Tenzin

Nyudrup, was predicted as the unmistaken reincarnation of the late great mahasiddha

Geshe Lama Konchog.

For the past 5 years after our late Guru the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog

passed away, I have had various types of clear dreams related to the great Guru Geshe

Lama Konchog and His reincarnation. I would like to share some of the dreams here.

Two months after the great Guru mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away, on 18

Dec 2001, I was sleeping in the Great Mahasiddha's room at Kopan. In the morningaround 3 am, I dreamt that one small fatty fair boy came out from the dead body of late

Guru mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, the dead body which actually looked similar to

the time Geshe la passed away and is outside late yogi Geshe Lama Konchog's verandah

at Kopan. The aspect of the body is lying actually as when Geshe la was in clear light

meditation for a week. It was the same feeling and the same image. And that little boy

called my name very loudly - Tenzin Zopa - and he passed his hand to me and asked me

to bring him inside the room and let him sit on Geshe Lama Konchog's throne. After that

I woke up and I stay in the blanket for about two hours and checked my feeling. My

feeling was very joyous and I had the strong feeling that the late great mahasiddha Geshe

Lama Konchog already came back in new form. Since then I never felt my Guru Geshe la

had passed away. The feeling is He is always around me and I felt very secure and

blessed.

On 27 Oct 2002, since next morning is very auspicious Buddha Descending From Tushita

Heaven, I motivated to wake up very early and do light offering and water bowl offering


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and do some cleaning in the Great Mahasiddha's house, so I tried to sleep early. Since I

am sleeping in the mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog's room, the room was always very

bright even at night, because we always had the lights on the altar. After I lay down, I

could see Geshe la's big picture in front of my face and suddenly felt that I missed him

very much, and also without any choice all the past memories with the late kind great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog came into my mind. I was unable to fall asleep till

3am. Around 3 am I suddenly fell asleep for a short while, and dreamt about the same

little boy, his height was about two feet, he was fair and fatty and is very serious yet is

very charming and had a small mole on the face and was giving a sweet smile to me, he

was surrounded by many people. I went near to him, I scream and shout, saying "this is

Geshe la's reincarnation, this is Geshe la's reincarnation, this is Geshe la, this is Geshe

la...." I suddenly woke up and my heart was beating very fast and again I checked my

feeling for a while, and I felt very strongly that the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog truly came back to our world. I even felt that I can never forget the child's face

and that if I happen to see that child, even in a big crowd I would be able to see him evenfrom very far.

A year later, I found out that on the same day and same time, the little Tenzin Nyudrup

was born.

On 8 August 2003, I was in Sera, that night when I went to sleep, I was unable to sleep

till 3 am because some how, I don't know why, the whole of my body was unbearably

itchy, till the whole of my body was full of marks of the scratches. Around 3 am, I fell

asleep and had a dream that the same boy came to me with very wrathful face and

straight away hold my hair and turn my head restlessly. And the boy with a very wrathfulvoice said "Where is my conch shell, where is my conch shell?" I suddenly woke up and I

was very scared by the boy's wrathfulness and my heart was beating very fast, and at the

same time, I noticed that my body itchiness was all gone, at the same time I felt very tired

and I continued to try to go to sleep, and when I was lying on the bed, I was recalling the

dream and suddenly I remembered that one time when I travelled with the late great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog to Taiwan, before we returned to Kopan Monastery,

in Taipei, Taiwan, in the centre of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche's room while I was

packing for Geshe la, then the great mahasiddha passed me one small conch shell which

is normally used for puja, the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog specially warned

me to "Make sure you pack the conch shell, I need it!" Normally Geshe la will never care

of the packing. This is the only time He warned me in many years travelling with Him.

When we returned back to Kopan in his room, the first thing he asked me was "Where is

my conch shell?" I tried to find it in the luggage, I couldn't find it at all. Since due to my

carelessness or whatever, I am quite sure I did pack the conch shell but I couldn't find it

at all. I even teased him, asking "Why You are so serious about it? The conch shell is not


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the best quality one, I can get for You better quality and as many as you want from

Boudha". The great mahasiddha replied with very wrathful face I know you will do this,

that's why I ask you! Then he just walked away from me. So when I reflected on my

dream with this incident related to the conch shell, when I faced the great mahasiddha

Geshe la at that time the wrathful aspect of Geshe la and the wrathful aspect of the child

in my dream, that was exactly the same expression. And the fear in my heart, is also

exactly the same. A few months later, one of the Western student visited Tsum, and took

many photos and sent me the photos of the small Tenzin Nyudrup. When I first saw his

face in the photos, instantly, it reflected all my dreams and the face of the child I saw in

the dream, the face I saw in the pictures, is 100% the same face. In that moment, I had

great joy. But I kept this joyous feelings in myself till 11 Dec 2005 when Kyabje Lama

Zopa Rinpoche, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche and Kyenrinpoche Lama Lundrup officially did

the traditional checking of the candidate boy for the late great mahasiddha's reincarnation.

Even though Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche asked me many time about my dreams and

predictions and signs related to the late yogi Geshe Lama Konchog's reincarnation, Ipromised myself not to influence from my side any sign for the prediction of the late

great mahasiddha's reincarnation. Even though I might be one of the closest to the great

mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog, but I am too ordinary to predict and judge the life and

state of mental continuum of somebody who is already enlightened. For the enlightened

one, only enlightened beings can be able to judge and predict without any mistakes.

Therefore, I wholeheartedly relied about this holy reincarnation issue on Kyabje Lama

Zopa Rinpoche and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Now, I would like to share the greatest joy in my life finding the unmistaken true

reincarnation of Our Precious Guru the Late Great Mahasiddha, The Great Yogi, TheGreat Scholar, The Great Living Kadampa Master, The Living Buddha, Geshe Lama

Konchog.

That on 17th Dec 2005, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama and Kyabje Lama Zopa

Rinpoche and Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lama Lundrup Rigsel, and Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche,

and many other highly realized lamas recognized and announced to the world that Tenzin

Nyudrup the son of Apey Karsang Phuntsok and mother Dolma Choezom from Tsum

Himalaya Valley in the North East direction of Kathmandu, on the border of Tibet and

Nepal, was officially recognised as the unmistaken true reincarnation of the Late Great

Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.

With so much auspiciousness and great fortune for H.E. Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok

Rinpoche, at the age of 3 and a half years old from 8 Jan to 16 Jan 2006 He received the

commentary on the profound view and the great highest yoga initiation, the Kalachakra

initiation and the Long life initiation and he completed pilgrimage to Amarvati


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Kalachakra stupa, Nagarjuna Konda, the 80 mahasiddhas' caves at Ajanta and Ellora and

to the three great monastic universities - Drepung, Ganden, Sera and so on. With this

auspiciousness our precious Rinpoche will be able to receive all the teachings on sutra

and tantra and be able to cultivate and be able to meditate and be able to grant the great

blessing of the Dharma to all the numberless beings and be able to liberate all beings up

to everlasting happiness and able to perform all the virtuous deeds just as all the past

buddhas and bodhisattvas have performed.

Just a small note for clarification. In the past 5 years, there were many candidates and

many rumours and misunderstandings in accepting the late great mahasiddha Geshe

Lama Konchog's reincarnation around the world. Tenzin Nyudrup and all the other

candidates were equally checked by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and Kyabje Lama

Zopa Rinpoche and so on. Except for Tenzin Nyudrup, all the other candidates were

failed as the unmistaken reincarnation of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.

I Tenzin Zopa on behalf of all the Students of our late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog would like to thank countless times His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and

Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lundrup Rigsel and Kyabje

Dagri Rinpoche and all the other high lamas who have put so much effort to find the true

unmistaken reincarnation of our late Guru the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.

Also many countless thanks to the parents of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama

Konchog's reincarnation for giving birth to the precious child Tenzin Nyudrup and taking

good care of Him up to now and for offering him to serve Buddhadharma and benefit

numberless beings.

From now on we will call the precious child Tenzin Nyudrup by the holy ordination

name given Him by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on12 of Jan 2006 at 8am at the

most holy place Amarvati during the Kalachakra initiation "TULKU TENZIN

PHUNTSOK RINPOCHE"

With so much joy and great devotion to the precious holy reincarnation H. E. Tulku

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche of our late great guru the great mahasiddha, the great yogi, the

great master Geshe Lama Konchog (the great yogi Losang Phuntsok) with great prayers

and auspiciousness of H.E. Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche's enthronement on 3rd

March 2006

Tenzin Zopa, 3rd March 2006

lamakonchog.milarepa thoi hiendai

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