Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche is a leading incarnate lama (tulku

Tulku

In Tibetan Buddhism, a tulku is a particular high-ranking lama, of whom the Dalai Lama is one, who can choose the manner of his rebirth. Normally the lama would be reincarnated as a human, and of the same sex as his predecessor. In contrast to a tulku, all other sentient beings including other...

) in the Karma Kagyu

Karma Kagyu

Karma Kagyu , or Kamtsang Kagyu, is probably the largest and certainly the most widely practiced lineage within the Kagyu school, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The lineage has long-standing monasteries in Tibet, China, Russia, Mongolia, India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and current...

 lineage of Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism is the body of Buddhist religious doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and certain regions of the Himalayas, including northern Nepal, Bhutan, and India . It is the state religion of Bhutan...

. He is believed by his followers to embody the activity of Vajrapani

Vajrapani

' is one of the earliest bodhisattvas of Mahayana Buddhism. He is the protector and guide of the Buddha, and rose to symbolize the Buddha's power. Vajrapani was used extensively in Buddhist iconography as one of the three protective deities surrounding the Buddha...

.

The first Gyaltsab Rinpoche Paljor Dondrub (1427-1489) was born in Nyemo Yakteng and received the title Goshir from the Emperor of China. In Tibet, Gyaltsab Rinpoche is known as Tsurphu Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche. He is the regent looking after Tsurphu monastery and the interests of the Karmapa

Karmapa

The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu, the largest sub-school of the Kagyupa , itself one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism....

s in between two Karmapas. In Tsurphu, Gyaltsab Rinpoche's monastery Chogar Gong lies directly behind Karmapa's monastery.

Gyaltsab Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa before he was born in 1954 and after the official enthronement by the 16th Karmapa

Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

The sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism...

 in 1959, Gyaltsab Rinpoche made the journey to Sikkim

Sikkim

Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...

 together with His Holiness.

List of Gyaltsab Rinpoches

1. Paljor Dondrub (1427-1489)
2. Tashi Namgyal (1490-1518)
3. Drakpo Paljor (1519-1549)
4. Dragpa Dundrub (1550-1617)
5. Dragpa Choyang (1618-1658)
6. Norbu Zangpo (1660-1698)
7. Konchog Ozer (1699-1765)
8. Chophal Zangpo (1766-1817)
9. Yeshe Zangpo (1821-1876)
10. Tenpe Nyima (1877 - 1901)
11. Dragpa Gyatso (1902-1949)
12. (1954-)

External links

• Biography on Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
  Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
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