Khandro Rinpoche མཁའ་འགྲོ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ | |
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Title | Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche |
Personal | |
Born | Tsering Paldrön August 19, 1967 |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Nationality | Indian |
School | Kagyu Nyingma |
Education | St. Joseph's Convent, Wynberg Allen, and St. Mary's Convent |
Senior posting | |
Reincarnation | Urgyen Tsomo |
Website | khandrorinpoche |
Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche (birth name Tsering Paldrön; born August 19, 1967) is a lama in Tibetan Buddhism. Born in Kalimpong, India and the daughter of the late Mindrolling Trichen, Khandro Rinpoche was recognized by Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa at the age of two as the reincarnation of the Great Dakini of Tsurphu Monastery, Urgyen Tsomo, who was one of the most well-known female masters of her time.[1] Khandro Urgyen Tsomo was the consort to Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama (1871–1922) and recognised in this Buddhist tradition as an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal.[2][3] Her name is in fact her title, Khandro being Tibetan for dakini and rinpoche an honorific usually reserved for tulkus that means "precious one."