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    His Holiness Pema Norbu Rinpoche

    His Holiness Penor Rinpoche was the 11th Throneholder of The Palyul Lineage of Nyingma.One of the foremost masters of the Buddhist tradition of Tibet, he served as the Supreme Head of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism for over ten years.

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    H.H. Karma Kuchen Rinpoche

    His Holiness the Fifth Karma Kuchen Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness Dujom Rinpoche and Penor Rinpoche as the unmistaken incarnation of previous Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, Karma Thegchog Nyingpo.

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    H.E. Khentul Gyangkhang Rinpoche

    The Fourth Gyangkhang Rinpoche was born in India. H.H. Penor Rinpoche, H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche recognized him as the authentic incarnation of the Third Gyangkhang Rinpoche.

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    H.E. Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche

    Born to Penpa Dorjee and Sonam Yangzom in Nepal, at the age of two, H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and H.H. Drubwang Penor Rinpoche recognized him as the unmistakable reincarnation of Chogtrul Kunzang Sherab.

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    Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche

    Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche was born in 1936, at Riphu, in Dege Jomda, in the Kham Province of Tibet. When he was eight, he studied reading and writing Tibetan from his uncle Lama Choesang while herding cattle.

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    Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche

    Khenpo Namdrol was born in 1953 at Dege to Tsedrung and Choetso. At the age of seven, in 1959, he fled Tibet and reached Bylakuppe, South India. In 1968, he did Bum-Nga (the five hundred thousand accumulations of the preliminary practice).

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    Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche

    Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche was born in 1954 in a village in the southern region of Tibet called Lhodrak. From his birth, his parents had a strong feeling that they should place him in the nearby monastery of Nub Namkha’i Nyingpo.

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