Buddhist
Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...
Tulku
A ''tulku'' (, also ''tülku'', ''trulku'') is a reincarnate custodian of a specific lineage of teachings in Tibetan Buddhism who is given empowerments and trained from a young age by students of his or her predecessor.
High-profile examples ...
. Rinpoche was born in 1991 into the family of Jamyang Khechog, an official at Surmang Namgyal Tse monastery.benchen.org Benchen Chime Tulku Rinpoche
Chime Tulku Rinpoche was identified as the fourth incarnation of Benchen Chime Tulku Rinpoche one of the four Tulkus (incarnate Lamas) of
Benchen Monastery Benchen Monastery is the name of two Buddhist temples. The original Benchen Monastery in Tibet was destroyed by the Chinese Army in 1959. It later began to be reconstructed by the surviving sangha in the 1980s. The second Benchen monastery in Kathm ...
by the 12th
Situ Rinpoche
Tai Situpa (; from ) is one of the oldest lineages of tulkus (reincarnated lamas) in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism In Tibetan Buddhism tradition, Kenting Tai Situpa is considered as emanation of Bodhisattva Maitreya and Guru Padmasambhava (G ...
Pema Dönyö Nyinje.
The Four Benchen Tulkus are
*Chime Tulku (The subject of this article)
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Radha Tulku
Lama Chime Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist, Tulku and Dharma teacher. Chime Rinpoche was born in 1941 in Kham, Tibet. In 1959, due to the annexation of Tibet, he was forced to flee to India via Bhutan into exile. Gaining British citizen ...
(more commonly known as Chime Rinpoche) Born 1941. Established Marpa House the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in England. The present Radha Tulku has been referred to by his childhood name 'Chime' all of his life. This can be confusing, as at present two Benchen Tulkus known as 'Chime'.
*Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche
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Tenga Rinpoche
Tenga Rinpoche (1932 – 30 March 2012) was a Tibetan teacher (lama) in the Karma Kagyu tradition.Chime Rinpoche