Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche is the 12th and current Trungpa tülku. He was born on February 6, 1989, in Pawo village, in

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, eastern

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. He was recognized by

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in 1991, and enthroned a year later at Surmang Monastery at a ceremony presided over by Domkhar Rinpoche, a high

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lama and Choseng's uncle. The monastery's late abbot (and Choseng Trungpa's predecessor), was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Choseng studied the traditions of

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under the tutelage of Lama Kenla (1932–2003) and received his early monastic education at the

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Palpung Monastery Palpung Monastery () is the name of the congregation of monasteries and centers of the Tai Situpa lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the name of the Tai Situ's monastic seat in Babang, Kham (modern Sichuan). Palpung means ...

. He studied at Surmang Namgyal-tse until 2008, and now studies at Serthar Institute. The name Choseng is a contraction of Chokyi Sengay (), which means "Lion of

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." In 2001, he met for the first time with

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, the son of his previous incarnation, Chögyam Trungpa.

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* Goss, Robert and Klass, Dennis (2005) ''Dead But Not Lost: Grief Narratives in Religious Traditions'' pp. 144–145 * Midal, Fabrice (2005) ''Recalling Chögyam Trungpa'' *

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(2004) ''Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions''

External links

Short Biography of Choseng Trungpa at konchok.org

Choseng Trungpa's request for Chögyam Trungpa teachings to be made available to Tibetans, 2010, (YouTube)
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