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The most Venerable Kyabje [1] Gosok Rinpoche is a Buddhist monk acknowledged in Tibet as the emanation [2] of a whole series of distinguished spiritual masters. As such, and especially due to his exceptional ability to express loving-kindness and compassion as well as to impart wisdom, he is said to be very precious [3] for sentient beings.
In this way, he appeared in his lineage of incarnations as the Omniscient Kaudinya, the eldest of the first five disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni. Later, in Tibet, he was incarnated as Döndrup Gyatso, a famous abbot of the Drepung Gomang College. Along with Sera and Ganden, Drepung is one of the three main Tibetan monastic universities. |
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Gosok Rinpoche's lineage, whose name calls to mind his monastic affiliation [4] and Mongolian [5] roots, stretches back to that master who belonged to the Gelugpa or Virtuous Tradition. As a lama in the Elders [6] tradition, Rinpoche was most notably Longchen Rabjampa, one of the illustrious codifiers of the Great Perfection [7] teachings. He was also Rigzin Lhungsal Nyingpo, a famous meditation master. Well-known for his unbiased views, the most Venerable Gosok Rinpoche embodies in this way a lineage of eminent spiritual guides who belong to the four traditions of Buddhism in Tibet. The current Gosok Rinpoche was born in 1948 in the village of Molha, near Lithang, the main town in the eastern Tibetan Kham province. His birth stood out on account of the numerous auspicious signs, the same ones as had been pointed out at his predecessor's birth. When he was four years old, he was recognized as the reincarnation [8] of the previous Gosok Rinpoche by the Dalai Lama's tutor, Takdrak Rinpoche. Enthroned the following year in his monastic house, the Gosok Ladang, he was acknowledged as such by the countless monasteries and families that traditionally came under his spiritual leadership. And three years later, he went to Lhasa to pursue his religious training at the prestigious Sera Med monastery. In 1959, Rinpoche, who was eleven at the time, fled Tibet and went to India. In 1961, he was involved in the building of the new Sera monastic complex, near Mysore, where he continued his studies. When he graduated at the age of 36, he ranked first among the Geshe Lharampas. |
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