DHARAMSALA, December 6 – Five years after the passing away of His Eminence Penor Rinpoche, former head of the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, his reincarnation has been found, his monastery Namdrol Ling said in a statement on Thursday.
Palyul’s seniormost lama in Tibet, Tulku Thubten Zangpo Rinpoche, found the reincarnation at Leten Tramo Drag or Dung Lung Tramo Drag, a sacred location near Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, based on a “prophecy letter” sent by the 100-year-old yogi Jadrel Rinpoche. The statement, however, did not give more details.
Palyul’s current throne-holder, Kyabje Karma Kuchen Rinpoche, has already set out on the journey to formally greet the new reincarnation. A traditional enthronement ceremony of Penor Rinpoche’s yangsi (reincarnation), investing him as Palyul’s 12th Throneholder, will take place at Palyul Monastery in Tibet on July 31, 2014, the holy day marking the time of the Buddha’s first teaching after his enlightenment.
Penor Rinpoche held the position of the head of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism until his health deteriorated leading to his demise on March 27, 2009.
Kyabjé Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche was born in 1932 in Powo region of Kham, Eastern Tibet. Rinpoche became the 11th throne-holder of Palyul, one of six “mother monasteries” in Tibet’s oldest Buddhist tradition, known as the Nyingma. He established Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe Tibetan settlement in 1963 with only a handful of monks.
