Wangchen Tenzin, King of Lingtsang | |
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 Lingtsang Gyalpo in 1939 in Lhasa, Mudra of Dorje Phurba (Vajra Kilaya) | |
| Title | King of Lingtsang |
| Personal | |
| Died | 1942 Dzongri Lingtsang |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Nationality | Tibetan |
| Children | 3 sons, 1 daughter (Dechen Tso) |
| School | Nyingma |
| Notable work(s) | Tertön, ngagpa, kīla master |
| Other names | Lingtsang Gyalgenma |
| Senior posting | |
| Guru | Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo |
| Successor | Phuntsok Gelek Rabten |
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Wangchen Tenzin, King of Lingtsang (Tibetan: གླིང་ཚང་རྒྱལ་པོ་དབང་ཆེན་བསྟན་འཛིན་, Wylie: gling tshang rgyal po dbang chen bstan 'dzin), also Lingtsang Gyalgenma, was the King of Lingtsang in Kham, a tertön, a ngagpa and a kīla master of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.[1][2] He was said to be an incarnation of King Gésar of Ling and was known for his kindness and his siddhis linked to his kīla practice.
He is famous as a tertön for tséyum tsendali, a long-life practice based on Chandali, consort to Amitayus. His master was Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and he was one of the major teacher of Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.[3]
He had three sons and one daughter, Dechen Tso, who became the mother of Khandro Tsering Chödrön, one of the foremost female practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism.[4]
Lingtsang Gyalpo died in Dzongri Lingtsang in 1942, and his King (Gyalpo) title was passed to his son Phuntsok Gelek Rabten, a monk, who died in Kalimpong. Phuntsok Gelek Rabten had 5 children, among whom 2 are still alive, a son, Sey Jigme, living in Chengdu and a daughter in Dehradun.
Lingtsang Gyalpo is the great-grandfather of Sogyal Rinpoche.[5]
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