Photo Album of H. E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (right) and Lhochen Rinpoche, on behalf of lay people as well as the monks and nuns, received the empowerment from H. E. Garchen Rinpoche (left). It qualified Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for being the official holder of the practice of the 8 major Herukas for lay people.
H.H. Drkung Kyabgon Chetsang has declared more than once that Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche is his root disciple, as well as the most important one in the lineage.
Taken in 2005. During the one-month long Hevajra Empowerment Puja, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche was among the six privileged great rinpoches, including His Holiness Taglung Shabdrung Rinpoche, to offer on behalf of all and to receive the empowerment.
Great Unlimited Amitabha Puja for Transferring Consciousness, Taipei, 2007. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche himself presided at the puja, which was attended by over 10,000 people.
Taken in 2007. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche attended the inauguration ceremony of Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Palria Monastery, a new Drikung monastery in Balambu, Kathmandu.
Taken in Kyoto, Japan, 2007. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche held a chod puja on the moving Torokko Train, which was an unprecedented event not only in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, but also in world history.
Taken in Ladakh, 2007. Rinpoche, along with around 300 disciples, attended the Great Pig Year Teachings, held every twelve years.
Great Unlimited Amitabha Puja for Transferring Consciousness, Taipei, 2005. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche himself presided at the puja, which was attended by 5000 people.
H. H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang wrote a letter to praise Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche's support for the lineage, and to empower him to propagate Buddhist teachings all over the world on behalf of the Drikung Kagyu lineage.
H. H. Drikung Kyabgon Chungtsang Rinpoche praised Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for being the most important disciple and sponsor of the Drikung lineage.
Any time Drubwang Rinpoche would see Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, he would take Rinpoche’s head into his hands, and chant mantras while keeping his forehead pressed to Rinpoche’s, bestowing him with blessings for minutes on end, and granting him more karmic fortune so that he may benefit greater numbers of sentient beings — showing how much delight and praise the elder felt for him.
Taken in 2006. His Holiness conferred upon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche a “Gampopa ceremonial hat,” symbolizing that Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche was now qualified to propagate all the teachings of the Kagyu sects.
Taken in 2005. Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche (left), a 115-year-old nun, blessed Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche with a Buddhist sutra.
Taken in 2005. Venerable Khacho Wangmo (left) gave a blessing touch on Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s forehead with her own.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo, accepting the offerings from Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Taken in 2005. Venerable Khacho Wangmo (left) gave a statue of Buddha to Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Inauguration of the Great Lotus Stupa, Nepal, 2004. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche offered H.H. Chetsang a statue of Lord Jigten Sumgon, which was made out of 3 kg of gold. It was also the first one made of pure gold in the one-thousand-year-old history of Drikung.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, offering a pure gold statue of Lord Jigten Sumgon to H.H..
Taken in 2003. During the inauguration ceremony of the Songtsen Library, H.H. Chetsang praised Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for being an important disciple and H.H.’s root disciple, right in front of H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trizin and the international correspondents.
Taken in 2003. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche just perfected a retreat and Drubwang Rinpoche sent his attendant to present gifts.
Taken in 2003. Most Venerable Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche congratulated Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche upon his perfection of a retreat. He called Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche a great lama, while bringing his thumb up.
From May to July in 2007, His Holiness led Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche to have a 3-month long retreat in the snowy mountains of Lapchi in Nepal. His Holiness presided as the vajra master at the fire puja completing Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s retreat.
H. H. Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang himself composed a "Long-life Prayer" for Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Great Unlimited Amitabha Puja for Transferring Consciousness, Taipei, 2006. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche himself presided at the puja, which was attended by 10,000 people.
Great Puja in the Punjab State, India, 2007. It was unprecedented for the Sikh to have the Avalokiteshvara puja of Tibetan Buddhism. Around 500 Sikh came to the event because of word of mouth, not through any media exposure.
When the fire puja ended in perfection, Rinpoche did full prostrations on the muddy ground to pay his respects to His Holiness with utmost sincerity.
In 2002, the most venerable Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche gave Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche 500 RMB to indicate the fact that Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche was now eligible to receive offerings from humans and heavenly beings.
The great practitioner Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche was also Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s root guru, and Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche his only lay disciple. In 2002, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche led his disciples up a craggy mountain path while continuously chanting mantras and giving them blessings. When they arrived at the entrance to Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche’s seclusion room, they immediately kneeled and prostrated themselves in thrice. As soon as Tenzin Nyima Rinpoche opened the door to his cell and saw Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, a smile overtook his face, and he alternated between holding Rinpoche’s hands and caressing his face, like a father to his son, filled with compassion and familiarity.
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Updated on March 9, 2020