Jigme Ngagwang Norbu and his wife Lisa Tromge will complete their three-year retreat in late March. The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Orgyen, have no definite plans after retreat. However, the sangha at Rigdzin Ling hopes and will request that the family stay at Rigdzin Ling for some time and that Jigme will teach while Chagdud Rinpoche, who is Jigme Norbu's father, does retreat.
According to the late Chogyur Lingpa, Jigme Norbu is a tulku of Tsewang Norbu, the son of the first Chogyur Lingpa, a great treasure discoverer. Tsewang Norbu was a highly realized Dzogchen practitioner and a renowned scholar. In a more distant incarnation, Jigme Norbu was Yudra Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five close disciples of Guru Padmasambhava and of Vairochana. In that lifetime as well, he was known for his profound realization of the Dzogchen teachings.
Before coming to the United States in 1988, Jigme Norbu studied in Khetsun Zangpo's school in Boudhanath, Nepal; in His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's monastery in south India; and at the Institute for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India. He is known for his intelligence and his ability to penetrate to the essential meaning of the teachings. Since coming to the United States, his spoken and written English have become fluent.
Although it is rare for a couple with a small child to undertake a strict three-year retreat, Chagdud Tulku has expressed his pleasure at how well Jigme and Lisa have integrated family life and disciplined practice. From the first, when Rinpoche's students built Jigme and Lisa's retreat house, and throughout, when other students helped with childcare and shopping, the Chagdud Gonpa sangha has been supportive of their retreat. There is hope among many sangha members that Jigme will soon teach, causing an increase in dharma activity throughout Chagdud Gonpa centers and the world.
Jigme Ngagwang Norbu and his wife Lisa Tromge will complete their three-year retreat in late March. The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Orgyen, have no definite plans after retreat. However, the sangha at Rigdzin Ling hopes and will request that the family stay at Rigdzin Ling for some time and that Jigme will teach while Chagdud Rinpoche, who is Jigme Norbu's father, does retreat.
According to the late Chogyur Lingpa, Jigme Norbu is a tulku of Tsewang Norbu, the son of the first Chogyur Lingpa, a great treasure discoverer. Tsewang Norbu was a highly realized Dzogchen practitioner and a renowned scholar. In a more distant incarnation, Jigme Norbu was Yudra Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five close disciples of Guru Padmasambhava and of Vairochana. In that lifetime as well, he was known for his profound realization of the Dzogchen teachings.
Before coming to the United States in 1988, Jigme Norbu studied in Khetsun Zangpo's school in Boudhanath, Nepal; in His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's monastery in south India; and at the Institute for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India. He is known for his intelligence and his ability to penetrate to the essential meaning of the teachings. Since coming to the United States, his spoken and written English have become fluent.
Although it is rare for a couple with a small child to undertake a strict three-year retreat, Chagdud Tulku has expressed his pleasure at how well Jigme and Lisa have integrated family life and disciplined practice. From the first, when Rinpoche's students built Jigme and Lisa's retreat house, and throughout, when other students helped with childcare and shopping, the Chagdud Gonpa sangha has been supportive of their retreat. There is hope among many sangha members that Jigme will soon teach, causing an increase in dharma activity throughout Chagdud Gonpa centers and the world.
Jigme Ngagwang Norbu and his wife Lisa Tromge will complete their three-year retreat in late March. The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Orgyen, have no definite plans after retreat. However, the sangha at Rigdzin Ling hopes and will request that the family stay at Rigdzin Ling for some time and that Jigme will teach while Chagdud Rinpoche, who is Jigme Norbu's father, does retreat.
According to the late Chogyur Lingpa, Jigme Norbu is a tulku of Tsewang Norbu, the son of the first Chogyur Lingpa, a great treasure discoverer. Tsewang Norbu was a highly realized Dzogchen practitioner and a renowned scholar. In a more distant incarnation, Jigme Norbu was Yudra Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five close disciples of Guru Padmasambhava and of Vairochana. In that lifetime as well, he was known for his profound realization of the Dzogchen teachings.
Before coming to the United States in 1988, Jigme Norbu studied in Khetsun Zangpo's school in Boudhanath, Nepal; in His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's monastery in south India; and at the Institute for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India. He is known for his intelligence and his ability to penetrate to the essential meaning of the teachings. Since coming to the United States, his spoken and written English have become fluent.
Although it is rare for a couple with a small child to undertake a strict three-year retreat, Chagdud Tulku has expressed his pleasure at how well Jigme and Lisa have integrated family life and disciplined practice. From the first, when Rinpoche's students built Jigme and Lisa's retreat house, and throughout, when other students helped with childcare and shopping, the Chagdud Gonpa sangha has been supportive of their retreat. There is hope among many sangha members that Jigme will soon teach, causing an increase in dharma activity throughout Chagdud Gonpa centers and the world.
Jigme Ngagwang Norbu and his wife Lisa Tromge will complete their three-year retreat in late March. The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Orgyen, have no definite plans after retreat. However, the sangha at Rigdzin Ling hopes and will request that the family stay at Rigdzin Ling for some time and that Jigme will teach while Chagdud Rinpoche, who is Jigme Norbu's father, does retreat.
According to the late Chogyur Lingpa, Jigme Norbu is a tulku of Tsewang Norbu, the son of the first Chogyur Lingpa, a great treasure discoverer. Tsewang Norbu was a highly realized Dzogchen practitioner and a renowned scholar. In a more distant incarnation, Jigme Norbu was Yudra Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five close disciples of Guru Padmasambhava and of Vairochana. In that lifetime as well, he was known for his profound realization of the Dzogchen teachings.
Before coming to the United States in 1988, Jigme Norbu studied in Khetsun Zangpo's school in Boudhanath, Nepal; in His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's monastery in south India; and at the Institute for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India. He is known for his intelligence and his ability to penetrate to the essential meaning of the teachings. Since coming to the United States, his spoken and written English have become fluent.
Although it is rare for a couple with a small child to undertake a strict three-year retreat, Chagdud Tulku has expressed his pleasure at how well Jigme and Lisa have integrated family life and disciplined practice. From the first, when Rinpoche's students built Jigme and Lisa's retreat house, and throughout, when other students helped with childcare and shopping, the Chagdud Gonpa sangha has been supportive of their retreat. There is hope among many sangha members that Jigme will soon teach, causing an increase in dharma activity throughout Chagdud Gonpa centers and the world.
Jigme Ngagwang Norbu and his wife Lisa Tromge will complete their three-year retreat in late March. The couple, who have a three-year-old son, Orgyen, have no definite plans after retreat. However, the sangha at Rigdzin Ling hopes and will request that the family stay at Rigdzin Ling for some time and that Jigme will teach while Chagdud Rinpoche, who is Jigme Norbu's father, does retreat.
According to the late Chogyur Lingpa, Jigme Norbu is a tulku of Tsewang Norbu, the son of the first Chogyur Lingpa, a great treasure discoverer. Tsewang Norbu was a highly realized Dzogchen practitioner and a renowned scholar. In a more distant incarnation, Jigme Norbu was Yudra Nyingpo, one of the twenty-five close disciples of Guru Padmasambhava and of Vairochana. In that lifetime as well, he was known for his profound realization of the Dzogchen teachings.
Before coming to the United States in 1988, Jigme Norbu studied in Khetsun Zangpo's school in Boudhanath, Nepal; in His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's monastery in south India; and at the Institute for Tibetan Studies in Varanasi, India. He is known for his intelligence and his ability to penetrate to the essential meaning of the teachings. Since coming to the United States, his spoken and written English have become fluent.
Although it is rare for a couple with a small child to undertake a strict three-year retreat, Chagdud Tulku has expressed his pleasure at how well Jigme and Lisa have integrated family life and disciplined practice. From the first, when Rinpoche's students built Jigme and Lisa's retreat house, and throughout, when other students helped with childcare and shopping, the Chagdud Gonpa sangha has been supportive of their retreat. There is hope among many sangha members that Jigme will soon teach, causing an increase in dharma activity throughout Chagdud Gonpa centers and the world.
