Palden Sherab

enerable Khenchen Palden Sherab RinpocheVenerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) was a renowned scholar and meditation master of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1938 in the Doshul region of Kham, eastern Tibet. Around age four, before joining Gochen monastery, he began to read, write and lean chants and ritual ceremonies from his grandfather Lam Tharchok and his father Lama Chimed Namgyal. At the age of fourteen he entered the prestigious Riwoche monastic...See more

enerable Khenchen Palden Sherab RinpocheVenerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) was a renowned scholar and meditation master of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1938 in the Doshul region of Kham, eastern Tibet. Around age four, before joining Gochen monastery, he began to read, write and lean chants and ritual ceremonies from his grandfather Lam Tharchok and his father Lama Chimed Namgyal. At the age of fourteen he entered the prestigious Riwoche monastic university where he excelled in Tibetan Medicine and literature, Sanskrit, and the Buddhist philosophy of all nine yanas.In 1959, Khenchen Rinpoche and his family left their homeland in Tibet and made their way to India. After the tumultuous period following their exodus in 1967 he was appointed head of the Nyingma department of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath by H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche. He held this position of abbot for seventeen years, dedicating all his time and energy to ensure the survival and spread of the Buddha's teachings.Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche moved to the United States in 1984 to work closely with H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche. In 1985 he and his brother, Ven. Khenpos Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, founded Dharma Samudra Publishing. IN 1988, they founded the Padmasambhava Buddhist Center. Together the Khenpo Rinpoches founded Pema Samye Ling in New York, Padma Samye Chokhor Ling monastery and Orgyen Samye Chokhor Ling nunnery in Sarnath, India. They erected the Miracle Stupa in Shravasti, India, and rebuilt Gochen monastery in Tibet.Khenchen Rinpoche has co-authored over twenty Dharma books in English with Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche and authored many other texts in Tibetan. He worked tirelessly his entire life to pass on the ancient and authentic practice traditions of Buddhism to inspire thousands of practitioners world-wide and to leave behind a community dedicated to peace, love and wisdom.In June 2010, displaying profound signs of his realization, Rinpoche entered mahaparinivana peacefully at Padma Samye Ling. Truly; he was a warrior who conquered all negativities to fully accomplish the wishes of Buddha Shakyamuni and Guru Padmasambhava. We will honor and revere him and his legacy forever. A more extensive biography and full list of Rinpoche's works can be found at www.padmasambhava.org See less