Gendun Rinpoche
“If we want to benefit beings, we need a Dharma that is alive and truly applied. For that, a community is needed whose way of living together ensures the transmission of Dharma and keeps it alive.”
“If we want to benefit beings, we need a Dharma that is alive and truly applied. For that, a community is needed whose way of living together ensures the transmission of Dharma and keeps it alive.”
In 1999, Gendun Rinpoche was recognized by the 14th Shamar Rinpoche as the reincarnation of the previous Gendun Rinpoche. At 24 years old, he is undergoing specialized training, part of which he completes at the Dharma center in Möhra, which he regularly visits.
The previous Gendun Rinpoche was born in 1918 in eastern Tibet. At the age of seven, he was allowed to join the nearby Khyodrag Monastery. The young monk felt truly content only when he could rest in meditation. He spent most of his time at the feet of the great masters of his monastery. At seventeen, he took full monastic ordination and at twenty-one, he began the traditional three-year and three-month retreat. Afterward, Gendun Rinpoche practiced in complete seclusion for seven years. He continued his practice for about ten years in remote caves blessed by the great masters of the past, where he achieved perfect realization.
A unique attribute of Gendun Rinpoche was his simple presence, so open and close. He never wanted to give the impression of being a great lama or someone exceptional but rather acted like an ordinary person, and that is what made him so extraordinary. Anyone could approach him without difficulty.
On October 31, 1997, in Dhagpo Kundrol Ling, Gendun Rinpoche left his body in the presence of several close disciples.