His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche
His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, as a sublime incarnate master who ranks among the highest masters of awareness, continues to bestow ripening empowerments, liberating teachings and spiritual advice to countless beings who are to be guided in these ways — in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and recently in other countries in both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, including the United States. His activities of opening the doorway to the Buddhadharma in these ways exemplify his immeasurable efforts to carry out enlightened activities in any way that will guide beings. He thus ensures that a rain of benefit and well being, in both the short term and the long term, will fall in a vast range of realms, establishing beings in the state of liberation.
His Eminence is a regent of the Lake-Born Lotus, Guru Padmasambhava, in the world. He is a Terton, revealer of hidden treasures, an emanation of one of Guru Rinpoche’s close personal students. He was Arye Sale, consort to Guru Rinpoche’s primary disciple Yeshe Tsogyal.
Rinpoche’s monastery in India is Rigon Thupten Mindrolling. He also is now in the process of restoring his monastery in Eastern Tibet, Rigon Tashi Cholin, largely destroyed by the Chinese. During the Chinese cultural revolution of 1959, he led thousands to safety in India, where he eventually settled in Orissa and built a monastery and retreat center.
He is renowned for his Gesar of Ling divinations. This special form of divination was transmitted by Lord Gesar and uses arrows to predict the future. It is known within Tibetan Buddhism as the most accurate form of divination.
