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His Eminence Ludhing Khenchen Rinpoche is the head of the Ngor sub-sect of the Sakya tradition. His Eminence was born to the clan of Shang, Sharchen or Ludingpa in the female sheep year of 1931 near the great seat of Ngor Ewam monastery called Pangshal. The clan of Shang, Sharchen or Ludingpa is renowned for producing scholars and siddhas of different Buddhist sects. |
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Being the eldest in this family, His Eminence was ordained as a monk at the age of ten by the most gracious Khenchen Sarchen Jamyang Thupten Lungtok Gyaltsen Palsangpo. For the next thirteen years, His Eminence was blessed with pith instructions of Landre, several initiations, oral transmissions, advice, grammar, poetry and so on from Khenchen Sarchen. His Eminence other teachers include the two Khenchens of Ewam Khangsar Ladrang, His Holiness Sakya Trizin and His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche.
For almost four continuous years from the age of seventeen, His Eminence was in a retreat, practicing mainly on sadhanas of Hevajra and other deities. In 1954 at the age of twenty-four, His Eminence was enthroned as the abbot of the Ngor Ewam Choedhe monastery.
In 1959, after the change of circumstances in Tibet, His Eminence left Tibet and fled to Darjeeling, India. In 1961, His Eminence established the Ngor center in Gangtok, Sikkim. In 1978, His Eminence also re-established the Ngor Monastery in Mandawala, North India.
His Eminence has contributed greatly to the Dharma by giving continuous teachings, empowerments, oral transmissions and re-establishing summer retreats in various Sakya monasteries in India, Nepal and other Sakya centers overseas. His Eminence have given the precious teaching of Lamdre fifteen times, initations and instructions mainly on the seven mandalas of Ngor tradition and other deities and have ordained ten thousand monks.
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