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Bon Buddhism Lineage of Teachers H.H. Lungtok Tenpai Nyima
Bon Buddhism Lineage of Teachers H.H. Lungtok Tenpai Nyima
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 His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima, the 33rd Menri Trizen, is the spiritual leader of the Bon tradition. His Holiness became a monk at the age of 8 and at 24 received his geshe degree, specializing in Tibetan medicine, astronomy, and astrology. At the time of the Chinese invasion of Tibet he fled on foot to Northern India. On March 15, 1968, he was selected to be the 33rd abbot of Menri Monastery, the spiritual leader of the Bönpo. Many lamas came from Tibet, Nepal and India to give him their initiations and teachings; and for more than a year he intensively trained and practiced for his role as abbot, the leader who would guide the Bönpo and hold all the teaching lineages. His Holiness then joined Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche in rebuilding Menri Monastery, and in establishing a Bon dialectic school that awards geshe degrees certified by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He then created the Bon Children's Welfare Center, an orphanage for Bönpo boys and girls who had lost their families during the Chinese invasion.
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