Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche was born in 1968 and is the eldest daughter of Kyabje Mindrolling Trichen Gyurme Künzang Wangyal, the 11th Mindrolling throne holder of the renowned Mindrolling lineage. The Mindrolling lineage is one of the six main Nyingma Lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Throughout its history, some of the greatest masters of their time have been born within the Mindrolling lineage. Mindrolling has also had the unique lineage of great female masters who have been great teachers and yoginis who have been inspiration for generations to come. This great line of female masters is known as the Jetsünma line and is one of the most remarkable features of Mindrolling. The Jetsünmas have been daughters of various Mindrolling Trichens over the years and this line has produced some of the greatest and most inspirational figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Beginning with Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön (1699-1769), the daughter of Chögyal Terdag Lingpa (founder of Mindrolling), to Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche (1968 - ), the daughter of the 11th Mindrolling Trichen, Mindrolling has maintained an extraordinary tradition of female teachers.
When Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche was ten months old, she was recognized by His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the reincarnation of the great Dakini of Tshurphu, Khandro Orgyen Tsomo, the consort of the 15th Karmapa. Khandro Orgyen Tsomo was known throughout Tibet as one of the most respected and revered female masters who spent most of her life in retreat and was known to all as Khandro Chenmo or the Great Dakini. Thus, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, as a Jetsünma within the Mindrolling lineage and a Tulku within the Kagyu lineage holds both the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages...
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