‘Incarnation’ of Geshe Rinpoche visits Tashi Choleing Monastery in Kurseong
Posted by barunroy on March 31, 2008
Kurseong March 30: The Third incarnation of Geshe Rinpoche, five-year-old Lozang Jig med Ngag-ghi Wangchuck today visited the Tashi Choleing Monastery, here. During his visit, he received a warm welcome and was felicitated by monks. Thousands of followers of the Lamaism’s Gelugpa sect followers and other devotees assembled there receive the third incarnation of Geshe Rinpoche. Five-year-old Lozang Jig med Ngag-ghi Wangchuck was requested to take over the regime of the Tashi Choleing Monastery which was established by Geshe Rinpoche, himself in the year 1919.
The secretary of the Gelugpa sect followers, Mr Fubu Tshering Lama said that under Geshe Rinpoche, a total of five monasteries were constructed and established in the region of Darjeeling and Sikkim . Among those five monasteries the Tashi Choleing Monastery was established first. Notably, after the death of the second incarnation of Geshe Rinpoche, Geshe Ngawang Gyalten Jigm Choekyi Wangchuk on 10 September in 2001 in New York, he was born as the third incarnation in New York on 2 June 2003 to a couple who were related to Geshe Rinpoche. Importantly, Geshe Rinpoche was one of the legendary spiritual masters of Tibet , whose sphere of Dharma activities and fame spread throughout Tibet and Himalayan region from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh since 1920s. He travelled far and wide on pilgrimage through these areas and spread the pure teachings of the Lord Buddha. [The Statesman]
