Pedong, Oct. 14: The
two-year-old – 10th reincarnation of Shabdung Rimpoche
– was welcomed in] Pedong at the Sang Chen Dorje Gumpha,
which is 21 km from Kalimpong, today.
Following the death of the ninth reincarnation
of Shabdung Rimpoche on April 5, 2003, the new Rimpoche was
chosen in December 2004.
According to the secretary of the Gumpha, Sonam Dorjee, the
Rimpoche will be taken to the monasteries he headed and will
stay there for a day, and in the next morning will be taken
to the Dalapchand monastery where people can meet him. In
the same afternoon he will depart for Bhutan where he has
been invited.
This is the first time a reincarnation of
Shabdung Rimpoche is visiting Bhutan after more than 40 years.
The ninth reincarnation of the same Rimpoche who belonged
to the Drupka Kargyud sect was sent into exile in India in
the early 1960s. The two-year-old tenth reincarnation will
face a committee which has been delegated the responsibility
of verifying the genuineness of the claim.
The Shabdung Rimpoche is the spiritual head
of the Buddhists in Bhutan – he is supposed to be a
threat to the government over his powerful influence among
the citizens. This invitation to prove his identity has sent
mixed signals from the government.
The tenth reincarnation was identified by
Karmapa Urgen Thinley and was brought from eastern Bhutan
in December 2004, since then he had been living in Bodh Gaya.
One of the claimants to the title of the
Karmapa approved by the Dalai Lama also selected the tenth
reincarnation. Then, the child monk was secretly transferred
to Bodh Gaya in December 2004, because of the supposed life
threats from vested political interests in Bhutan. |
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