H.E. the Ninth Khamtrul Rinpoche

His Eminence the Ninth Khamtrul Rinpoche Jigme Pema Nyinjadh, was born in 1981, into the family of His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa. He was recognized by His Holiness the Dalai lama, His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa and His Eminence the first Thuksey Rinpoche.

A year after the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche passed away, his disciple who was one of his regent, requested His Holiness to look for Khamtrul Rinpoche’s reincarnation. While in retreat in the Hemis monastery, His Holiness, had an experience. In that vision-like and dream-like experience, someone dressed like an Indian sadhu approached His holiness and said, “I am Khamtrul Rinpoche and I will be reborn into your family.” This particular vision appeared two or three times. Finally, in one of his visions, His Holiness saw Khamtrul Rinpoche, who appeared very poor, old and sick. He said “I have been looking for you but you kept neglecting me”.

The same morning His Holiness received a letter from a lady requesting his holiness to pray for her sick baby.

Then again His Holiness dreamt of the baby boy who was like a piece of a flesh, fragile and was near the edge of a cliff, His Holiness felt like looking after him but His Holiness did not and the baby looked as though he was dying.

One day later His Holiness received a letter with the picture of a baby and in a letter baby’s mother said that “her son was going to die and that please pray for him”. His holiness thought all these were indications and he told his mother about it and she said that the baby’s mother is one of their relatives.

These indications came repeatedly three or four times. His Holiness then told about it to his guru, H.E. the First Thuksey Rinpoche who confirmed the identity of the baby boy as the reincarnation of the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche. Thuksey Rinpoche then wrote to His Holiness the Dalai Lama who replied saying that he did three divinations and all of them confirmed that the baby boy was Khamtrul Rinpoche’s reincarnation. His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa named him Jigme Pema Nyinjadh.

His basic studies were done in the Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling in Darjeeling. There he spent his childhood and teenage under the guidance of his root teacher His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, and his other main teacher the late Omze Sherab, a disciple of Trulshik Pema Chogyel, the enlightened yogi who was also the teacher of the Eleventh Gyalwang Drukpa.

H.E. the Ninth Khamtrul Rinpoche is now studying Buddhist philosophy at Tango University in Bhutan, as adviced by H.H. Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa. He has a great respect for the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, and especially for the Tango university and to the learned and humble masters such as Tsuklak Lobpon Samten Dorjee, Khenpo Tsering Dorjee, the current principal of the university, and others.

Source: www.khamtrul.org