Reincarnation of Sikkim monastery lama found in Bhutan

Monks of Kargud Tshechokling Monastery,Chandmari, Gangtok

SUJAL PRADHAN, EOI, GANGTOK, NOVEMBER 2, 2022: In a significant development in the Tibetan Buddhist circles, the Kagyu sect has identified a boy from Bumthang in Bhutan as the reincarnation of the late Jigmee Nawang Tempa Gyaltsen (1939 - 2007), who was the head of the Kargud Tshechokling Monastery Chandmari Gangtok, a Drukpa lineage monastery. 

The name of the new incarnation is Namdak Jigdral Choeying Rangdrol. He had been recognized by Rinpoche Gyalwang Drukpa two years ago. Observers of the Tibetan Buddhist order viewed the development as yet another instance of close spiritual and cultural links between Sikkim and Bhutan. 

Monks of Kargud Tshechokling Monastery,Chandmari, Gangtok in a news conference addressed by monks Jigmee Dorjee, Jigmee Bhutia, Tsampa Tshering, Norbu Tshultim Gyaltsen and Sangay Chopel made the disclosure about the identification of the reincarnation. 

Monk Jigmee Dorjee said: "A six-year-old boy from Bumthang, Bhutan, has been identified as the reincarnation of the late His Eminence Jigmee Nawang Tempa Gyaltsen (1939 - 2007). 

A delegation from the Kargud Tshechokling Monastery along with 10 other lineage monasteries will be visiting Bhutan to bring the 9th incarnation of the Rinpoche to Sikkim. 

On December 16 he will be brought to Sangay Choeling Monastery in Darjeeling where he will be enthroned on December 16. He will be brought to Kargud Tshechokling Monastery Chandmari, Gangtok on December 24 where his enthronement will be on December 26".