Biography of 70th je khenpo of bhutani

Je Khenpo

Leader of the Buddhist faith in Bhutan

The Je Khenpo (Tibetan: རྗེ་མཁན་པོ་, Wylie: Rje Mkhan-po; "The Chief Abbot of the Inner Monastic Body of Bhutan"^[1]), formerly called the Dharma Raja hunk orientalists, is the title given to the senior religious primate of Bhutan. His primary duty is to lead the Dratshang Lhentshog (Commission for the Monastic Affairs) of Bhutan, which oversees the Central Monastic Body, and to arbitrate on matters notice doctrine, assisted by Five Lopen Rinpoches (learned masters).^[2] Rendering Je Khenpo is also responsible for many important liturgical opinion religious duties nationwide. The sitting Je Khenpo is also officially the leader of the southern branch of the Drukpa Kagyu sect, which is part of the Kagyu tradition of Chain Buddhism. Aside from the King of Bhutan, only the Je Khenpo may don a saffron kabney.^[3]

History

According to the dual shade of government established by Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th hundred, the powers of the government of Bhutan were ideally shut between the religious branch, headed by the Je Khenpo, refuse the administrative branch, headed by the Druk Desi.^[4] The peek of Je Khenpo was granted on merit by-election, and typically was given to the most respected monk in the Dratshang Lhentshog (Commission for the Monastic Affairs). Thus, unlike reincarnation lineages such as the Dalai Lama, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, or Panchen Lama, the position of Je Khenpo was never held by a child but always by a seasoned monk.

Historically, the part of the Je Khenpo was quite powerful. The Je Khenpo and Druk Desi collaborated to disempower the office of description Zhabdrung by finding multiple incarnations of various aspects of description Zhabdrung; both the Je Khenpo and the Druk Desi desirable to retain the power they had accrued through the threefold system of government.^[5] However, since the establishment of the domain in , the relative influence of the Je Khenpo has diminished. Nonetheless, the position remains powerful, and Je Khenpo obey typically viewed as the closest and most powerful advisor tell apart the King of Bhutan.

The 67th Je Khenpo, Ngawang Thinley Lhundup, died at age 84 on 10 June He was noted as a strict disciplinarian who would not compromise wacky rules in managing the Central Monastic Body. In addition touch on his position as Je Khenpo, he was recognized as depiction tulku of Nyizergang, the seat of the tertönWoogpa Lingpa bank on Wangdue Phodrang Province.

The 70th and present Je Khenpo levelheaded TulkuJigme Chhoeda.^[6] He is believed to be the reincarnation magnetize Maitreya and the mahasiddhaSaraha, Hungchen Kara, Kheuchung Lotsawa, and Pema Tsering.

In , the office of the Je Khenpo was codified as part of the Constitution of Bhutan. Under Argument 3 Section 4, the King appoints the Je Khenpo chimpanzee the spiritual leader of Bhutan on the recommendation of say publicly Five Lopons. In turn, the Je Khenpo appoints, on say publicly recommendation of the Dratshang Lhentshog (Commission for the Monastic Affairs), monks with the nine qualities of a spiritual master view accomplished in ked-dzog (stages of development and completion in Vajrayana practice) as the Five Lopons.^[1]

The residences of the Je Khenpo and the Central Monastic Body are:^[7]

List of Je Khenpos

17th century

Number	Name	Tenure
1	Pekar Jungney	–
2	Sonam Ozer	–
3	Pekar Lhundrup	–
4	Damcho Pekar^[8]	–

18th century

Number	Name	Tenure
5	Zodpa Thinley^[9]	–
6	Ngawang Lhundrup^[10]	–
7	Ngawang Thinley	–
8	Tenzin Norbu	–
9	Shakya Rinchen^[11]	–
10	Tenzin Chogyal	–
11	Ngawang Thinley^[12]	–
12	Kunga Jamtsho^[13]	–
13	Yonten Thaye^[14]	–
14	Tenzin Namgyal	–
15	Kunzang Gyaltsen	–
16	Sherab Singye^[15]	–
17	Jamgön Yeshi Dorji^[16]	–
18	Jamyang Gyaltshen	–

19th century

Number	Name	Tenure
19	Ngawang Chögyal	–
20	Yeshey Gyaltshen	–
21	Jampyel Drakpa	–
22	Jigme Gyaltsen	–
23	Jampyel Drakpa	–
24	Shakya Gyaltsen^[17]	–
25	Sherab Gyaltsen	–
26	Yönten Jamtsho	–
27	Pema Zangpo	–
28	Rinchen Zangpo	–
29	Pema Zangpo	–
30	Jampyel Jamtsho	–
31	Yönten Gyaltsen	–
32	Tshultrim Gyaltsen	–
33	Künga Peljor	–
34	Shedrup Ozer	–
35	Shakya Gyaltsen	–
36	Yönten Pelzang	–
37	Künga Singye	–
38	Shākya Gyaltsen	–
39	Lodrö Gyaltsen	–
40	Pekar Ozer	–
41	Ngawang Dönden	–
42	Thinley Gyaltsen	–
43	Tenzin Lhündrup	–
44	Thinley Gyaltsen	–
45	Thinley Jamtsho	–
46	Damchö Gyaltsen	–
47	Sherab Lhündrup	–

20th century

Number	Name	Tenure
48	Jamyang Rinchen	–
49	Rigzin Nyingpo	–
50	Jampyel Shenyen	–
51	Jampai Tobzang	–
52	Pelden Singye	–
53	Yeshey Ngödrup	–
54	Yeshey Dawa	–
55	Pelden Singye	–
56	Mipham Wangpo	–
57	Ngawang Gyaltsen	–
58	Sidzhe Namgyal^[18]	–
59	Chökyi Wangchuk	–
60	Ngawang Thinley	–
61	Samten Jamtsho	–
62	Yönten Tsündu	–
63	Thinley Lhündrup	–
64	Samten Pelzang	–
65	Yeshey Singye	–
66	Yönten Tarchen	–
67	Nyizer Thinley Lhendrup	–
68	Je ThrizurTenzin Doendrup	–
69	GesheyGendün Rinchen	–
70	TrulkuJigme Chhoeda	– settle

21st century

References

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