- Goshir Gyaltsab
Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche (bo|t=རྒྱལ་ཚབ།|w=Rgyal-tshab) is a leading incarnate lama (
tulku ) in theKarma Kagyu lineage ofTibetan Buddhism . He is believed by his followers to embody the activity ofVajrapani . [cite web |url=http://www.khandro.net/lama_HEGyaltsap.htm |title=The 12th Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format= |work=Khandro.Net]The first Gyaltsab Rinpoche Paljor Dondrub (1427-1489) was born in Nyemo Yakteng and received the title "Goshir" (CJKV|t=國師|l=state teacher) from the Emperor of China. In Tibet, Gyaltsab Rinpoche is known as Tsurphu Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche. He is the regent looking after
Tsurphu monastery and the interests of theKarmapa s in between two Karmapas. In Tsurphu, Gyaltsab Rinpoche's monastery Chogar Gong lies directly behind Karmapa's monastery.Gyaltsab Rinpoche was recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa before he was born in 1954 and after the official enthronement by the 16th Karmapa in 1959, Gyaltsab Rinpoche made the journey to
Sikkim together with His Holiness. [cite web |url=http://www.simhas.org/gyaltsab.html |title=His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche |accessdate=2007-11-18 |format= |work=Simhanada]List of Gyaltsab Rinpoches
#Paljor Dondrub (1427-1489)
#Tashi Namgyal (1490-1518)
#Drakpo Paljor (1519-1549)
#Dragpa Dundrub (1550-1617)
#Dragpa Choyang (1618-1658)
#Norbu Zangpo (1660-1698)
#Konchog Ozer (1699-1765)
#Chophal Zangpo (1766-1817)
#Yeshe Zangpo (1821-1876)
#Dragpa Gyatso (1902-1949)References
External links
* [http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/teachers/tea05.php Biography] on
Karma Triyana Dharmachakra web site
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