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The previous H.H.Lhalung Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche died on Sunday April 18, 2010 in Thimphu, following a prolonged illness caused by diabetes. His Holiness was 59.
His Holiness, named Thegchog Tenpey Gyeltshen, was the 10th reincarnation of Terton Pema Lingpa’s son, Thuksey Dawa. Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche was born in a central Tibetan region called Dranang Tsayul in 1951. His father died when he was five, according to the Tamshing Shedra Khenpo, Jamyang Choephel, with whom Rinpoche and his mother shared their life histories.
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| According to doctor Norbu of Bumthang hospital, Rinpoche had been suffering from complications of chronic renal failure, a result of prolonged diabetes. Rinpoche was admitted to Bumthang hospital for two days on April 1, where His Majesty the King visited him.
He was later taken to his residence at Chumey and doctors from Bumthang hospital visited every day, as commanded by His Majesty the King, until he was referred to the national referral hospital in Thimphu on April 13. The Bumthang dzongda, drangpon and doctor Norbu accompanied Rinpoche to Thimphu.
Bumthang dzongda Sangye Thinley said Rinpoche was discharged from the hospital on Saturday at around 6 pm, before he passed away peacefully the next morning.
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| “At the time of his death Rinpoche was in a state of thudam (meditation posture),” Sangye Thinley said.
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| Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche was enthroned as the 10th Thuksey Tulku at Lhalung Thegchogling monastery in Tibet at the age of six.
Rinpoche fled to Bhutan from Tibet in 1960, at the age of 9, along with his mother and a sister. Accompanied by an elderly tutor and other attendants from the Lhalung Thegchogling monastery, Rinpoche arrived in Bumthang via Khenpalung.
In 2003, he accompanied His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo to Dewathang during the military operation to remove the insurgents who had invaded from Assam, to perform rituals for safety and victory.
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| Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche has conducted numerous religious ceremonies in the country, including oral transmission of Peling Choekhor to the people of Bumthang, oral transmission of kangyur (sutra) in Paro. Bumthang residents recall how a rainbow appeared every day of the ceremony in Bumthang.
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| Long Life Prayer for Yangsi Thuksey Rinpoche |
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