His Holiness the Lhalung Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche died on Sunday April 18, 2010 in Thimphu, following a prolonged illness caused by diabetes. His Holiness was 59.
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| 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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| The date and place of the purjang (cremation) are yet to be decided, said dzongda Sangay Thinley. “The decision will be left to the Tamshing Lhalung monastery and Sungtrul Tulku Rinpoche,” he said.
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| Thuksey rinpoche passes away from Kuensel April 19, 2010, by Samten Yeshi
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| The Thuksey Rinpoche I will always remember from Kuensel April 22, 2010, by Kunzang Choden, from Tang, Bumthang
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| Thuksey rinpoche’s last journey from Kuensel April 30, 2010, by Yangchen Choden Rinzin and Samten Yeshi
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| 49 Day Period - Meditation Practices for Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche |
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| Shrine offering for Thuksey Tulku Rinpoche |
Lopon Sang-ngag Yeshe will be conducting public prayers at the Victoria Yeshe Khorlo Centre daily for a minimum of 21 days.
The schedule for prayers is as follows:
6-7 pm - Sunday - April 18, 25, May 2
7-8 pm - Monday to Friday - April 19-23, April 26-30
6-7 pm - Saturday, April 24, May 1
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| The practices will vary day to day and include the Swift Rebirth Prayer, Amitabha, Great Perfection Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, the Vajrasattva practice from the ngondro text The Excellent Path of Awakening and Yeshe Tsogyals Prayer. |
| Swift Rebirth Prayer |
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