Tashiding Monastery: A sacred Guru Rimpoche blessed –III Studying Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö: ii Volker Dencks, a Frenchman, contacted me from my blog ‘ Proud to be a Sikkimese ’ and shared with me about the great Tibetan teacher in Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He said various biographies were floating on the internet, but they don't mention Jamyang Khyentse Lodro's time in Sikkim. He further added that he was sending me some information about Jamyang Khyentse, where he needed my help. The blog ‘ Remembering the Masters ’ on Jamyang Khyentse writes that in 1955/56, Crown Prince Thondup Namgyal traveled to Lhasa with a special mission on behalf of India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru: An invitation for His Holiness the Dalai Lama to join the celebrations for the 2,500 year anniversary of the birth of Buddha, which would enable him to forge international alliances, drawing...
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