Namkhai Nyingpo of Nub (Tibetan text here)
Born in the district of Lower Nyal, he was one of the first Tibetans to take ordination. An adept translator, he journeyed to India where he received transmission from Hungkara and attained the body of nondual wisdom. Namkhai Nyingpo is also counted among the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. Receiving the transmission of Vishuddha Mind, he became able to fly on the rays of the sun. When meditating in Splendid Long Cave of kharchhu at Lhodrak he had visions of numerous yidams and attained the vidyadhara level of mahamudra. Eventually he departed for celestial realms without leaving a corpse behind. Namkhai Nyingpo means 'essence of space.' He was one of Padmasambhava's twenty-five chief disciples. Read More
Kharchhu Gompa
In 1961, a representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Bhutan and advised the few remaining kharchhu refugee monks to uphold the tradition and the seat of Namkhai Nyingpo. Accordingly, they grouped together and barely managed to keep up the tradition by depending on charity and donations until the present reincarnate was discovered. Read More
