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The Most Venerable Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche

Long Life Prayer for Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche

Supreme Dorje Chang, Tilopa, Naropa,
Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, Phagmodrupa, and Jigten Sumgon,
The Root and the Lineage Lamas, and the Assembly of Yidam Deities,
Please grant, this very moment, your hundred-fold divine boon of all goodness.
You possess the treasury of insight instructions of the past Siddhas.
Precious Gem, you are the protector of all sentient beings.
You are the treasure mine of wish fulfilling jewels.
I supplicate to the Incomparable Glorious Lama.
The innermost essence of the Kagyupa Tradition is Mahamudra.
You practiced it with devotion, sacrifice, and forbearance.
You are the guardian of those who hold the victory banner of Deity Propitiation.
May you, the sublime Meditation Master, live long.
The beings who are wounded by the venomous arrows of the Four Maras
Be completely healed with the medicine of the Four Noble Truths
By showing them the essential points of the Four Mind-changings.
Please take them to the Kingdom of the Four Kayas of Bliss and Emptiness
By the infallible power of the blessings of Lamas and Yidam Deities, and
By the infallible power of Emptiness and Appearance, and Interdependent Origination,
And because of my single-pointed devotion and pure motivation,
May my prayers come true.

The great accomplished practitioner Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche was born in Drikung, Tibet in 1921. He entered Drikung Thil Monastery at a very young age and studied Buddhist philosophy at the Drikung Nyima Changra Buddhist Institute. After his graduation, Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche became the disciple of one of the foremost contemporary retreat masters of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage -- Drubwang Pachung Rinpoche (1901-1988). Under the guidance of Drubwang Pachung Rinpoche, Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche went on many years of retreat and eventually gained the supreme experiential understanding of Mahamudra.

Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche is now eighty-two years of age and currently lives in the Drikung Kagyu Institute in northern India. In 1991, he overcame great difficulties and traveled all the way from Tibet to India. In India, he met up with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama who requested him to travel to different places to give teachings for the benefit of all sentient beings. Drubwang Rinpoche's compassion and kindness is so vast that he often gives up everything he owns to the sangha community. Some years ago, Drubwang Rinpoche forewarned that he would leave this world for the benefit of all sentient beings. It was because of His Holiness Dalai Lama's request that Durbwang Rinpoche agreed to stay on for a few more years. In September 1999, His Holiness Dalai Lama wrote a long life prayer for Drubwang Rinpoche at the request of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, the Supreme Co-Head of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Drubwang Konchok Norbu Rinpoche does not give tantric Dzogchen. He encourages and inspires people to do the simplest of all dharma practices: to extend kindness to all sentient beings and to do the practice of the three kayas by reciting:

OM AH MI DEWA HRIH ( Heart Mantra of Amitabha)

OM MA NI PAD ME HUNG ( Heart Mantra of Chenrezig)

OM AH HUNG VARJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG (Heart Mantra of Padmasambhava)