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Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (Tib.

Yangthang rinpoche biography templates

མདོ་མང་གཡང་ཐང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl.mdo mang thang rin po che) or Kunzang Jikme Dechen Ösal Dorje (–) was a renowned Nyingma teacher from the region of Yangthang who was associated with Domang Monastery, a branch of Palyul in Eastern Tibet.

Rinpoche was born on the tenth day of the eleventh month of the Earth Snake year (i.e., 10 January ) in Yangthang in western Sikkim.&#;His father, Pema Drodül, was from Dzogchen in East Tibet and his mother was Tenzin Chödrön, the daughter of Yangthang Ating from the family of Oyuk Drakar.

At an early age, following miraculous indications, he was recognized as one of the two incarnations of Tertön Dorje Dechen Lingpa of Domang Monastery in East Tibet, himself an incarnation of Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé.

In he travelled to Domang Monastery, where he began his studies there with Domang Soktrul Rinpoche, the principal disciple of his previous incarnation.

He also received teachings from Dzakha L