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We're in our coracle on the Chaktreng Chu on our way to Chaktreng! Our Footprint Tibet handbook actually indicates that Chaktreng is on the west bank as I think you realized! Anyway, it's high on a ridge above the Chaktreng chu at 3180 meters about 10,000 feet. Trijang Rinpoche, the tulku who was the Junior tutor to the Dalai Lama came from here! We already know something of the return of Ling Rinpoche from our reading in the Dalai Lama's book. Not surprisingly, Trijang Rinpoche did about the same thing, returning for yet another reincarnation. I'm not certain if he was born in India and then went to the mountains of Switzerland or if he was born into the Tibetan refugee community in Switzerland. Either way being in Switzerland was part of his intended course since such advanced practitioners have a great deal of control of such things! Trijang Rinpoche is probably there to help preserve the culture and language since most likely there remains a great need for this. Chaktreng, like much of the Chuzi Gangdruk, has had numerous struggles. In the 1600s the armies of Gushi Qan tore down the Kagyu monastery of Gyazawei Gonpa. The Geluk monastery of Chaktreng Sampeling was built at the same spot by Pon Khandro, a local chieftain. He must have also been a practitioner of great power because lo pon in Tibetan means a spiritual master and khandro is a male sky deity much like the Dakinis! Perhaps Pon Khandro was a previous incarnation of Trijang Rinpoche! Our Footprint Tibet handbook indicates that the Chaktreng monastery is now being rebuilt so we can guess what occurred centuries later. This may have been during the invasion of Chao Erh Feng in the early 1900s rather than during the invasion of the PLA or the Cultural Revolution. Tibetans in Chaktreng were among those who strongly resisted the occupation of his army in the Batang region at that time. In any case, as with so many other sacred sites, Tibetans with courage and patience are recreating the material expression of the shamanic power which has never left there! There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!


	Through My Eyes * We're in our coracle on the Chaktreng Chu on our way to Chaktreng! Our Footprint Tibet handbook actually indicates that Chaktreng is on the west bank as I think you realized! Anyway, it's high on a ridge above the Chaktreng chu at 3180 meters about 10,000 feet. Trijang Rinpoche, the tulku who was the Junior tutor to the Dalai Lama came from here! We already know something of the return of Ling Rinpoche from our reading in the Dalai Lama's book. Not surprisingly, Trijang Rinpoche did about the same thing, returning for yet another reincarnation. I'm not certain if he was born in India and then went to the mountains of Switzerland or if he was born into the Tibetan refugee community in Switzerland. Either way being in Switzerland was part of his intended course since such advanced practitioners have a great deal of control of such things! Trijang Rinpoche is probably there to help preserve the culture and language since most likely there remains a great need for this. Chaktreng, like much of the Chuzi Gangdruk, has had numerous struggles. In the 1600s the armies of Gushi Qan tore down the Kagyu monastery of Gyazawei Gonpa. The Geluk monastery of Chaktreng Sampeling was built at the same spot by Pon Khandro, a local chieftain. He must have also been a practitioner of great power because lo pon in Tibetan means a spiritual master and khandro is a male sky deity much like the Dakinis! Perhaps Pon Khandro was a previous incarnation of Trijang Rinpoche! Our Footprint Tibet handbook indicates that the Chaktreng monastery is now being rebuilt so we can guess what occurred centuries later. This may have been during the invasion of Chao Erh Feng in the early 1900s rather than during the invasion of the PLA or the Cultural Revolution. Tibetans in Chaktreng were among those who strongly resisted the occupation of his army in the Batang region at that time. In any case, as with so many other sacred sites, Tibetans with courage and patience are recreating the material expression of the shamanic power which has never left there! There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)