Around the turn of the fifteenth century, the 7th Karmapa, Chodrak Gyatso, recognized the first Thrangu Rinpoche as a reincarnation of Shuwu Palgyi Senge, a principal student of Padmasambhava (pictured at right). Five hundred years later, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, the ninth Thrangu tulku, is one of the most highly regarded lamas in the Kagyu lineage […]