| LC control no. | no 98106414 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gyalwang Drukpa XII, 1963- |
| Variant(s) | Jigme Pema Wangchen, 1963- |
| Birth date | 1963 |
| Affiliation | ʼBrug-pa (Sect) |
| Profession or occupation | ʼBrug-pa lamas |
| Found in | The seal of realisation, c1995: t.p. (Gyalwang Drukpa XII) OCLC, 9/3/98 (hdg.: Gyalwang Drukpa XII, 1963-; usage: Gyalwang Drukpa XII) Website of the Wikipedia, viewed 2014-03-14 (12th Gyalwang Drukpa Jigme Pema Wangchen (b. 1963), is the head of the Drukpa Lineage school, which is one of the independent Sarma (new) schools of Tibetan Buddhism; Jigme Pema Wangchen is the twelfth and present incarnation of the Gyalwang Drukpa. He was born while his parents were on pilgrimage in Tso Pema, (Rewalsar) Himachal Pradesh, a sacred place of Padmasambhava, during the festival and a major ceremony of lama dances and a holy feast celebrating Guru Padmasambhava's birthday, in 1963. His father, Zhichen Bairochana, is a Dzogchen Master, these days commonly called Bairo Rinpoche. His mother, Kelsang Yudron, commonly known as Mayumla, came from Lhodrak, in southern Tibet. The name Jigme Pema Wangchen was given right after his birth by Dudjom Rinpoche, at that time head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism) |
| Associated language | tib |
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