Leaving Tibet and Recognition As Domang Yeshe Dorje Tulku
Namkha Rinpoche was arrested and imprisoned in Tibet for the first time in 1990-1991. In total, he has been arrested four times and imprisoned three times. Since another arrest seemed imminent, Namkha Rinpoche fled Tibet in 1998. The Chinese government was becoming progressively less tolerant of his fame and the scope of his activities. Once he reached India, thanks to the kindness of H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso *1935), he participated in 1999 in the great Monlam Chemo in Bodh Gaya. One of the highest Nyingma lamas, Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (the reincarnation of the previous Lama Lhatsun Namkha Jigme), to whom Dudjom Rinpoche himself paid homage, was also present. He is the root lama of Drubwang Penor Rinpoche. He spent also twenty years in Chinese prisons. At present he lives in Sikkim in northern India. He is also the root lama of Thubten Sherab, the father of Namkha Rinpoche. However, Namkha Rinpoche had never met him before. The same year Thubten Sherab was to die, he told his son to go and see Domang Yangthang Rinpoche and tell him about his death, and that he would feel really relaxed, pleased and happy if he did that. Therefore Namkha Rinpoche went to India to search for him.
The moment Namkha Rinpoche realized Domang Yangthang Rinpoche was there, he immediately went to see him. Domang Yangthang Rinpoche was truly happy to see him and asked if he had already been recognized as a tulku (reincarnation). Namkha Rinpoche answered him that he had been recognized as the reincarnation of Rigdzin Trag Ngak Lingpa by Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche, who gave him the name Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso. Yangthang Rinpoche then joined his hands in a gesture of thanks for Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. But he immediately added that, even though what the latter had said was certainly true, he had himself had an extraordinary dream the previous night. In this dream he clearly saw that Namkha Rinpoche is also the reincarnation of a tulku from his own lineage, Domang Yeshe Dorje, who was the root lama of both Domang Yangthang Rinpoche and Drubwang Penor Rinpoche. He then added that there was no doubt that all Buddhas are One in the extension of primordial wisdom. Afterwards, Domang Yangthang Rinpoche informed Penor Rinpoche (who was the head of the Nyingmapa lineage) of the news. The latter confirmed in a letter bearing his signature and stamp that Namkha Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Domang Yeshe Dorje. That is how Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche was officially recognized as tulku. He also had several other positive indications in this regard, such as dreams and many other signs, but we will not go into details here.
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