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Introduction of Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche/ 尊贵的堪千策旺嘉措仁波切•简介

HE. Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso rinpoche is a recognized Dzogchen Master in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He was born in 1954 in southern Tibet. In 1962 he joined in Darjeeling school in India. In 1969 he entered the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Buddhist studies at Sarnath, Varanasi. He studied under his main teacher Khenchen Palden Rinpoche and many other professors. He graduated in 1978 with the degree of Acharya. During his studies there he had been at the head of his class and upon graduating he was honoured with a silver medal by HH the Dalai Lama for obtaining first among the students from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism at the Institute. After graduation, he was invited to teach at Ngagyur Nyingma Institute, the monastic college of the Palyul Namdroling Monastery in South India.
Khen Rinpoche has also studied and received profound teachings of Dzogchen (the Great Perfection) under the guidance of great Dzogchen masters like, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche,Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. In 1983 he was enthroned as a Khenpo (Professor of Buddhist Philosophy )in Namdroling.
Khen Rinpoche received all the major lineage transmissions of the Nyingma tradition from HH Dudjom Rinpoche, HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and HH Penor Rinpoche. Penor Rinpoche authorized him to transmit the Buddhist teachings including Palyul traditions and to give personal instructions to those who are devoted disciples. Khen Rinpoche followed and received instructions and empowerments from Penor Rinpoche about 28 years. He has travelled to establishing and nurturing a number of Palyul Centres in Asia and in the west giving dharma teachings. His warmth, wisdom, and easy humour have made him a beloved teacher wherever he goes. Among his disciples, he is affectionately known as Khenpo Guru.

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尊贵的堪千仁波切于进入位于瓦拉纳西高等西藏中央学院，在他的主要亲教师–堪布巴登谢拉与诸多上师的指导下，开始了九年的佛学与共通教育课程，他的课程包括梵文、英文以及印度、西藏传统佛学原文典籍。

他在1978年，以第一名的成积毕业，取得了金刚阿阇黎的学位，获得尊者的银质奖章殊荣，以表扬他的成就，在毕业后他被邀请至南印度麦索白玉南卓林寺，不断的培育年轻一代的僧众，并且在旧译宁玛佛学院任教，1983年由依怙主 贝诺法王正式升座为堪布，为南卓林寺三大堪布之一。

堪千仁波切接受了所有主要宁玛传承的灌顶和口传，包括了从敦珠法王处接受敦珠新岩藏、顶果钦哲法王处接受所有龙钦宁体心髓和宁玛教法口传，从依怙主贝诺法王接受大宝伏藏与南却天法的所有灌顶、口传、教学，在依怙主 贝诺法王、晋美彭措法王和纽修堪仁波切的指导下，进行了广大密集的大圆满的修持，且依怙主 贝诺法王授予堪千仁波切代表南卓林寺，传授灌顶、佛法教学及指导个人佛法修行的资格。

堪千仁波切的足迹遍及各地，并广泛的教导，如美国、台湾与新加坡、香港、菲律宾等，他赤诚而直接完整的教学特质非常受到学子的欢迎，并于美国给予大幻化网灌顶与米滂仁波切的大幻化网总义光明藏－除十方黑暗密疏教授，此为第一次于美国针对宁玛密法有如此精湛的教授。

1998年起授命于根本上师依怙主 贝诺法王，在美国各地的白玉中心，包括纽约的白玉林国际闭关中心，持续的给予佛法教授，堪千仁波切因神似莲师，故有堪布咕噜之称！

资深的佛学院教授 堪布策旺嘉措仁波切是贝诺法王在美的代言人, 受法王之命在美各处设立中心. 堪布于一九五四年出生于西藏, 十岁受戒入寺院, 十五岁入佛学院, 接受过多位大成就者的口传密法及灌顶. 佛学院学习期间之考试均为第一, 达赖喇嘛亲自颁与银牌, 以褒奖仁波切对四派经论的精辟通达. 堪布策旺嘉措仁波切, 为圆融显、密、经、律、论三藏的大学者更是大圆满的成就者. 堪布学养微妙, 声誉卓著, 英文流利，谈吐幽默，慈悲无伦, 是当今佛教界的中流砥柱。