Lagon Rinpoche

In His first incarnation he was well known for the time he had a vision, found land and recognized it as Tara. He carried dirt from the land all the way to Lhasa and built a Tara statue, but there was only enough dirt for the half of the statue. Tara appeared and self manifested the remainder of the statue. A monastery in Lhasa, The Dolma Lakhong, is built with this beautiful "Dolma" Tib. or Tara statue as the centerpiece.

The Lagon Tulku, Tenzin Tsungrap, is the founder of the Logon Monastery in Dyab Valley, in the area not far from Chamdo, Tibet. He has come to America to join the Shambhala Vajradhara Maitreya Sangha.

I met His Holiness in December 1993 in Nepal when I was twelve. At that time my teacher came from India to take me back there and he met Gyalwa Jampa at Swambhu Stupa where he was meditating. My teacher spoke with Gyalwa Jampa and told him he had come to take Lagon Tulku back to India. Gyalwa Jampa said he knew this and everything about me. This was the same time H. H. the Dalai Lama recognized me. My teacher was very happy to hear this and invited Gyalwa Jampa to my enthronement ceremony. He came to the ceremony and gave me a vajra. I returned to India in 1993. In 1997 I again contacted His Holiness and invited him to visit our monastery. This was his first visit to Drepung. He started giving me monthly sponsorship to help with clothes, food, electricity and he bought me a laptop for study purposes. At that time he also sponsored the Khamtsen. He built a residence for the monks, with a guest residence and kitchen and another large modern kitchen for the Khangtsen which included two stainless steel large quantity fridges and a very large freezer, as well as an oven and three gas burners. He provides the support for gas monthly. Every Monday our monks get a special Tibetan food called MOMO and cold drinks for which His Holiness provided. He also bought new clothes for all the Khamtsen Monks. His Holiness bought the Khangtsen a water pump and a well for their own water, one which provides water for the Khangtsen and sometimes others when water is in shortage. Because of the difficulty in India for electricity, His Holiness purchased a generator and paid for its installation etc. spending about $12,000 in total. The diesel for the generator is also provided by sponsorship from His Holiness Gyalwa Jampa. Since that time he has sponsored the building for more monks’ residences. He provided a desktop computer, a printer, a fax and telephone for our Khamtsen office. Our Khamtsen monks are very happy with this.

In 2001 I was sponsored my His Holiness for my debate ceremony. This costs a lot of money, as I had to provide food for 3000 monks. This was breakfast, lunch and dinner at Puja time for one day. I was required to give an offering of money to each monk and His Holiness sponsored this. Also in 2001, Gyalwa Jampa sponsored the building of my new residence, which included a new kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, puja room and all new furniture. In 2003 Gyalwa Jampa provided a sponsorship of $10,000 for part of my Geshe ceremony that lasted many days. Then my teacher went back to Tibet to visit my old Monastery and His Holiness sponsored the rebuilding of the monastery, about $12,000. In November 2005 I was invited to attend a Dharshan with His Holiness in Nepal. At this time I asked to join his Sangha in USA. In February 2006 I joined the sangha in America.