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The 8th Taksham Terchen Tenzin Gyurme Trinley Dorjee. The emanation of the Dharma King of Great Treasure, Tagsham Dorjee Samten Lingpa and the reincarnation of Taksham Rinpoche, Tenzin Gyurmey Thinley Dorjee the 8th was born on December 20, 2006, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, in the United States of America. I, his father, Dorjee Tsegey, came from Degy and his mother Dechen Wongmo came from Nangchen, both in the province of Kham. With genuine devotion to the Dharma, we welcomed our son. On the 8th of April, 2008, an official letter from H.H. Kyabji Zarong Phu Khenchen, recognized this child as the official manifestation of the body, speech, and mind of previous Taksham Rinpoche. The following year, 2009, brought an official recognition letter from Tulku Jamyang Dondup Rinpoche . Along with the recognition letter, Rinpoche also sent an official letter which stated, “Nowadays, there are many tulkus (reincarnate lamas) who have been recognized by different lamas; nevertheless, in this case, it is important to consult H.H the Dalai Lama, H.H the Karmapa and H.H. Sakya Trizin Rinpoche. Without their consultation, it will be difficult for him to complete his studies and practices to serve doctrine of the Buddha.” Following Rinpoche’s advice, we consulted H.H the Dalai Lama. As a result, on the 6th of January, 2009, we received an official letter from H.H the Dalai Lama, who stated that our child is the reincarnation of previous Taksham Samten Lingpa or Nuiden Dorjee; His Holiness named him Tenzin Gyurme Thinley. In May of 2009, we also received an official recognition letter from H.H. Sakye Trizin Rinpoche. In 2010, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Wisconsin, USA, His Holiness cut the hair of our child, one of the important procedures that reincarnate lamas undergo. His Holiness also gave the oral transmission of the Manjushri mantra and gave him important advice for his future. Many Tibetan Lamas, tulkus, abbots and sublime masters who live in foreign lands have advised us to provide proper studies, training, and noble activities so that he can follow the pure path without hardship. To follow carefully the advice of all these great beings, we as parents, with right motivation, we sincerely and humbly pray from the depth of our hearts, that he may become greatly learned and receive a broad and careful education, including modern educations as well as education in the Nyingma traditions, such as empowerments, oral transmissions, commentaries. May he become perfect follower of the great sublime beings by learning the glorious ocean of sutra and tantra, and accomplish both scriptural knowledge and realizations by means of listening, contemplating and meditating. May he accomplish the knowledge and skills of teaching, debating, and composing. May he gain great skill in memorizing the dharma, protecting it and helping it to flourish. May he have the fortune to accomplish retreats, becoming an ocean of knowledge and stabilizing his accomplishments with clarity, profound understanding, and experiential realizations. To summarize, may he bring benefit to the preservation and spreading of Buddha’s doctrine in general and particularly to the tradition of Nyingma by maintaining continual lineage of this tradition. As his parents, we sincerely pray and will put all our efforts into realizing our hopes for his future. more