"About three months after he was born, Khenchen Rinpoche became very sick. The family invited the reincarnation of Gechak Tsangyang Gyamtso known as Minub Tenpai Gyaltsen, and asked for protection and blessings. He picked the child up in his hands and prayed while meditating, staring into the sky. He then handed the baby back to the grandfather Mayang Kalzang Wangyal and said, “This old ngakpa cannot die very easily.” Later they asked what he meant by “old ngakpa.” He said that the baby was an emanation of Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, and that he would be very beneficial to the teachings and beings.
On another occasion, the terton Pegyal Lingpa met Khenchen Rinpoche at the Yuru-Gon Monastery in the upper valley of the Powo district, and requested Khenchen Rinpoche to correct the grammar of his transcribed terma teachings. During that time, Pegyal Lingpa arranged a throne and strongly urged that Khenchen Rinpoche be seated on it. He then gave Khenchen Rinpoche a scarf and said, “We are karmically connected from before. You will be the principle holder of my teachings.”
A few other great teachers made similar statements, but Khenchen Rinpoche never paid much attention to them."
Sarnath Stupa Memorial Booklet
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