Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche passes away

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On December 2, 2007 Venerable Tsele Khandro Rinpoche perished at an age of 117 years.

Venerable Khacho Wangmo was born in 1890 as the daughter of Bangri Dadul in Kham. At the age of 13 she died, but a lama ordered that she may be left untouched for one week. After that time she suddenly came back to life. Since then her fame spread all over Tibet and she was known as Jare Lhamo (Dakini) and Delog. Delog ('das log) is a designation of someone who experienced a return from death.

Khacho Wangmo took the vows from the third Tsele Tulku Konchog Ngawang Trinle and her root lama was Terton Osel Dorje. Her main practice was Dorje Phagmo (Vajravarahi) and she was considered an emanation of Dorje Phagmo.

In 1979 she took over responsibility for the nunnery Tsele Gon Samten Choling, founded by Tsele Tulku. Tsele Gon is the biggest Drikung Nunnery in Eastern Tibet with more than 500 nuns. Venerable Khacho Wangmo was considered one of the most revered nuns in Tibet, a highly realized Yogini, renowned for her knowledge of the three times and deeply venerated all over Kham.

When Khacho Wangmo departed this life on the 23^rd day of the 10^th Tibetan lunar month of the fire pig year (December 2, 2007), her body remained for three days in a meditative posture (thugs dam). His Holiness Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche told Tsele Tulku and Gar Mingyur Rinpoche to build a stupa for her relics (sku gdung).

His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche composed the following supplication prayer for her swift return.

Supplication for the swift return of Jetsun Kunsang Kacho Wangmo

Om Swasti

By the fierce power of your previous generation of wondrous bodhicitta
The great dance of the Dakini Lekyi Wangmo
Appeared as glorious enlightened activity in Eastern Tibet.
Great Venerable Lady, please swiftly return to manifest again.

Here at this time of beings with little merit
By your great compassion rise above weariness
And from the vast expanse of the all-positive great bliss
Do not neglect your commitment but swiftly return.

Though temporarily to disciples you demonstrate impermanence
And your emanation has merged into the expanse of Khechara,
Like the full moon in a cloudless sky
Lady who prevails over beings, please reveal the moon of your face.

By the power of the truth of the Lama who embodies the three jewels, all sources of refuge
And the power of the truth of infallible interdependence,
By the enlightened activity of Achi Chokyi Dolma
May this aspiration of true words be swiftly accomplished.

This was composed by the one blessed with the name Gyalwa Drikungpa,Konchog Tenzin Kunsang Trinle Lhundrup on the first day of the eleventh lunar month in the fire-pig year.