Gyalwa Lorepa:

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Born: April 10, 1998. Cambridge, Massachusetts Age; 13 Country; Tibet Relgion country: Bhutanese.

Life:

The first ever reincarnation of Gyalwa Lorepa is Jigme Wangchuk Martsa. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Jigme attended St. Peters SChool in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents owned Martsa on Elms in Davis Square, and he has a younger sister, Norzom Martsa. A child with a wonderful heart and imagination, he was an Oompa Loompa in his school play of WIlly Wonka in the Chocolate Factory. He loved to sing,dance, play sports and just be outside like any regular child. After finding out he was the reincarnation of Gyalwa Lorepa, JIgme Martsa left America with his family and their whole family moved to Darjeeling, India. His parents sold their restaraunt, his sister left her friends, and he left his life here to dedicate his life to religion. He is currently in Darjeeling studying.

Biography:

Gyalwa Lorepa was born in 1187 and passed away in 1250. His parents had no children, after making offerings to a very holy statue of Avalokiteshvara in Lhasa, his mother had very auspicious dreams when he was conceived and as usual, many auspicious omens appeared at his birth. Even at a very young age, he had clear visions of Tara and by 6 years old, he was already very familiar with Prajna Paramita and many other holy texts. At the age of 16, Gyalwa Lorepa and his father who was a Nyingma yogi, received many profound teachings and empowerments from Tsangpa Gyare himself. Gyalwa Lorepa wanted to renounce and become a monk, but his parents were opposing to this and had arranged marriage for him. So he hid himself in Namdruk, stayed with Tsangpa Gyare so that he could receive teachings and practised under his beloved guru's guidance. He was such an expert in the practice of tummo which helped him to keep his body heat all the time that he only needed to wear a thin piece of cotton cloth, no matter how cold the weather was. For those of you who have been to Namdruk in the winter or even in the summer at night and in the morning, you would know how cold that can be. So Gyalwa Lorepa was able to wear only a thin sheet of cotton and because of this, he became known as "Lorepa" or "the cotton clad of the Lo clan"

His parents and relatives never stopped asking him not to become a monk and they wanted him to get married. Some of them even became very angry with Tsangpa Gyare. Gyalwa Lorepa told his angry parents and relatives that even if one owned the greatest wealth in the world, at the time of death, the wealth would not be of any use, and since even the beloved ones could not prevent death from happening, Gyalwa Lorepa would not even disrobe if he was faced with the threat of death. His teaching moved everyone and even his father accompanied him to receive teachings and empowerments from Tsangpa Gyare in Namdruk.

Gyalwa Lorepa became a very close disciple and attendant to Tsangpa Gyare when his guru was falling ill. During this time, he received many prophesies from his guru. When Tsangpa Gyare passed away, he performed all the rituals for his guru. After his guru passed away, he went everywhere to meditate. In Mount Kailash, he meditated for 13 years. After that, his activities blossomed and he built many monasteries in Tibet and founded Tharpa Ling monastery in Bumthang, Bhutan.

The great yogi master, Gyalwa Lorepa, passsed away at the age of 63, after giving a major Chakrasamvara initiation. When his health became worse, he sent back all his belongings to Namdruk as his offering and passed away in the middle of many auspicious signs. The followers of Gyalwa Lorepa later became known as "Lower Drukpas". ^[1]