Garva
Awansanpo Rinpoche was born in 1967 in Wendu Village, Xunhua County, Qinghai
Province. He is the nephew of the tenth Panchen Lama and the abbot
of Wendu (or Vimsdo) Monastery, which is the ancestral monastery of Panchen
Erdeni.
Garva means the
leader of the union of state and religion. The first Garva is the
nephew of the Sakya Pandit and also the younger brother of Phagspa, who
was the first imperial master to Kublai Khan, the first emperor of
Yuan Dynasty. Garva was the second imperial master.
The high monks of
the Sakya Khon family have always succeeded the office of the Garva. The tenth
Panchen Lama is also a member of the Sakya Khon family. If he was
not recognized as the Panchen of Gelugpa, he would very likely end
up with the title of Garva.
The tenth Panchen
Lama appointed Garva Awansanpo Rinpoche as the 26th Garva of Wendu
Monastery.
Dharma King Phagspa,
the Yuan emperor's master, prophesied, "My dharma lineage shall
pass to the kneecap. There, it will become a sacred ground to carry
forward Buddha Dharma. My subordinate will present the lineage to my
offspring of the Khon bloodline."
Visdom means
kneecap. The 75th generation Lakangkanqin Ruzhu Gyaltso received the
Sakya bloodline lineage and passed on to the offspring of Sakya Khon,
Garva Awansanpo Rinpoche. This fulfilled Phagspa's prophecy to the
letter.
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