Nyingma Sect of Buddhism

Recently, the Nyingma sect of the Tibetan Buddhist circles has identified a boy from Spiti in Himachal Pradesh as the reincarnation of the late Taklung Setrung Rinpoche.

About Nyingma Sect

• It is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
• It is also often referred to as Ngangyur.
• It is practiced under the Vajrayana School of Buddhism.
• It traces its origins back to the Buddha Samantabhadra, Vajrasattva, and Garab Dorje of Uddiyana.
• The most important source of the Nyingma order is the Indian Guru, Padmasambhava, the founder of the Nyingma Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, who came to Tibet in the eighth ....