Dharamshala: Kalon of Religion and culture, Karma Gelek Yuthok on behalf of his department, offered his condolence over the demise of Hon. Kaybje Choegyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche to family and students of Rinpoche.
In his condolence letter, Kalon Karma Gelek Yuthok quoted,”“We are deeply saddened to hear the news of passing away of Kyabje Choegyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and pay our deepest condolence for Rinpoche’s family and students.”
Kyabje Choegyal Namkahi Norbu Rinpoche was the Founder of the community of Merigar and foremost living Dzogchen. He was honoured with Italy’s highest recognition, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on 11 September, 2018. The President of the Republic of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, has conferred the honour on Prof Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche on the proposal of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Rinpoche dedicated himself to spreading Dzogchen and establishing gars, seats of the Dzogchen community, throughout the world. Today there are gars in Italy, the United States, South America, Australia and Russia. Apart from his spiritual activity, he founded the International Shang-Shung Institute to preserve the cultural traditions of Tibet, and ASIA, a non-profit organization operating in Tibet which is mainly dedicated to serving the educational and medical needs of the Tibetan people. Below is the transcript of the condolence letter.