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Shamarpa: " Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche went to Lhasa on behalf of the Nepal Buddhist Association in early 1987; I asked him to find out the details of the young child without telling anyone that I had asked him to do so.
At that time the young child was living in the Bakhor district of Lhasa with his parents. His father is the well-known Nyingma Master Mipham Rinpoche. He has two sons. Both sons were regarded as exceptional by the people in the neighbourhood.
I asked Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche to meet the family but to ensure that nobody realised his purpose. He returned with information such as the parents' names, the birthplaces of their two sons, when they were born and so on.
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche also discovered that the father possesses religious objects and letters formerly belonging to the previous Mipham Rinpoche, a very well-known Nyingma master who was closely connected to the Karma Kagyu lineage.
Among these, there is a letter which says that in his next reincarnation a son, Rigpei Yeshe Dorje, will be born to him. The Rigpei Dorje portion of the name refers to the late Karmapa's name, Rangjung Rigpei Dorje.
As the father would not part with the letter, Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche contacted another Lama, who is a close friend of the father, to obtain permission to make a copy of it. This friend persuaded Mipham Rinpoche to have a hand-written copy made.
This copy is now in my possession. When I asked Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche to conduct these investigations, I did not make the request on an official basis. I approached him because he is a trustworthy person and because he was travelling to Lhasa. When he returned to tell me what he had discovered, I took care not to betray any reaction."
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