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His Holiness Mindrolling Tritchen Rinpoche
His Holiness' root guru was Dzongsar Khyentse Choekyi Lodroe from whom he received the precious instructions on the Guhayagarbatantra and its various commentaries. Dzongsar Khyenste Rinpoche then proclaimed His Holiness as having greatly excelled in the understanding and practice of these precious teachings and instructed him to henceforth teach it eleven times to fortunate and worthy beings in future.
After studying many years with great Tibetan Buddhist masters, Rinpoche then spent more than 14 years in retreats, and accomplished many practices. Among wondrous signs he composed many teachings and discovered the terma of The Compassionate One, 'Jigten Wangchuk Pema Garwang.'
After the parinirvana of his father, the 11th Min-drolling Trichen Rinpoche began to shoulder his responsibilities as the next throne holder until the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. The invasion and its consequent circumstances couldn't make possible his official enthronement. At the request of many of his Sangha and family members, His Holiness Mindrolling Trichen escaped from Tibet at the age of twenty nine.
Rinpoche then stayed in Bhutan for several years and traveled on to India. In the meantime, he met His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, who had been a close friend to the 10th Min-drolling Trichen and stayed with him. In 1962, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and H. H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche along with many renowned masters and dignitaries, formally enthroned him as the XI Trizin or throne holder of Mindrolling lineage. While working closely with H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, H.H. the 16th Karmapa, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and others, Rinpoche actively participated in establishing the Dharma in India. He bestowed numerous initiations and teachings, and organized many spiritual gatherings.
In 1976, Rinpoche moved to Dehra Dun and took his seat as the head
of the Min-drolling Monastery in exile, where he continues to benefit
sentient beings by turning the wheel of Dharma. His presence in
the world inspires others to maintain the selfless and compassionate
pure path. He devotes all his efforts and energy to fulfill the
vision and advice of the great Dharma King Choegyal Terdak Lingpa-
that is to ensure the purity of the teachings, maintain the samaya,
and benefit the sentient beings by turning the wheel of Dharma.
Renowned as an emanation of Guru Padmasambhava among the Tibetan
community, His Holiness is revered and respected throughout the
Buddhist world as a great Mahasiddha and one of the great accomplished
masters of this century. Trichen Dorje Chang, as he is known to
many, lives today with his family and the Min-drolling Sangha in
Dehra Dun. His Eminence the 9th Mindrolling Khenchen Rinpoche
Kyabje Khochhen Rinpoche
Since the re-establishment of Min-drolling in India, Rinpoche has been working tirelessly for the construction and maintenance of Min-drolling monastery. His efforts and perseverance have played a major role in every development in the monastery through the years. Besides being the principal of the Min-drolling Monastery, Rinpoche is also the President of the Tibetan community in Clement Town since 1987. If you would like to more detailled information, please consult the Mindrolling Website.
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H.E.
the Ninth Minling Khenchen Rinpoche of Ogmin Orgyen Mindrolling,
of divine lineage, was born in Tibet on 5th January 1970. From 1976
onward he studied reading, writing and Tibetan medicine with Troru
Khen Rinpoche Tsenam. He was recognised by the omniscient Lhatog
Rinpoche as the reincarnation of the Eigth Minling Khenchen. In
1983 at the invitation of H.E. Khochhen Rinpoche he went to Mindrolling
Monastery in India. From 1983 he spent four years studying Tibetan
grammar, poetry and so on, and particularly the rituals and traditions
of Mindrolling, with Dagpo Rinpoche. In 1987, according to the wish
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, he received in Dharamsala, together
with His Holiness, the special instructions on the Guhyagarbha Tantra
from His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, as well as the complete
Kalachakra empowerment from H.H. the Dalai Lama. In 1986 he entered
the Great Nyingma Monastic Institute at Mysore, where he studied
Vinaya, Abhidharma, the Prajnaparamita, Madhyamika, logic, and so
on. In 1988, during the Institute's summer vacation, he received
from H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Nepal the Yeshe Lama instructions,
and many Dzogchen teachings. In 1990, at the wish of H.H. Khyentse
Rinpoche he received full monastic ordination from Trulshig Rinpoche.
Every year, on the anniversary of Buddha Shakyamuni's first teaching
he gives monastic vows to more than a hundred monks. In 1991, after
H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche passed away, he again received many
Dzogchen teachings from His Holiness Minling Trichen Rinpoche. In
1992 he began to teach at the Monastic University of Mindrolling,
while at the same time, by giving instructions in modern-day language
on the scriptures of Tibetan Buddhism in Japan and so on, he became
enormously popular and respected in many nations. In 1993 he received
many Pointing-out Mind Instructions in Nepal from Orgyen Tulku Rinpoche.
In 1994, at the wish of all the Nyingma Monasteries, he was appointed
Deputy President in charge of the great Nyingma Prayer Festival,
which office he not only still holds, but also spends, every year,
three or four months in closed retreat, and so on, thus engaging
in enormous Dharma activity, in which he flourishes. Rinpoche, together
with his uncle H.H. Minling Trichen Rinpoche and H.E. Khochhen Rinpoche,
in their wonderfully compassionate work, are currently engaged in
nurturing the teachings and beings through the activity of study,
practice, listening and reflection of the approximately four hundred
monks of Orgyen Mindrolling Monastery, Monastic University and Retreat
Centre. 
Kyabje
Khotrul Jurme Dogyud Gyasto Rinpoche, renowned as Khochhen Rinpoche,
was born in the 1937 in Gonjo Dondrup in Eastern Tibet. His Eminence
the 8th Min-drolling H.E Khenchen Rinpoche recognized him as the
reincarnation of Namdrol Sangpo Rinpoche of Khochhen monastery at
an early age. Tersay Chime Rinpoche, who was the elder brother of
H.H Dzongsar Khyentse Choekyi Lodroe, formally enthroned him at
Khochhen monastery. Rinpoche undertook his studies in Min-drolling
monastery in Tibet, where he studied and mastered over Buddhist
philosophy, psychology, tantras, astrology, poetry, literature,
calligraphy and rituals. He received profound teachings and instructions
from eminent masters such as H.H. Dzongsar Khyentse Chorkyi Lodroe,
H. H Min-ling Trichen Rinpoche, H. H. Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche, His
Eminence Taglung Tsetrul Rinpoche, Minling Chung Rinpoche and Minling
Khen Rinpoche. Rinpoche was in Min-drolling for well over ten years
until the Communist invasion in 1959. Following the invasion, when
he was 22, Rinpoche escaped into exile in India as one of the seven-member
entourage of His Holiness Min-drolling Trichen.