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Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche was born in 1990 in Jyekundo in Kham, Eastern Tibet (Yuesue County of Qinghai Province in China), as the grandson of Dudjom Rinpoche[1].
His father is Dola Tulku Jigme Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche's own son (and younger brother of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche). His mother is Pema Khandro. Oral stories recount that before Dudjom Rinpoche passed away, he mentioned that: "I will go to China, and I will be reborn into my own family." He was reborn exactly as predicted. When Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche's mother was three months pregnant, one day she saw a rainbow over their house and she knew that it was an auspicious sign. Since then, many rainbows have appeared to them, and some even appeared inside their room. After Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche was born, many great lamas of different traditions came to see him. Some said that he was a tulku of the Sakya lineage, while others said that he might be a tulku of the Gelug.
