Yongé Mingyur Dorje Incarnation Line

Previous Incarnations

• Vajrapani, the basis from which the successive incarnations of Mingyur Rinpoche have emanated
• Niruddha, a disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni
• Prince Mutri Tsenpo (a son of King Trisong Deutsen, and a disciple of Guru Rinpoche) and his successive incarnations.
• Drikung tertön Rinchen Phuntsok (1509-1557)
• Rigdzin Jatsön Nyingpo (1585-1656)
• Namchö Mingyur Dorje (1645-1667)
• Twenty-one major tertöns with the name Nuden, among whom was the seventeenth-century incarnation Yongé Mingyur Dorje.

The Yongé Mingyur Rinpoche Incarnations

1. Yongé Mingyur Dorje (seventeenth-century)
2. The Second Yongé Mingyur Dorje, who was known as "Three-Eyed Yongé"
3. The Third Yongé Mingyur Dorje, Rimö Mingyur Dorje
4. The Fourth Yongé Mingyur Dorje, Tragyen Mingyur Dorje
5. The Fifth Yongé Mingyur Dorje, Shakha Mingyur Dorje
6. The Sixth Yongé Mingyur Dorje, Neyra Mingyur Dorje
7. The Seventh Mingyur Rinpoche (1975-present)