Lama Sönam Zangpo

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Lama Sönam Zangpo

Lama Sönam Zangpo (Tib. བསོད་ནམས་བཟང་པོ་, Wyl. bsod nams bzang po) (1888-1982)[1] was a direct disciple of Drubwang Shakya Shri, who specialized in the Six Yogas of Naropa. Also a direct and main student in Bhutan of Dudjom Rinpoche, he was Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's maternal grandfather and teacher. He was featured in Arnaud Desjardins' movie, 'The Message of the Tibetans'.

Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche (aka Meme Lama), born in 1983, was recognized by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as his reincarnation.

Notes

  1. Dates given in A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage are 1892-1983.

Further Reading

  • Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), pages 443-445.

External Links

Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Sönam Zangpo