Melong Dorje
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Druptop or Drupchen Melong Dorje (Tib. གྲུབ་ཐོབ་མེ་ལོང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. grub thob me long rdo rje) (1243-1303) — an early lineage holder of the Vima Nyingtik. Melong Dorje's root teacher was Trulshik Sengé Gyabpa and his heart-son was Rigdzin Kumaradza (1266-1343). Melong Dorje also started the Lhodrak Kharchu Monastery.
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 566-568.
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), pages 91-93.
