Rigdzin Kumaradza
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Rigdzin Kumaradza (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་ཀུ་མཱ་རཱ་ཛ་, Wyl. rig 'dzin ku mA rA dza) or Kumārarāja aka Shyönnu Gyalpo (gzhon nu rgyal po) (1266-1343) was a student of Melong Dorje and the main teacher of Longchenpa. Rigdzin Kumaradza was also one of the main teachers of the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje.
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 568-572.
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), pages 93-97.
