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'''Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin''' (''rdzogs chen padma rig 'dzin'') (1625–97) - The First Dzogchen Rinpoche, Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin, an emanation of [[Saraha]], [[Vimalamitra]] and [[Padmasambhava]], was the great siddha who founded the [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in Kham, East Tibet in 1684–5. It was after his master Bakha Tulku Rigdzin Chökyi Gyatso told him: “I have heard of [[Dzogpachenpo]] as a teaching, but I have never seen Dzogpachenpo as a person except in you”, that he became known as Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin, or Dzogchen Rinpoche. The monastery he founded was destined to be one of the most important and influential in the whole of Tibet for the spread of the [[Nyingma]] and Dzogchen teachings.

==Biography==
He was born in Kham Riwoche. He studied with [[Karma Chakmé]], [[Rigdzin Duddul Dorje]], [[Tertön Mingyur Dorjé|Namchö Mingyur Dorje]], Rigdzin Chökyi Gyatso, etc. He was ordained by the [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], thereby creating a close link between the Dzogchen Rinpoches and the Dalai Lamas. At the age of 61 (??) he founded [[Dzogchen Monastery|Orgyen Samten Chöling]]. He passed away aged 73.

==Internal Links==
*[[Dzogchen Monastery]]
*[[Dzogchen Rinpoche Incarnation Line]]

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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]

==External Links==

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