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'''Khenchen Tsewang Rigdzin''' of Washul Mewa (Tib. མཁན་ཆེན་ཚེ་དབང་རིག་འཛིན་, [[Wyl.]] ''mkhan chen tshe dbang rig 'dzin'') (1883-1958) — one of the heart-disciples of [[Khenpo Yönga]] who attained [[rainbow body]]. He also studied with [[Lala Sönam Chödrup]], [[Khenpo Shenga]] and many other great masters of his time. One of his principal disciples was his nephew [[Mewa Khenpo Tupten Özer]].

[[Nyoshul Khenpo]] writes in ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems'':
:During the conflict [which brought great tragedy to Tibet], people of evil intent seized Tsewang Rigdzin and sentenced him to prison. As they escorted him there, he began chanting the [[Vajra Guru mantra]]. In a manner reminiscent of the learned Indian Buddhist master [[Shantideva]], Tsewang Rigdzin rose higher and higher into the air in plain view of everyone, finally dissolving into a mass of light, an event still remembered throughout eastern Tibet. This is reminiscent of the biographical accounts of the master [[Garab Dorje]], [[Pang Sangyé Gönpo|Pang Mipham Gönpo]], and others, who attained the most sublime [[siddhi]] through the path of [[Dzogpachenpo|natural great perfection]] and faded into space in a mass of light.

==Further Reading==
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'', Padma Publications, 2005, pages 472-474.

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P6306|TBRC Profile}}

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