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'''Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin''' (''rdzogs chen padma rig 'dzin'') ( | '''Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rdzogs chen padma rig 'dzin'') (1625–1697) — 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== | ==Biography== | ||
He was born in Kham Riwoche. He studied with [[Karma Chakmé]], [[Rigdzin | He was born in Kham Riwoche. He studied with [[Karma Chakmé]], [[Rigdzin Düddul 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. | ||
==Students== | |||
His foremost disciples were [[Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen]], [[Namkha Ösal]] (the First Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche) and [[Tertön Nyima Drakpa]]. | |||
==Writings== | |||
*གྲུབ་ཐོབ་པདྨ་རིག་འཛིན་གྱིས་མཛད་པའི་གཏོར་བསྔོ་བསྡུས་པ་བཞུགས་སོ (Wyl. ''grub thob pad+ma rig 'dzin gyis mdzad pa'i gtor bsngo bsdus pa bzhugs so'') | |||
**''The Siddha Pema Rigdzin's Brief Torma Offering'' ([[dharmapala]] practice) | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), vol.1 pages 736-737. | |||
==Internal Links== | ==Internal Links== | ||
*[[Dzogchen Monastery]] | *[[Dzogchen Monastery]] | ||
*[[Dzogchen Rinpoche Incarnation Line]] | *[[Dzogchen Rinpoche Incarnation Line]] | ||
==External Links== | |||
* {{LH|tibetan-masters/nyingma-masters/khenpo-tsondru/clouds-offerings|''Clouds of Offerings to Delight the Victorious Ones—An Aspiration Prayer for the Spread of the Teachings of the Lord of Siddhas, Dzogchen Rinpoche''}} by [[Khenpo Tsöndrü|Khenpo Thubten Tsöndrü]] | |||
* {{TBRC|P653|TBRC profile}} | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]] | [[Category:Nyingma Masters]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:09, 25 October 2015
Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin (Wyl. rdzogs chen padma rig 'dzin) (1625–1697) — 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 Düddul Dorje, 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 Orgyen Samten Chöling. He passed away aged 73.
Students
His foremost disciples were Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen, Namkha Ösal (the First Dzogchen Pönlop Rinpoche) and Tertön Nyima Drakpa.
Writings
- གྲུབ་ཐོབ་པདྨ་རིག་འཛིན་གྱིས་མཛད་པའི་གཏོར་བསྔོ་བསྡུས་པ་བཞུགས་སོ (Wyl. grub thob pad+ma rig 'dzin gyis mdzad pa'i gtor bsngo bsdus pa bzhugs so)
- The Siddha Pema Rigdzin's Brief Torma Offering (dharmapala practice)
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), vol.1 pages 736-737.
