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'''Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche''' is a contemporary [[nyingma]] master, founder and head of the Nyingma Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center, Martam, Sikkim, India, and a main student of [[Chatral Rinpoche]].
'''Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche''' is a contemporary [[Nyingma]] master and one of the main students of [[Chatral Rinpoche]]. He is also the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute in Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center in Martam, Sikkim.


==Birth and Family ==
==Birth and Family ==
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche was born in 1954<Ref>Most of the information are based on the official biography founded on the website of the Nyingma Institute Taktse Education.</Ref>.
Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche was born in 1954<Ref>Most of the information here is based on the official biography found on the website of Nyingma Institute Taktse Education.</Ref>.


==Training==
==Training==
At the age of fifteen, he was ordained monk and studied at the Higher Buddhist Institute in Varanasi, India. He graduated with the degree of “Acharya”, master in philosophy.
At the age of fifteen, he was ordained monk and studied at the Higher Buddhist Institute in Varanasi, India. He graduated with the degree of [[acharya]].


Over the years, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche studied with the following masters:
Over the years, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche studied with the following masters:
*[[Chatral Rinpoche]]
*Chatral Rinpoche
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]]
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]]
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In 1998, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche founded Longchen Nyingtik Institute, USA. He has also taught extensively in institutions, universities and other Buddhist centers in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Canada, the Netherlands and USA.  
In 1998, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche founded Longchen Nyingtik Institute, USA. He has also taught extensively in institutions, universities and other Buddhist centers in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Canada, the Netherlands and USA.  


Today, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is one of the main lineage holder of the [[Rigdzin Sokdrup]] tradition.
Today, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is one of the main lineage holders of the [[Rigdzin Sokdrup]] tradition.
 
==Notes==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.nyingmainstitutetaktse.org/ Nyingma Institute Taktse Education]
*[http://www.nyingmainstitutetaktse.org/ Nyingma Institute Taktse Education]
==Notes==
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[[Category:Nyingma Teachers]]
[[Category:Nyingma Teachers]]

Revision as of 08:44, 5 October 2020

Rigdzin Dorjee Rinpoche, courtesy of the Nyingma Institute Taktse Education

Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is a contemporary Nyingma master and one of the main students of Chatral Rinpoche. He is also the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute in Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center in Martam, Sikkim.

Birth and Family

Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche was born in 1954[1].

Training

At the age of fifteen, he was ordained monk and studied at the Higher Buddhist Institute in Varanasi, India. He graduated with the degree of acharya.

Over the years, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche studied with the following masters:

Activity

Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is the founder and head of the Nyingma Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim, India and the Nyingma Retreat Center, Martam, Sikkim, India.

In 1998, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche founded Longchen Nyingtik Institute, USA. He has also taught extensively in institutions, universities and other Buddhist centers in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Canada, the Netherlands and USA.

Today, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche is one of the main lineage holders of the Rigdzin Sokdrup tradition.

Notes

  1. Most of the information here is based on the official biography found on the website of Nyingma Institute Taktse Education.

External Links