Dudjom Rinpoche (Tibetan: བདུད་འཇོམས་; Wylie: Bdud-'joms) is the title of a prominent line of tulkus of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. The most recent Dudjom Rinpoche was born in 1904 in Southern Tibet in a region called the "hidden land" (Tibetan: beyul) of Pema Ko. He died on January 17, 1987 at his residence in Dordogne, France. He was the head of the Nyingma school in exile.
The most recent Dudjom Rinpoche was also known as Jigdrel ...
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Dudjom Rinpoche (Tibetan: བདུད་འཇོམས་; Wylie: Bdud-'joms) is the title of a prominent line of tulkus of the Nyingmapa order of Tibetan Buddhism. The most recent Dudjom Rinpoche was born in 1904 in Southern Tibet in a region called the "hidden land" (Tibetan: beyul) of Pema Ko. He died on January 17, 1987 at his residence in Dordogne, France. He was the head of the Nyingma school in exile.
The most recent Dudjom Rinpoche was also known as Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje, Jigdrel meaning fearless; a title given to him by the 15th Karmapa, Gyalwa Khakyab Dorje. He was named Jnana as a child. His father was Kathok Tulku Norbu Tenzing, who was a famous tulku in the Pema Ko region who had been trained in the Kathok monastery. His mother was Namgyal Drolma descended from Ratna Lingpa. Dudjom Rinpoche descended from Nyatri Zangpo and from Puwoo Kanam Dhepa, the king of Powo. According to the Tibetan calendar he was born in the Water Dragon year of the 15th Rabjung Cycle (1904), early in the morning of...
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