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'''Lama Gyurdrak''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bla ma 'gyur grags'') (d.1975) was [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]'s first tutor, chosen by [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. The nephew of [[Lama Tseten]], the tutor of [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]], he was a great [[Dzogchen]] practitioner in his own right. His father, [[Sonam Namgyal|Derge Yilungpa Sonam Namgyal]], attained [[rainbow body]] in 1952/3.<ref>From a teaching by [[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 16 June 2009. For more on Derge Yilungpa Sonam Namgyal's attainment of rainbow body see [[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Born in Tibet'', pp. 95-96 and [[Tulku Thondup]], ''The Practice of Dzogchen'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1989, pp.138-139.</ref>

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