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[[Image:Melong Dorje.jpg|frame|Melong Dorje]]'''Druptop''' or '''Drupchen Melong Dorje''' (Tib. གྲུབ་ཐོབ་མེ་ལོང་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''grub thob me long rdo rje'') (1243-1303) — an early lineage holder of the [[Vima Nyingtik]]. Melong Dorje's root teacher was [[Trulshik Sengé Gyabpa]] and his heart-son was [[Rigdzin Kumaradza]] (1266-1343). Melong Dorje also started the Lhodrak Kharchu Monastery.

==Further Reading==
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 566-568.
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'' (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), pages 91-93.

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|P628|TBRC profile}}
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Melong-Dorje/8857 Biography at Treasury of Lives]

[[Category: Nyingma Masters]]