Rigdzin Kumaradza

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Rigdzin Kumaradza

Rigdzin Kumaradza (Tib. རིག་འཛིན་ཀུ་མཱ་རཱ་ཛ་, Wyl. rig 'dzin ku mA rA dza) or Kumārarāja aka Shyönnu Gyalpo (gzhon nu rgyal po) (1266-1343) was a student of Melong Dorje and the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, and the main teacher of Longchenpa.

Further Reading

  • Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. by Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 568-572.
  • Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), pages 93-97.

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