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[[Image:Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche.jpg|thumb|350px|Rigdzin Dorjee Rinpoche, courtesy of the Nyingma Institute Taktse Education]]
'''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]].

==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>.

==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.

Over the years, Rigzin Dorjee Rinpoche studied with the following masters:
*[[Chatral Rinpoche]]
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]]
*Gelug Khenpo Tsultrim
*Kaguth Khenpo Khasdrup
*Khenpo Jampa Donyoe 
*Khenpo Wanglo
*[[Penor Rinpoche]]
*[[Khenpo Dawé Özer]]
*Sakya Khenpo Rinchen

==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 holder of the [[Rigdzin Sokdrup]] tradition.

==External Links==
*[http://www.nyingmainstitutetaktse.org/ Nyingma Institute Taktse Education]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Nyingma Teachers]]
[[Category:Contemporary Teachers]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar Teachers]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingtik Teachers]]