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[[Image:Tso Pema.JPG|frame|'''Tso Pema''' courtesy of Angus Moore]] ...་,[[Wyl.]] ''mtsho pad+ma'') 'Lotus Lake' in Rewalsar, India, where [[Guru Rinpoche]] performed the miracle of transforming the funeral pyre into a lake, after ...

[[Image:Orgyen Dorje Chang.jpg|frame|Guru Orgyen Dorje Chang]] ...ne of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]. This aspect of [[Guru Rinpoche]] is sometimes visualized at the centre of the [[field of merit]] in the [[ ...

[[Image:Guru Sakya Monastery Ghoom.jpg|frame|'''Guru Sakya Monastery in Ghoom''']] ...own as 'Guru Sakya' because the main statue inside the temple is of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Yeshe Yang.jpg|frame|'''Yeshé Yang''']] ...[[Guru Rinpoche]], a [[fully ordained monk]] who transcribed many of Guru Rinpoche's [[terma]]s. ...

...e|'''Guru Rinpoche''' courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust]]'''Prayer to [[Guru Rinpoche]]''' ...ll the [[buddha]]s, you are their very face and their embodiment, Precious Guru of [[Oddiyana]],<br> ...

[[Image:Dudjom orgyen Menla.jpg|frame|Orgyen Menla]] ...]] ''o rgyan sman bla''), [[Guru Rinpoche]] of Medicine, is a form of Guru Rinpoche manifesting as a [[Buddha of Medicine]]. ...

[[Image:Guru ngadrama.JPG|frame|The famous 'Looks Like Me' statue]] ...’''' (Tib. ''guru ngadrama'', [[Wyl.]] ''gu ru nga 'dra ma'') — this is an image of [[Padmasambhava]] which was made from life and blessed by him in the eig ...

[[Image:SR,TPW-Les Ages.png|frame|Sogyal Rinpoche and Tulku Pema Wangyal at Les Ages]] ...ed with Sogyal Rinpoche would be liberated through the blessings of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

...tation by [[Jikmé Lingpa]], [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]] and [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. The monastery contains statues of Longchenpa and Jikmé Lingpa in medita ...d beautiful wall paintings of the lineage up to and including Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche. ...

[[Image:D&P.jpg|thumb|200px|1990 edition]] [[Image:D&P 89.jpg|thumb|200px|1989 edition]] ...

...eft|frame|[[Dudjom Rinpoche]] with [[Shenphen Dawa Rinpoche]] and [[Sogyal Rinpoche]], 1984]] [[Image:NKR,SR84.png|frame|[[Nyoshul Khenpo]] and Sogyal Rinpoche, 1984]] ...

[[Image:Taranatha-Shechen cal.jpg|thumb|[[Jetsün Taranatha]]. ''Courtesy of [[Shechen Monastery]].'']] ...] ''slob dpon pad+ma'i rnam thar rgya gar lugs'') is a biography of [[Guru Rinpoche]] written by [[Taranatha]] in 1610. It is included in the [[Rinchen Terdzö ...

[[Image:Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.jpg|frame|Jamgön Kongtrul the Great]] ...er ston brgya rtsa'i rnam thar'') is a collection of biographies of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the most important [[tertön]]s by [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé]] ...

[[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|frame|[[Guru Rinpoche]], image courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust]] ...ngpo-drakpa/leu-dunma-chapter-1 Chapter One]: The Prayer to the Three Kaya Guru ...

[[Image:Pema Jungne.jpg|frame|Guru Tsokye Dorje with [[Mandarava]] on his right and [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] on his l ...inpoche]]. One of the distinctive features of this peaceful form of [[Guru Rinpoche]] is that he is represented holding a [[vajra]] at his heart. ...

[[Image:Yudra Nyingpo.JPG|frame|'''Yudra Nyingpo''']] ...olar who received teachings from [[Vairotsana]], [[Vimalamitra]], and Guru Rinpoche. He translated many works, including the last thirteen of the eighteen text ...

...03-GR_-_Dorje_Lekpa.jpg‎|300px|thumb|Dorje Lekpa from a tangka of ''[[Guru Rinpoche]], [[Nangsi Zilnön]]'']] ...rotector of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. Before being bound under oath by [[Guru Padmasambhava]], he was the god of gambling and war. He is depicted riding ...

[[Image: Tso-Pema Ogyen Heruka Nyingmapa Gompa 03.jpg|thumb|350px|Tso Pema Orgyen Heruka Nyingmapa Gompa]] ...djom Rinpoche]] on the banks of [[Tso Pema]] lake, a sacred site of [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the northern state of Rewalsar, in India. ...

[[Image:Gyalwe Lodro.jpg|frame|Dré Gyalwé Lodrö]] ...ki>bre rgyal ba'i blo gros'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

...ations of Guru Rinpoche. Image part of the personal collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]; painted by Salga. ©Tertön Sogyal Trust]] ...] ''gu ru mtshan brgyad'') are the eight principal forms assumed by [[Guru Rinpoche]] at different points in his life: ...

[[Image:Otren.jpg|frame|'''Otren Palgyi Wangchuk''']] ...bran dpal gyi dbang phyug'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Jatsön Nyingpo.jpg|frame|[[Jatsön Nyingpo]]]] ...[[lama]]; inwardly, the wrathful form of Padmasambhava as the [[yidam]] [[Guru Drakpo]]; and secretly, Padmasambhava in the form of [[Senge Dongma]] as th ...

[[Image:Mandarava Tso Pema.jpg|thumb|Mandarava; image in the retreat cave above [[Tso Pema]]]] ...d repented his actions and granted them pardon, Mandarava accompanied Guru Rinpoche to the [[Maratika cave]], where through their accomplishment of [[long-life ...

[[Image:Khyi'u chung lo tsA.jpg|frame|Khye'u Chung Lotsawa]] ...ranslator." His later incarnations included [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Dorje_Trollo.jpg|thumb|Guru Dorje Drolö]] ...ful Vajra') is one of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]—[[Guru Rinpoche]] in wrathful form riding upon a pregnant tigress. He assumed this manifest ...

[[Image:Orgyen Lingpa.jpg|thumb|[[Orgyen Lingpa]]]] ...ང་སྡེ་ལྔ་, Wyl. ''bka' thang sde lnga'') — a [[terma]] biography of [[Guru Rinpoche]] revealed by [[Orgyen Lingpa]] at the Crystal Cave in Yarlung (''yar klung ...

[[Image:Palgyi Yeshe.jpg|frame|'''Palgyi Yeshe''']] ...[Wyl.]] ''dpal gyi ye shes'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He was born at Yadrok in the Drokmi clan. He translated many [[tantra]]s ...

[[Image:GR Samye Chimphu.jpg|frame|Statue of Guru Rinpoche at Samye Chimphu]] [[Category:Guru Rinpoche]] ...

...in 1956 at Repkong, Amdo); his root guru was a main disciple of Tsö Patrul Rinpoche.</ref>]] ...s heart-son.<ref>Found on the Lineage Tree Thangka painted by Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche</ref>]] ...

[[Image:Orgyen Lingpa.jpg|thumb|[[Orgyen Lingpa]]]] ...''pad+ma bka' thang''), the ''Chronicle of Padma'' — a biography of [[Guru Rinpoche]], also known as the ''Sheldrakma'' (Wyl. ''shel brag ma''), revealed by [[ ...

[[Image:Gyalwa Changchub.jpg|frame|Lasum Gyalwa Changchup]] ...a gsum rgyal ba byang chub'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Khenpo Namdrol prayer.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Khenchen Namdrol]], who oversees the Rigpa Shedra in Nepal]] | [[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|150px]] || style="background-color:#f7f7f7" cellpadding="5" | ...

[[Image:Nanam Dorje Dudjom.jpg|frame|Nanam Dorje Dudjom]] ...che's main [[twenty-five disciples]]. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of [[Vajrakilaya]]. Through the practice he ...

[[Image:Palgyi senge.jpg|frame|Palgyi Sengé]] ...angs chen dpal gyi seng ge'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]], a lay tantrika who attained ordinary and supreme accomplishments through ...

| colspan="7" align="center"|[[Image:Jkwhandscloseup.jpg|center|150px]]<br/>'''[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]'''<br/>aka the First Khye ...

[[Image:Sokpo Lhapal.jpg|frame|Sokpo Lhapal]] ...th by trade, he received teachings from both [[Nyak Jnanakumara]] and Guru Rinpoche. As a sign of accomplishment in the practice of [[Vajrakilaya]], he could s ...

...lbar'' and was discovered from ''Tsiké Norbu Punsum''.<ref>[[Tulku Thondup Rinpoche]], ''Hidden Teachings of Tibet'', central pictures.</ref>]] ...-five disciples]] out of sacred substances and relics, and blessed by Guru Rinpoche himself to be his representatives in the future. ...

[[Image:Minling Chung Rinpoche.jpg|frame|Minling Chung Rinpoche Ngawang Chödrak]] ...hos grags'') (1908-80) — one of the teachers of the last [[Minling Trichen Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|frame|[[Guru Rinpoche]] [[thangka]], courtesy of Tertön Sogyal Trust]] '''Attributes of [[Guru Rinpoche]]''' in the form known as ‘[[Prevailing over all that Appears and Exists] ...

[[Image:Lhalung Palgyi Dorje.jpg|frame|'''Lhalung Palgyi Dorje''']] ...'lha lung dpal gyi rdo rje'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He is responsible for killing the evil King [[Langdarma]], thus liberati ...

[[Image:Denma Tsemang.jpg|frame|'''Denma Tsémang''']] ...Wyl.]] ''ldan ma rtse mang'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He was a famous Sanskrit translator and Tibetan calligrapher who invente ...

[[Image:Vajra Guru.JPG|frame|'''Vajra Guru mantra''']] '''Vajra Guru mantra''' — the twelve syllable [[mantra]] of Guru [[Padmasambhava]] is: ...

[[Image:Dechen Namrol 3.png|thumb|350px|Image of Guru Rinpoche according to the Dechen Namrol practice, in [[Deden Tashi Chöling]] ]] ...sar]] lineage, and a combined revelation of [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Rigdzin Dupa.jpg|frame|[[Guru Rinpoche]] surrounded by the [[eight vidyadharas]] and twenty-five disciples from a The '''twenty-five disciples of [[Guru Rinpoche]]''' (Tib. [[རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ་]], [[Wyl.]] ' ...

[[Image:Chamtrul Rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Chamtrul Rinpoche''']] ...ta]]. There, while studying under his root guru, [[Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok]] Rinpoche, he was awarded the degree of [[khenpo]], and began to teach [[Madhyamaka]] ...

[[Image:Tokden Tutop Nyima Barry Beckett.png|thumb|250px|'''Tokden Tutop Nyima''' c ...|Gyalwa Dokhampa 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche]], [[Adeu Rinpoche|Kyabgön 8th Adeu Rinpoche]] and many other realized masters. In 1992 he entered the Retreat Centre wh ...

[[Image: Yu Khyem.jpg|thumb|350px|Yu Khyem, Humla, Nepal]] ...yü]] Lama, and became in the 20th century a retreat place of [[Golok Serta Rinpoche]] and a [[Namkha Khyung Dzong Tradition]] practice place. ...

[[Image:Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.JPG|frame|[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]] in [[Lerab Ling]]]] '''Prayer for the Long Life of [[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche]]''' ...

[[Image:Chogyur_Lingpas_Cu_Coloured_Mt.jpg‎|frame|'''The Copper–Coloured Mountain according to the vision of [[Cho ...sence]],’ the fourth [[vidyadhara]] level. “There,” writes Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], "he manifested the inconceivable Palace of Lotus Light, and presides as ...

[[Image:Lopön Jigme Thutop Namgyal.jpg|frame|Lopön Jigme Thutop Namgyal Rinpoche]] ...ates. He was born to [[Lama Sherap Dorje Rinpoche]], a student of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and to Pema Lhatso (a [[Tröma Nakmo]] practitioner from [[Pemakö]]), on ...

[[Image:Tashiding.jpg|frame|'''Tashiding Monastery''']] ...bkra shis sdings'') is the most sacred place in Sikkim, visited by [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the 8th century, and in the 14th century by the [[tertön]] [[Rigdzin ...

[[Image: Rangdröl Rinpoche.jpg |right|thumb|300px|‎ Rangdröl Rinpoche]] ...an emanation of [[Namkhé Nyingpo]], one of the closest disciples of [[Guru Rinpoche]], who went to Tibet in the eighth century and was himself an emanation of ...

[[Image:Khenpo Karpo.jpg|frame|Khenpo Karpo]] ...meditation instruction on the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage teachings. Dudjom Rinpoche also made a public speech stating that “the teachings and blessings recei ...

...Düpa]] and the dakini cycle of Tröma Nakmo (Wyl. ''khros ma nag mo''). The guru cycle is called Lama Yongdzok (Tib. བླ་མ་ཡོངས་རྫོ *''[[Zanglingma]]'', a biography of [[Guru Rinpoche]] ...

[[Image:Minling Terchen.JPG|frame|[[Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje]]]]'''Döjo Bumzang''' (Tib. འདོ *Peaceful Guru (3)<br> ...

[[Image:Orgyen Lingpa.jpg|frame|Orgyen Lingpa]] ...[[tertön]] who revealed the ''[[Pema Kathang]]'', the biography of [[Guru Rinpoche]], known as the ‘Sheldrakma’, and the ‘[[Five Chronicles|Kathang De N ...

[[Image:Shubu Palseng.jpg|frame|Shüpu Palgyi Sengé]] ...''shud bu dpal gyi seng ge'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He is also counted as one of the eight great scholars of Tibet. The king ...

...ommissioned by [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] under the guidance of [[Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]]. Painted by Salga.]] It begins with the record of a conversation between [[Guru Rinpoche]] and his main disciple and spiritual consort, [[Yeshe Tsogyal]], which exp ...

[[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Guru Padmasambhava''' courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust]] [[Category:Guru Rinpoche]] ...

...n of ''A Great Treasure of Blessings'']][[Image:Great Treasure of Blessings.JPG|frame|Cover of the first edition of ''A Great Treasure of Blessings'']] '''''A Great Treasure of Blessings''''' — a collection of prayers to [[Guru Rinpoche]] translated and edited by [[Rigpa Translations]], and published by Rigpa. ...

[[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|thumb|Guru Rinpoche (courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust)]] ...799</ref> stated that all the hundreds of thousands of biographies of Guru Rinpoche can be summarized by Eleven Deeds. Tsultrim Zangpo then quotes from the fif ...

[[Image:Asura cave.JPG|frame|The entrance to Asura cave, [[Pharping]]]] ...uré drakpuk'', [[Wyl.]] ''a su ra'i brag phug'') — a cave sacred to [[Guru Rinpoche]], located above the village of [[Pharping]], near Kathmandu, Nepal. It is ...

...tsen.jpg |thumb|450px|Ngawang Tenzin Chökyi Gyaltsen, aka the 11th Dzatrul Rinpoche, copyright Sandra Scales]] ...in master of the [[Mount Everest]] region and the root teacher of Trulshik Rinpoche. His predecessor was based in [[Rongpuk Monastery]], on the northern slopes ...

[[Image: Lamaling.png|thumb|350px|Lama Ling]] ...he ‘Glorious Copper-Color Mountain Monastery’, in [[Kongpo]], was [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]’s main seat in Tibet before he left to India. ...

...courtesy of Matthew Pistono]]'''Prayer for the Long Life of [[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]], the Incarnation of [[Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje]]''' ...ve heart-sons of [[Guru Rinpoche]] with purest karmic fortune, and [[Pewar Rinpoche]], who is like a beacon shining out the light of the teachings from a vast ...

[[Image:Ma Rinchen.jpg|frame|Ma Rinchen Chok]] ...yl.]] ''rma rin chen mchog'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]] and the [[seven men to be tested]]. He became one of [[Vimalamitra]]’s ...

[[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''[[Guru Rinpoche]]''' courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust]] ...ritten by Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], describing deeds performed by [[Guru Rinpoche]] on the tenth day of each lunar month: ...

...Kyechok Tsulzang.jpg|thumb|Kyechok Tsulzang. Courtesy of [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]].]] ...The main deity is Kyechok Tsulzang, one of the [[Twelve emanations of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

...n the Nyingtik Saldrön practice and is preceded by a general discussion of guru yoga and the importance of following a teacher. ...dron|The Bright Lamp of Wisdom (Yeshe Saldrön): A Guide to the Practice of Guru Yoga}} ...

[[Image:Jikme Lingpa from 12 Dzogchen Teachers.jpg|frame|Rigdzin [[Jikmé Lingpa]], who revealed the [[Longchen Nyingtik]]]]'' [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] writes: ...

...r ston'') — a revealer of spiritual treasures ([[terma]]) hidden by [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] for the benefit of future generations. ...e present day with Kyabjé [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and Kyabjé [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|thumb|[[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]]] ...evelation is told in Orgyen Tobgyal (2000), pp. 14-15</ref> [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] described it as Chokgyur Lingpa's foremost treasure, as it is the only Ti ...

[[Image:Powo Upper Pemako.jpg|thumb|350px|Landscape of Upper Pemakö, in Powo]] ...Wheel Sangha', was the name of the tantrika sangha established by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in his birth place, the village of Terkong Nang, in Upper [[Pemakö]], [[ ...

[[Image:Senge Dongma 6.jpg|thumb|350px| Simhamukha]] ...of the many forms of [[Padmasambhava]], specifically a secret form of Guru Rinpoche manifested to avert spiritual obstacles and negativity. ...

[[Image:Sakya Monastery Tibet.JPG|frame|Sakya Monastery in Tibet]] #It was prophesied by [[Guru Rinpoche]] that a monastery would be built in this location and that it would bring ...

[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|thumb|[[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]]] ...k’ (Wyl. ''rdo rje tshig rkang drug''; Eng. ''Six Vajra Lines'') to [[Guru Rinpoche]] as the embodiment of the [[buddhas of the three times]]―past, present, ...

[[Image: Zang-Dhok-Palri-Phodang-Durpin.jpg|thumb|350px|Zandok Palri Phodang, Kalimpong, India]] ...Lava Monastery”.</Ref> is a [[Nyingma]] monastery established by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, as early as 1946<Ref>Zangdok Palri asso ...

[[Image:Rilbur_Rinpoche.jpg‎|frame|'''Ribur Rinpoche''']] ...t guru, Pabongka Rinpoche, Rinpoche received his [[geshe]] degree in 1948. Rinpoche was then confined in [[Lhasa]] from 1959 until 1976, during which time he e ...

[[Image:Tsokye Tuktik 2.jpg|thumb|350px|Tsokye Tuktik, with Guru Tsokyé Dorje as the central figure, Orgyen Menla on bottom left, Dorje Dro ...djom Tersar]] lineage, and one of the four main [[terma]] cycles of Dudjom Rinpoche<Ref>The three other cycles are the [[Pudri Rekpung]] cycle, the [[Khandro T ...

[[Image:Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche.jpg|frame|Dawa Chödak Rinpoche, courtesy of Saraswati Bhawan]] ...of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] and of [[Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche]]. Lama Dawa had perfected the [[siddhi]]s to do the 'divine mirror [[divin ...

...entse Rinpoche]]. This particular guru yoga practice with Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche in his [[heruka]] form became especially popular among his disciples. Jamya ...orks, the line ends in Tib. ཞབས་ ''shyap'' (Wyl. ''zhabs''). [[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]] has confirmed that this is the correct version.</ref> ...

...e:Guru.JPG|frame|'''Guru Rinpoche''' from the private collection of Sogyal Rinpoche, painted by Salga]] ...known as ''The Seven Verses of the Vajra''. The invocation by which [[Guru Rinpoche]] came into this world. ...

[[Image:A Ngakpa from Central Tibet, 1926.jpg|thumb|350px| A Ngakpa from Central Tibet, 1926]] The origins of Ngakpas is connected to [[Guru Rinpoche]] who, in Tibet during the 8th century, divided the Sangha into two branche ...

...in Lerab Ling, August, 2007''']]'''Long Life Prayer for [[Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche]]:'''<br> Through the blessings of the [[guru]]s and long-life deities,<br> ...

[[image:Palyul.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Home to the [[Rigpa Shedra]]: the [[Palyul Retreat Centre ...ers as important as [[Bodhgaya]] because it is where the second [[buddha]] Guru Padmasambhava attained the state of [[enlightenment]]. ...

[[Image:Tukdrub Terkha Dündü.jpg|thumb|350px| Tukdrub Terkha Dündü]] ...> is an elaborate [[Guru yoga]] practice revealed and compiled by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] at the request of [[Yeshe Tsogyal]]. ...

[[Image:Deden Tashi Choeling 03.jpg|thumb|350px|Deden Tashi Chöling, courtesy of Pemakod Dharma Wheel]] ...dia, founded by [[Togden Kunzang Longrol]] on the instructions of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. The center follows the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage. ...

...ogyal.JPG|thumb|[[Yeshe Tsogyal]] who concealed terma together with [[Guru Rinpoche]]]] ...ར་མ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''gter ma'') — spiritual '''treasures''' hidden by [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] in the earth and in the minds of disciples to be re ...

[[Image:Tokden Paksam Gyatso.png|thumb|350px|Tokden Paksam Gyatso, the 8th Drukpa Y ...student of [[Tokden Shakya Shri]]. One of his living disciples is [[Soktse Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:KYR 1 jurek.jpg|thumb|350px|Khyenste Yangsi Rinpoche at [[Shechen Monastery]], 2010. ''Photo courtesy of Jurek Schreiner'']] ...ing educated in the quiet of Bhutan under the guidance of [[Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche]] and is currently following a complete nine-year [[shedra]] course. ...

[[Image:Trisong Deutsen.jpg|frame|'''King Tri Songdetsen''']] ...]. It was due to his efforts that the great masters [[Shantarakshita]] and Guru Padmasambhava came from India and established Buddhism firmly in Tibet. ...

[[Image:Pedgyal Lingpa.png|thumb|350px|Pegyal Lingpa]] ...student of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and was also very close to [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Nanam Yeshe.jpg|frame|The great lotsawa Yeshé Dé]] ...8th cent. - early 9th cent.) — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He translated the ''[[Madhyamakalankara]]'' with [[Surendrabodhi]]. In a ...

[[Image:Patrul Rinpoche.JPG|frame|[[Patrul Rinpoche]], image courtesy of Shechen Monastery]] ...od gsum nyams len dam pa'i snying nor'') — a long poem written by [[Patrul Rinpoche]] that covers the entire Buddhist path. ...

[[Image:Tromge Tulku Dechen Dorje.jpg|thumb|350px|Tromgé Tulku Dechen Dorje]] ...pment in [[Kham]], eastern Tibet. He was also a student of the late [[Arik Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Treasure Vase.jpg|thumb|250px|Treasure vase designed by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche]] ...Rinpoche to do a [[Dzambhala]] practice to free them from sufferings. Guru Rinpoche miraculously manifested himself as Orgyen Khandro Norlha and he become Lama ...

[[Image:Chimé Rigdzin Rinpoche C.R.Lama.jpg|frame|Chimé Rigdzin Rinpoche, Courtesy of Khordong.org]] '''Chimé Rigdzin Rinpoche''' (C. R. Lama) (1922-2002) was born in 1922 in the Kham Region of Tibet. W ...

[[Image:Dudjom orgyen Menla.jpg|thumb|300px|Orgyen Menla, according to the Dudjom Tersar lineage]] ...an Medicine Lama” is a medicine practice based on [[Orgyen Menla]], [[Guru Rinpoche]] in the form of Medicine Buddha. ...

[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|frame|[[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]]] ...manakaya]] [[Padmasambhava]] together with the [[twelve emanations of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Guru ngadrama.JPG|frame|The famous '[[Looks Like Me]]' statue of Guru Padmasambhava]] ...he extraordinary figure of [[Padmasambhava]], [[Guru Rinpoche]], the great guru who introduced Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century. Invited by the King ...