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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 ...

[[Image:LL Guru Statue.jpg|frame|[[Guru Rinpoche]] statue at [[Lerab Ling]]]] [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] says<ref>Excerpt from an oral teaching given in [[Lerab Ling]], on the 26 ...

[[Image:Thrangu_Rinpoche.jpg‎|frame]] ...he age of twenty-three from the Sixteenth Karmapa. Following this, Thrangu Rinpoche engaged in a period of intense practice and retreat and received further te ...

[[Image:Urgyen Sangnag Chöling.jpeg|thumb|350px|Urgyen Sangnag Chöling, courtesy ...everal hundreds of years old. One temple is dedicated especially to [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the other is dedicated specifically to the Pema Lingpa tradition and ...

[[Image:Jigme Tromge Rinpoche 3.png|thumb|350px|Jigme Tromge Rinpoche, courtesy of Tibetan Treasures]] ...nyingma]] [[lama]] and a main lineage holder of his father [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]]'s tradition. ...

[[Image:Khandro Norlha 2.png|thumb|300px|Lama Orgyen Khandro Norlha, detail of a th ...actice based on Orgyen Norlha, the ‘Lama of All Dzambhalas’ form of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:DzT12-Shuksep Jetsunma.JPG|thumb|Jetsün Chönyi Zangmo]] ...s and visited the [[Zangdok Palri|Copper Coloured Mountain Paradise]] of [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. A vivid picture of her spiritual beauty, even into old age ...

[[Image:Pema Shelpuk.jpg|frame|'''Pema Shelpuk''' photo courtesy of Matthew Pistono]] ...m'') [[terma]] cycle, and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] placed a statue of [[Guru Dewachenpo]] in the cave. [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] would often s ...

[[Image:Vajrayogini-Temple.jpg|thumb|400px|The Temple of [[Vajrayogini]]]] ...caves is also said to have been the practice cave of [[Nagarjuna]], and an image of the great master which was originally in the cave has been taken outside ...

[[Image:Princess Pema Sal.jpg|frame|Princess [[Pema Sal]]]] ...nly eight. The king was distraught with grief, and so to console him, Guru Rinpoche drew a syllable NRI over the little princess’s heart, caught her consciou ...

[[Image:Rpnt web.jpg|frame|Rangjung Pemé Nyingtik [[thangka]]]] ...ain. They went to [[Yangleshö]] and after seven days of practice, Khyentse Rinpoche revealed the practice for a second time. Later, when a copy of the original ...

[[Image:Tamdrin Yangtrö Nagpo.jpg|thumb|350px|Tamdrin Yangtrö Nagpo]] ...as revealed by [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and later compiled and edited by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Apang Terton.jpg|frame|'''Apang Tertön''' courtesy of www.aming.cc]] ...nsidered to be the reincarnation of [[Rigdzin Gödem]] and of Zhichen Tulku Rinpoche. ...

[[Image:Yeshe Tsogyal.JPG|frame|[[Dakini]] Yeshe Tsogyal]] ...ཚོ་རྒྱལ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ye shes mtsho rgyal'') — the principal consort of [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. She was [[Vajravarahi]] in human form and also an emanatio ...

...ngrig Rinpoche.png|thumb|350px|Lama Rangrig, aka Dungse Pema Rangrig Dorje Rinpoche]] ...[[Namkha Khyung Dzong]] community of practitioners established by [[Degyal Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Kawa Paltsek.jpg|frame|Kawa Paltsek]] ...l.]] ''ska ba dpal brtsegs'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. He was born in Kawa in Phenpo Valley. He was ordained by the great abbot ...

[[Image:Vairotsana.JPG|frame|Vairotsana]] ...mordial Purity''.</ref>. In realization, Vairotsana became equal to [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Drupwang Pema Norbu.JPG|frame|'''Drubwang Pema Norbu''']] ...rone-holder of [[Palyul monastery]], [[Kunzang Sherab]]. Pema Norbu's root guru was Pema Lhundrup Gyatso, the second throne-holder, who granted him the tra ...

[[Image:Tashi Jong.JPG|thumb|300px|Tashi Jong, in India, courtesy of Angus Moore]] ...assed away and in the same year, the [[Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima|9th Khamtrul Rinpoche]] was born. ...

[[Image:Loter Wangpo-Shechen2 cal.jpg|thumb|300px|Jamyang Loter Wangpo, courtesy of Shechen Monastery]] ...''Compendium of Tantras'' was saved in 1958 by [[Sonam Gyatso Thartse Khen Rinpoche]], and later published in more than one edition. ...

[[Image:Dezhung Rinpoche.jpg|frame|'''Dezhung Rinpoche''' photo taken by Katherine Newbury]] ...e gzhung rin po che'') or '''Dezhung Lungrik Tulku Jampa Kunga Tenpé Nyima Rinpoche''' (Tib. སྡེ་གཞུང་ལུང་རིགས་ཀུན་ ...

[[Image: Images-2.jpeg |thumb|350px|'A' syllable in Tibetan]] ...ered by [[Trulshik Dongak Lingpa]], the previous incarnation of [[Trulshik Rinpoche]]. Therefore there are two lineages for the Yangti Nakpo: the long lineage ...

[[Image:Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok.jpg|thumb|350px|Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok, courtesy of http://www.pemakodproject.or ...lineage who, since 1999, has assisted his uncle and teacher [[Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche]] with his dharma centers in North America. Originally from [[Pemakö]], Tu ...

[[Image:Dudjom tersar refuge.jpg|frame|The [[field of merit]] in the Dudjom Tersar Ngöndro]] ...nying thig gi sngon 'gro'i ngag 'don zung 'jug lam gyi shing rta'', Dudjom Rinpoche, Volume Pa, pages 1-23<br>{{TBRCW|O2DB72891|O2DB728912DB73125$W20869|ཟབ ...

...hechen Monastery]] to study with [[Pema Drimé Lekpé Lodrö|Shechen Kongtrul Rinpoche]]. ...53 he spent two years at [[Dzongsar Monastery]] where he met his principal guru, [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] from whom he received numerous transmi ...

[[Image: Miyo Lang Zangma.jpg |thumb|450px| Miyo Lang Zangma]] ...ities, the ''srungma'', who was subdued by the evangelizing zeal of [[Guru Rinpoche]] to act as a servant of Buddhism. Miyo Lang Zangmpa’s character became t ...

[[Image:TNyamantaka.jpg|thumb|Yamantaka as part of the [[Kagyé]] [[mandala]] from the [[thangka]] ...

[[Image:Rigdzin Godem.jpg|frame|[[Rigdzin Gödem]]]] ...world is the ''[[Le'u Dünma]]'', the ‘Prayer in Seven Chapters’ to [[Guru Rinpoche]]. Many of the termas were discovered in Zangzang Lhadrak in [[Tsang]], Wes ...

[[Image:Sangyum Kamala.jpg|thumb|'''Sangyum Kamala''']] ...entional and charismatic styles. Her father was also a student of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

...as a terma object by [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]. The hat was worn by Guru Rinpoche himself.]] ...sed in the lower region of [[Pemakö]]. He was a direct student of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], who recognized him as a reincarnation of his own master [[Gyurme Ngedö ...

[[Image:Lama Karpo.jpg|thumb|450px|Lama Karpo, courtesy of Naljor]] ...r [[Lama Kota]], then went to [[Lama Ling]], Tibet, to study with [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. He later settled in Bhutan, established [[Yongphula Monastery]], and wid ...

...reat, many coming specifically to meet and receive teachings from Khyentse Rinpoche. ...ntained many of Rinpoche’s holy images and relics. This was where Khyentse Rinpoche taught for ten days, sitting on a huge, custom-built mobile throne. ...

[[Image:Zilnön Namkhé Dorjé.jpg|thumb|350px|Zilnön Namkhé Dorjé, courtesy of ...mitted first to [[Khakhyap Dorje]] and later fully transferred to [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] who made it the main [[long life practice]] of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] line ...

[[Image:Pudri Rekpung.jpg|thumb|350px|Vajrakilaya according to the Pudri Rekpung]] ...t'), is a [[Vajrakilaya]] practice revealed as a [[gongter]] by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in 1937, while he was in retreat in [[Paro Taktsang]], Bhutan. While ther ...

[[Image:Longchenpa from 12.jpg|frame|[[Longchen Rabjam]] composed commentaries to the major Nyingtik tradi ...ound teachings for/of '''mendicants''' [or [[yogi]]s], brought to Tibet by Guru [[Padmasambhava]] and known as [[Khandro Nyingtik]]. It is mainly based on ...

[[Image:Troma Nagmo Statue.jpg|thumb|350px|Tröma Nakmo, according to the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage]] Foreseeing the difficulties of future times, [[Guru Rinpoche]] in his compassion revealed a rare teaching of The Black Wrathful Dakini t ...

[[Image: Mani Rimdu Dance 00.jpg |thumb|350px|A Mani Rimdu dancer in Tengboche Monastery]] ...king blessing from the god of all mankind. The deity propitiated is [[Guru Rinpoche]]. The ceremony begins with the blowing of horns in the afternoon after whi ...

.../ref>— the immediate reincarnation of Princess [[Pema Sel]] to whom [[Guru Rinpoche]] had entrusted the transmission of the [[Khandro Nyingtik]] in the eighth ...

...shul mkhan po blo bzang kun khyab - from rdo grub mkhan chen rnam bzhi book.jpg|thumb|Lushul Khenpo Könchok Drönme]] ...ed adept. His teachers included [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]], [[Patrul Rinpoche]], [[Alak Dongak Gyatso]] and [[Orgyen Tendzin Norbu]]. The Second [[Palyul ...

[[Image:Sangye Yeshe.jpg|frame|Sangyé Yeshé]] ...ived for 110 years or more<ref>Some sources say one hundred eleven (Dudjom Rinpoche), some (''Ming mdzod'') say one hundred and thirty years, remaining alive u ...

[[Image:Palchen Dupa.JPG|frame|Thupten Chökyi Langpo (aka Palchen Düpa)]] ...s]] of [[Tögal]]. He also met and received empowerments from both [[Mipham Rinpoche]] and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]]. ...

| [[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|150px]] || style="background-color:#f7f7f7" cellpadding="5" | ...portant element in the [[sutrayana]] path, Padmasambhava personifies the [[guru]] principle, the heart of [[Vajrayana]] Buddhism... ([[Padmasambhava|Read m ...

[[Image:Gyatrul Rinpoche2.png|frame|Gyatrul Rinpoche, courtesy of Vimala Treasures]] '''Gyatrul Rinpoche''' (1925-2023) was a senior lama of the [[Palyul]] lineage of the [[Nyingma ...

[[Image: Dudjom Dorje Drolo.jpg|thumb|350px|Dorje Drolö, according to the Dudjom Tersar lineage]] ...djom Traktung Pema’ is the main [[Dorje Drolö]] cycle revealed by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in 1917 as a [[gongter]]. ...

[[Image:Gyurmé Ngedön Wangpo Reliquary Stupa.jpeg|thumb|350px|Reliquary Stupa of ...r, in [[Pemakö]], became a root teacher of [[Dudjom Rinpoche|Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Samye Monastery cropped.JPG|thumb|450px|[[Samyé Monastery]]]] ...uring whose reign great Indian Buddhist masters like [[Shantarakshita]], [[Guru Padmasambhava]] and [[Vimalamitra]] were invited to Tibet, and the country' ...

[[Image:Tulshuk Lingpa2.png|thumb|350px|Tulshuk Lingpa, courtesy of Thomasshor.com] ...-1962) was a charismatic and learned [[tertön]], and a student of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. His name means 'Crazy Treasure Revealer'. ...

[[Image:Khandro Pema Dechen crop.jpg|frame|Khandro Pema Dechen]] ...ter the death of her first husband, she became the consort of [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]] until she passed away amid amazing signs in 2006. ...

[[Image:Dodrup Rinpoche.JPG|frame|Kyabjé Dodrupchen Rinpoche]] ...[[Jikmé Lingpa]] who revealed the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] cycle, Dodrupchen Rinpoche was the principal holder of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] teachings. ...

==The Deities of Kagyé<ref>From a teaching by [[Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 12th August 1992</ref>== [[Image:TNyamantaka.jpg|thumb|[[Yamantaka]] from the [[thangka]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]''']] ...

[[Image:Dorje Drolö 2.png|thumb|350px|Dorje Drolö, according to the Dudjom Tersar ...ugh Powerful Wrath’, is a [[Dorje Drolö]] [[sadhana]] revealed by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Khenpo_Pema Sherab.jpg|frame|Khenpo Pema Sherab]] '''Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche''' (Tib. པདྨ་ཤེས་རབ་, [[Wyl.]] ''pad+ma shes rab'') i ...

[[Image:Dudjom Drakngak Lingpa.png|thumb|350px| Dudjom Drakngak Lingpa, courtesy of ...secret places of this [[hidden land]]. There, in 1922, he invited [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] (then aged 18) to grant—for the first time—the [[empowerment]]s of th ...

[[Image:Drenpa Namkha.jpg|frame|'''Drenpa Namkha''']] ...''; Skt. ''Indragarbha'') — one of the [[twenty-five disciples]] of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image: Peaceful Wrathful Tangka 2.png |thumb|350px| Hundred peaceful and wrathful ...nd compiled from the ''Kagyé Sangwa Yongdzok'', which is a revelation of [[Guru Chökyi Wangchuk]], and the ''Kagyé Drakpo Rangjung Rangshar'' of the [[No ...

[[Image:KHI_mDo_sNgags_gLing_pa'i_bsNyen_brGyud_Phur_Pa_001_-_Copy.jpg|thumb|Image from the [[Tsakli card]] found in the ''[[Treasury of Precious Termas]]'']] ...presence of the [[nine great vidyadharas]], the recipients of the Kagyé. [[Guru Shakya Sengé]] transmitted to him the instruction of this ''Heart Essence ...

[[Image:Dudjom Lingpa.jpg|frame|'''Dudjom Lingpa''' courtesy of www.aming.cc]] ...mediate incarnation, born even before he himself passed away, was [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:E Lama Pema Dorje.jpg|frame|Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche]] ...[[Mount Kailash]] for an extended retreat. After that he met [[Golok Serta Rinpoche]], a lineage holder of the first [[Dudjom Lingpa]]'s treasure teachings, fr ...

[[Image: Chimé_Soktik.jpg |thumb|350px|Chime Soktik]] ...[[Zilnön Namkhé Dorjé]] in 1904 in Bhutan, and has become through [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], its prophesied [[chödak]], the main long life practice within the [[Dud ...

...3.jpg|thumb|350px|Courtesy of he private collection of Lopön Ogyan Tanzin Rinpoche, Senge Dongma, Simhamukha. Bhutanese painting, Shantiniketan 1976.]] ...s [[terma]] was revealed by [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and later edited by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Khangsar Tenpe Wangchuk.jpg|thumb|'''Khangsar Tenpé Wangchuk''']] ...po Rigdzin Dorje, who was an emanation of [[Yudra Nyingpo]], one of [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s [[twenty-five disciples]]. ...

[[Image:SR LL 2006.JPG|thumb|Sogyal Rinpoche teaching in [[Lerab Ling]]]] ...ng spiritual masters of the twentieth century. Jamyang Khyentse supervised Rinpoche's training and raised him like his own son. ...

[[Image:Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.jpg|frame|[[Jamgön Kongtrul]] the Great]] ...ཚུར་ཕུ་, ''tölüng [[tsurpu]]'', redaction at the order of [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], 1976-1980, 111 vol. (with supplemental texts from the དཔལ་སྤ ...

[[Image:Garab Dorje.jpg|thumb|300px|Garab Dorje]] :To remain in that state without searching<ref>Zenkar Rinpoche says that the text has a variant reading, མ་བརྩོལ་ meaning ...

[[Image:Dudjom B&W.jpg|frame|A very rare photo of Dudjom Rinpoche]] ...ar]] lineage (''in alphabetical order'')<Ref>A list of disciples of Dudjom Rinpoche is given in ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of ...

...Tsetrul Rinpoche for Rigpawiki2.JPG|thumb|350px|'''Kyabjé Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche in Lerab Ling Aug. 2008''']] ...

[[Image:Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.jpg|thumb|350px|Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in [[Lerab Ling]] Sept. 2008]] '''Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche''' (Tib. རྫོང་གསར་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རི ...

[[Image:Nyoshul Lungtok.JPG|thumb|Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima]] ...

...jpg|frame|[[Amitayus]] [[thangka]] from the private collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]] [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] writes<ref>[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'', page 249.</ref>: ...

[[Image:Dudjom Sangyum Rigdzin Wangmo.jpg|thumb|350px|His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and Dudjom Sangyum Rigdzin Wangmo in the 1950s in Kalimpong, West Bengal, I ...he Wangmo]], Chimey Wangmo (their second eldest daughter), [[Shenphen Dawa Rinpoche]] and Tsering Penzom, their younger daughter. ...

He is said to be an emanation of the mind aspect of [[Guru Rinpoche]], as well as an incarnation of [[Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen]]. ...Thubten Chöling Monastery in Nepal under the inspiration of Dza [[Trulshik Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:LL waterfall.JPG|frame|]] [[Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]] explains: ...

[[Image:SR NKR wang.JPG|frame|[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] and [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]] during an empowerment]] ...and so come to master its realization.<ref>[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''Guru Yoga'' (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1999), page 63.</ref> It is said: ...

...Rinpoche Painting.jpg|frame|Painting of Degyal Rinpoche, courtesy of Shiva Rinpoche]] '''Degyal Rinpoche''' aka '''Kunkhyen Etaraja''' (Tib. ཨེ་ཏ་རཱ་ཛ་, [[Wyl.] ...

[[Image:Taranatha-Shechen cal.jpg|thumb|350px|Jetsün Taranatha. ''Courtesy of [[Shechen Monastery]].'']] *''[[Indian Version of the Life of Guru Rinpoche]]'' ...

[[Image:Sogyal Penor.JPG|frame|[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] and Penor Rinpoche, [[Lerab Ling]], 1995]] ...ཆེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''pad nor rin po che'') or '''[[Kyabjé]] Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche''' (1932-2009) was the 11th [[Throneholders of Palyul Monastery|throne hold ...

[[Image:DKRshedra.JPG|frame|'''Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche''']] '''[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] Timeline ...

[[Image:Tsullo.JPG|thumb|Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo]] ...he’s personal library and used the work as an opportunity to get access to Rinpoche and to receive clarifications. ...

[[Image:Sakya Monastery Tibet.JPG|thumb|[[Sakya Monastery]] in Tibet]] [[Image:Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.JPG|thumb|[[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]]]] ...

...m Kusho Tseten Yudron, with Thinley Norbu Rinpoche (left) and Phende Norbu Rinpoche (right), courtesy of Shambala Publications]] ...(‘Turquoise Lamp of Firm Life’) (1904-1982) was the first wife of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. Together, they had seven children, four sons and three daughters: ...

[[Image:Boudhanath Stupa.JPG|frame|The Jarung Khashor stupa at Boudhanath]] [[Image:Boudhanath_information.jpg|thumb|Information about the Stupa and its surroundings]] ...

[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|frame|Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] ...has discovered teachings related to three categories of practices: [[Guru Rinpoche]], [[Avalokiteshvara]] and the [[Great Perfection]]. In ''Hidden Teachings ...

[[Image:Khenpo Shenga.JPG|thumb|A rare photo of Khenpo Shenga]] ...aking any of his possessions, and went off in search of the great [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Lama Chime Rinpoche.png|thumb|350px|Lama Chime Rinpoche]] ...e]] (1873-1933), a direct student of [[Dudjom Lingpa]]. He then met Dudjom Rinpoche and followed him to [[Lama Ling]]. Later, he went to India and was one of t ...

[[Image:Jikme Lingpa from 12 Dzogchen Teachers.jpg|frame|Rigdzin [[Jikmé Lingpa]], who revealed the Longchen Nyingtik]] :While Guru Rinpoche was visiting Tibet…he conferred the Longchen Nyingtik teachings on [[King ...

[[Image:RigpaLogo.jpg|frame|Rigpa logo]]'''Rigpa''' is an international network of centres and gr Rigpa was founded in 1979 by [[Sogyal Rinpoche]], a Buddhist teacher from Tibet, who is also the author of ''[[The Tibetan ...

'''[[image:A Marvelous Garland of rare Gems.png|frame|Cover of Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche’s “A Marvelous Garland of rare Gems”]] ...ction) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It was written by [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], one of the most outstanding and knowledgeable exponents of Dzogchen, and ...

[[Image:Yum Namgyal Drolma Stupa.jpeg|thumb|400px|Stupa of Namgyal Drolma, in Deden ...his information, her birth could be 1887.</Ref> was the mother of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] and of [[Tulku Palden]]. Namgyal Drolma's family, originally from Bhutan, ...

...ommissioned by [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] under the guidance of [[Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]]. Painted by Salga.]] ...'nyé'') in interdependent circumstances (Tib. ''[[tendrel]]'') by invoking Guru [[Padmasambhava]], together with the [[buddha]]s and [[bodhisattva]]s and t ...

[[Image:Dzongter Kunzang Nyima.jpg|thumb|350px|Dzongter Kunzang Nyima]] ...pa, and of [[Gyalwa Chokyang]], one of the twenty-five disciples of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

...:Terton Duddul Dorje.jpg|thumb|350px|Tertön Rigdzin Düddul Dorje on [[Guru Rinpoche]]'s right]] ...ght of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche'', Snow Lion 2008, page 278.</Ref>. ...

[[Image:Kora Reurink Jan.png|thumb|350px|Kora around [[Mount Kailash]], courtesy of *[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''What to do at India’s Buddhist Holy Sites'', Khyentse Foundation, 20 ...

...d to as Lama Ngakchang ([[རིག་སྔགས་འཆང་]]) Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche in Dudjom Rinpoche's biography ''Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom'', Snow Lion Publicat ...year with the [[Tertön]] Choling Tuching Dorje, a disciple of [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Mount-kailash.jpg|thumb|350px|Mount Kailash]] ...founded on the slopes of [[Mount Kailash]], in Western Tibet, by [[Degyal Rinpoche]], one of the main students of [[Dudjom Lingpa]]. ...

[[Image:Jokhang Sunanda Koning.png|thumb|300px|Pilgrims offering juniper branches f ...om the many ways, elaborate or condensed, of doing this practice, [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] composed an abbreviated version for daily practice, this is what is follo ...

[[Image:lungta flag SG cal.jpg|thumb|325px|The flag of lungta]] [[Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche]] points to another etymology of the term, deriving from the Tibetan ''klun ...

[[Image:DudjomShedra.JPG|frame|Dudjom Rinpoche]] ...ncealed by Padmasambhava. A prolific author and meticulous scholar, Dudjom Rinpoche wrote more than forty volumes, one of the best known of which is his monume ...

[[Image:Pema vajra.jpg|frame|'''Khenpo Pema Vajra''']] ...er of [[Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje]], [[Dodrup Tenpé Nyima]], [[Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche]], [[Adzom Drukpa]] and [[Lerab Lingpa]]. ...

[[Image:Wangdor-Rinpoche-7087.jpg|thumb|350px|Wangdor Rinpoche, courtesy of dharmaphotos.zenfolio.com]] ...me in continuous meditation. While meditating at Dzigar Monastery, Thuksey Rinpoche finally was persuaded by his students to leave his external retreat and com ...

[[Image:Lhatsun_Namkha_Jikme.jpg|frame|Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé]] *[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'' ...

[[Image:Dudjom Insignia 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Dudjom Rinpoche's seal]] ...ction of [[terma]]s revealed by [[Dudjom Lingpa]] (1835-1904) and [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] (1904-1987). ...

...e:Rigdzin Dupa.jpg|frame|Thangka of Rigdzin Düpa, courtesy of [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]]]] At the centre of the mandala is [[Guru Rinpoche]] in union with [[Mandarava]]. Above his head is [[Garab Dorje]] and [[Sama ...

[[Image:Pema Lungtok Gyatso2.jpg|frame|Golok Serta Rinpoche]] ...Information provided by Lama Chonam from a conversation he had with Getse Rinpoche on May 2004.</ref> ...

...important element in the [[sutrayana]] path, Padmasambhava personifies the guru principle, the heart of [[Vajrayana]] Buddhism, and he is therefore known a [[Image:Guru rinpoche.jpg|thumb|Guru Rinpoche (courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust)]] ...

[[Image: Khembalung Stephen Venables 1988. lightjpg.jpg|thumb|450px|Dawn in the Béyul Khembalung. ‘The great fluted wall of Shar ...

[[Image:Jedrung Trinle Jampa Jungne Tsadra.jpg|thumb|350px| Jedrung Trinlé Jampa Jungné, courtesy of Tsadra / Rinchen Te ...root master of [[Kangyur Rinpoche]] and later, in [[Pemakö]], of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Chagdud Tulku.JPG|frame|Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]] '''Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche''' (Tib. ལྕགས་མདུད་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་, [[Wy ...

[[Image:HHDLdrupchen2000.jpg|frame|His Holiness during the [[empowerment]] of [[Yang Nying Pudri]], 19th ...ogyal Rinpoche]] and a prolific discoverer of the spiritual treasures of [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. ...

...ition places great emphasis on intensive [[meditation]] practice, and on [[guru yoga]], the power of devotion and the transmission from master to disciple. [[Image:Marpa.jpg|thumb|[[Marpa Lotsawa]] (courtesy of Shechen Archives)]] ...

[[Image:JKCL portrait.jpg|frame|'''Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö''']] ...ailing tutor Khenpo Thubten Rigdzin, also the former tutor of Kathok Situ Rinpoche. ...

[[Image:Lakar in distance.jpg|thumb|Lakar village in the distance]] [[Image:Lakar house today.jpg|thumb|'The Lakar house today. Villagers still circumambulate the remains of ...

[[Image:Jikme Lingpa.JPG|frame|'''Jikme Lingpa''']] ...m of tears of sadness continuously wet his face because he was not in Guru Rinpoche’s presence, and unceasing words of prayers kept singing in his breath. ...

[[Image:Jkwhandscloseup.jpg|thumb|Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] [[Image:Dzongsar.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dzongsar Monastery]] where Jamyang Khyentse resided]] ...

[[Image:Mipham.JPG|frame|[[Mipham Rinpoche]]]] '''[[Mipham Rinpoche]] Timeline''' ...

...ent<ref>This picture was taken during an empowerment given by [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]] in August 1989 in [[Brunissard 1989|Brunissard]], France</ref>]] ...at public venues in London and Paris which were attended by many of Sogyal Rinpoche's students have been included.'' ...

[[Image:JKCLWiki.jpg|frame|Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, [[Samdrup Podrang]], Lhasa, 1955]] ...(ecumenical) movement in Tibet. He was the master who recognised [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] as the incarnation of [[Tertön Sogyal]] and brought him up.<ref>See the ...

[[Image:Dudjom Lingpa.png|thumb|350px|Dudjom Lingpa]] #[[Tulku Theglo Rinpoche]] ...

[[Image:Dukgnal Rangdrol thumbnail.jpg|thumb||300px|Dukngal Rangdrol [[thangka]]]] ...k]]. It is classified as a peaceful [[yidam]] practice, or as the secret [[guru]] practice from the peaceful male [[vidyadhara]] section of the cycle. ...

...away in the spring of 1999, [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] requested [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] to write a tribute to his achievements and to his extraordinary life. Tse [[Image:TP-1.jpg|frame|'''Tsewang Paljor outside the temple of the newly inaugurated Dzogche ...

[[Image:JKCL bodhi tree.jpg|thumb|[[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] seated beneath the [[Bodhi tree]] ...he temple of the peaceful and wrathful deities in Lhodrak established by [[Guru Chökyi Wangchuk]].'' ...

[[Image:Samantabhadra.jpg|frame|The Primordial Buddha [[Samantabhadra]]]] ...al paths and the summit of an individual’s spiritual evolution"<ref>Sogyal Rinpoche, ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'', page 155.</ref>. As a way in ...

[[Image:Swayambhu.jpg|frame|'''The Swayambhunath Stupa''']] ...tinent, unsurpassable for accumulating merit and good fortune.” [[Trulshik Rinpoche]] (1924~2011) said that the Swayambhunath Stupa carries the blessings of th ...

...NP thangka.JPG|frame|'''Yang Nying Pudri thangka''' commissioned by Sogyal Rinpoche]] ...or the terma, and closed the door and sealed it well. Then Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche approached the site, and together, in joyful gratitude, they all celebrated ...

...udjom]], the speech emanation of [[Vajravarahi]] and the mind emanation of Guru [[Padmasambhava]]. ...he world, he sought teachings from [[Nyala Pema Dündul]] and from [[Patrul Rinpoche]] and [[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] at [[Dzogchen Monastery]]. When he first went t ...

[[Image: Serta Landscape.png|thumb|450px|Larung Gar, in Serta, Golok]] [[Image: Serta Map full.jpg|thumb|450px|Map of Serta, courtesy of Stewart Smith, The Monasteries of Amd ...

[[Image:Tare Lhamo.png|frame|Tare Lhamo, courtesy of Jnanasukha.org]] ...ognise [[Dudjom Sangye Pema Zhepa Rinpoche]] as an incarnation of [[Dudjom Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Trulshik Rinpoche.png|right|thumb|300px|‎Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]] ...

...truction of the famous Lerab Ling temple. More than five hundred of Sogyal Rinpoche’s students from Europe, the United States and Australia attended the retr == Sogyal Rinpoche's Speech to Welcome Khenpo Jigphun == ...

...almo is a [[sadhana]] practice on [[Yeshe Tsogyal]], the consort of [[Guru Rinpoche]], as a [[wisdom dakini]]. It is one of the [[three roots]] practice of the ...

[[Image: Dorje Drakpa.jpg|thumb|400px|Drawing of Dorjé Drakpa, courtesy of Tulku Orgyen Phuntsok]] ...ut the sacred hidden land of [[Pemakö]], and especially requested [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], then aged 18, to grant the [[Rinchen Terdzö]]. ...

[[Image:Shantideva.JPG|frame|[[Shantideva]], author of the ''Bodhicharyavatara'']] [[Image:Hhdllerabgar.jpg|thumb|[[H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso]] has taught ''Bodhich ...

[[Image: Thinley Norbu Young.jpg |thumb|350px|Thinley Norbu Rinpoche]] ...

[[Image:Namkhé Nyingpo.jpg|frame|Namkhé Nyingpo]] ...nying po'') (8th-9th century) — one of the [[twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche]]. ...

...place our cries were beyond counting. Before it there dwells a self-born [image] of the goddess Maṅgaladevī made of sandal-wood”</nowiki><ref name="ft ...ist Studies. The University of Michigan, 2002), 266 – 268. See also Dudjom Rinpoche, ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History'', ...

[[File:longchen nyingtik root volumes - compressed.JPG|thumb|Shechen edition of the Longchen Nyingtik Core Texts, in 5 volumes]] ...chen Jikme Trinle Özer]], [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]. ...

[[Image:Chokgyur Lingpa.jpg|frame|[[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]]] ...