Rahor Khenpo Tupten

Rahor Khenpo Tupten with the young Dzogchen Rinpoche

Rahor Khenpo Tupten (ra hor mkhan po thub bstan) - the tutor of Dzogchen Rinpoche. He was from Rahor, a branch of Dzogchen monastery founded by the Third Dzogchen Rinpoche in Gyalrong near Derge. He was a student of Pöpa Tulku. He escaped from Tibet together with his former classmate Khenpo Dazer and went together with him to Sikkim via Bhutan.