Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

Dudjom Rinpoche with Prince Paljor Namgyal and Maharani Kunzang Dechen Tshomo Namgyal.

Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (Tibetan: བདུད་འཇོམས་��ཇིགས་བྲལ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje, THL Düjom Jikdrel Yéshé Dorjé) known as Terchen Drodül Lingpa and as Dudjom Rinpoche (10 June 1904 – 17 January 1987),^[1] is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be from an important Tulku lineage, a renowned Tertön treasure revealer and a direct incarnation of Padmasambhava^[2]^[3] and of Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904).^{[citation needed]} He is a Nyingma householder, yogi, and a Vajrayana and Dzogchen master, and according to disciple Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal is referred to by them as "His Holiness" and as a "master of masters".^[4]^[5]

According to Dongyal, in India during the early 1960s, to protect and preserve Tibetan Buddhist teachings and continue Tibetan culture,^[4] he was appointed as the first supreme head of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism,^[5] by the 14th Dalai Lama^[6] and the Central Tibetan Administration. In 1965, Dudjom Rinpoche organized a conference of the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug schools.^[4]

Dudjom Rinpoche is considered by Tibetan Buddhists to be a realized master, the "greatest Terton of our times", and holder of all the teachings of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as those of the Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug schools.^[2] Dudjom Rinpoche was a prolific author whose treatises on The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History, is considered authoritative.^{[citation needed]} He also authored the Political History of Tibet and the History of the Dharma.^[6] According to religious leaders his revealed Terma treasure texts are widely practiced.^[7] He rebuilt monasteries in Tibet, and later built monasteries in India and Nepal. Dudjom Rinpoche travelled and taught extensively, has a center in Hong Kong,^[6] and established centers in France^[8] and in the U.S. while^{[citation needed]} bringing Vajrayana and the Nyingma school to the west. Dudjom Rinpoche is also credited by Dongyal as responsible for a "renaissance in Tibetan studies".^[4]

Biography[]

Introduction[]

Dudjom Rinpoche was born in southern Tibet in a region called Pemakö (now Mêdog County), which is known in Tibetan as a beyul (Wylie: sbas yul) or "hidden land".^{[citation needed]}

The second Dudjom Rinpoche was known as Jigdral Yeshe Dorje; Jigdral (Wylie: 'jigs bral) "fearless" was the name given to him by Khakyab Dorje, the fifteenth Karmapa. He was named Jñāna as a child, a Sanskrit term of which "Yeshe" (Wylie: ye shes) is the usual Tibetan translation. His father was Kathok Tulku Norbu Tenzing, who was a famous tulku in the Pemakö region who had been trained at the Katok Monastery. His mother was Namgyal Drolma, descended from Ratna Lingpa. Dudjom Rinpoche was also a descendant of Nyatri Zangpo and Powo Kanam Depa, king of Powo.

As written in revealed tantras and old prophesies, during the eon of the Buddha Pranidhanaraja, Dudjom Rinpoche was the yogin Nuden Dorje Chang, who vowed to appear as the thousandth and last Buddha of this Light eon as Sugata Mopa (Od) Thaye. According to the biography of Dudjom Rinpoche on the web site of Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling, a Drikung Kagyü monastery, in his previous lives amongst many notable historic figures he was Śāriputra, one of the foremost disciples of Gautama Buddha in India; Saraha, the first and greatest of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas of India; and Humkara, who was also a mahāsiddha.^[9]

The Nyingma school incorporates many diverse lineages and practices, often varying from one geographical locale to another. They all trace their lineage to Vajrayana master and second Buddha Padmasambhava and to Yeshe Tsogyal, and their Dzogchen lineage from Garab Dorje to Padmasambhava.

The Nyingma school has traditionally been decentralized and non-political since the 8th century. Due to the invasion of Tibet by Chinese forces, a mass exodus of Tibetans after 1959 to India resulted in later organized efforts to protect the Tibetan Buddhist teachings and Tibetan culture. At that time, a position of head of the Nyingma school was requested by the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration, for representational purposes. Dudjom Rinpoche fulfilled that role to help preserve the Nyingma lineage.

Dudjom Rinpoche was known for preserving many of the Nyingma Vajrayana Terma lineage teachings and Kama lineage teachings that were at risk of being destroyed or lost. He also helped transfer many texts out of Tibet, preserving them from destruction after the invasion of Tibet and the Cultural Revolution.

Dudjom Rinpoche is described as having been an exceptional scholar in various fields, including sūtra, tantra, prose literature, poetry, and history, those among the required studies also in monastic shedra programs. His history of the Nyingma school lineages encompasses twenty-five volumes, and is considered the authoritative account.^[10] He was a poet, author, scholar and Vajrayana master. Dudjom Rinpoche organized the building of monasteries, and teaching and retreat centers, in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and other countries.

Within the Nyingma school lineage is Dzogchen, or the "Great Perfection". The 14th Dalai Lama is also a holder of this Dzogchen lineage, through two of his teachers, Dilgo Khyentse and Trulshik Rinpoche. Both were students of the second Dudjom Rinpoche and were holders of this Dzochen lineage.

In 1988, a year after his death, Dudjom Rinpoche's body was moved from France and placed in a stūpa in one of his main monasteries near Boudhanath, Nepal. In a letter, Dudjom Rinpoche appointed the Dzogchen master Chatral Sangye Dorje (1913–2015) as his Vajra Regent.

Birth[]

Dudjom Rinpoche was born on July 22, 1904 according to the Western (Gregorian) calendar—the year 2444 after Buddha's passing into parinirvana, the year 2440 after the birth of Padmasambhava, and the year 2031 counted from the inception of the Tibetan monarchy. According to the astrological sixty-year cycle it was year of the Wood Dragon, sixth month, tenth day. The month and day also correspond to the birth date of Padmasambhava. Rinpoche was born into a noble family in the south-eastern Tibetan province of Pema Ko, which is one of the beyul ("hidden lands") of Padmasambhava. He was recognized as the incarnation of Traktung Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904), a famous tertön or discoverer of concealed "treasures" (terma), particularly those related to the practice of Vajrakīla (rdo rje phur pa). Dudjom Lingpa had intended to visit southern Tibet to reveal the sacred land of Pema Kö, but as he was unable to do so, he predicted that his successor would be born there and reveal it himself.

Dharma activity[]

In his youth, Dudjom Rinpoche studied with some of the most outstanding masters of the time.^[11] He began his studies with Khenpo Aten in Pema Kö, before attending some of the great monastic universities of Central Tibet, such as Mindrolling, Dorje Drak and , and of East Tibet, such as Kathok and Dzogchen. Mindrolling was the monastery to which Dudjom Rinpoche returned to perfect his understanding of the Nyingma tradition. Foremost among his many teachers were Phungong Tulku Gyurmé Ngedön Wangpo, Jedrung Trinlé Jampa Jungne, Gyurme Phendei Özer, and Minling Dordzin Namdrol Gyatso.^{[citation needed]}

Dudjom Rinpoche's main area of activity was in Central Tibet, where he maintained the Mindrolling tradition, and especially at and his other seats in the Kongpo and Puwo regions of southern Tibet. He was renowned in Tibet for the depth of his realization and spiritual accomplishment, as well as for his unsurpassed scholarship.^{[citation needed]}

Unique in having received the transmission of all the existing teachings of the Nyingma tradition, Dudjom Rinpoche was especially renowned as a great tertön, whose termas are now widely taught and practiced, and as a leading exponent of Dzogchen. He was regarded as the living embodiment and regent of Padmasambhava and his representative for this time. Dudjom Rinpoche taught many of today's masters.^{[citation needed]}

Amongst the most widely read of his works are The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History; which he composed soon after his arrival in India as an exile and which is now available in English translation. This history of the Nyingma School presents a great deal of new material on the development of Buddhism in Tibet. At the invitation of the Dalai Lama, Dudjom Rinpoche also wrote a history of Tibet. Another major part of his work was the revision, correction, and editing of many ancient and modern texts, including the whole of the Canonical Teachings (kama) of the Nyingma School, a venture he began at the age of seventy-four. His own private library contained the largest collection of precious manuscripts and books outside Tibet.^{[citation needed]}

After leaving Tibet, Rinpoche settled first in Kalimpong, in India. He gave extensive teachings in Kalimpong and Darjeeling. However, during a train ride back to Kalimpong from Dharamsala in the 1960s, the head lama of Kathok Monastery, Kathok Öntrul Rinpoche, believed able to do mirror divination, said that he saw a Padmasambhava statue wrapped in barbed wire. Dudjom Rinpoche was with him, and asked for that divination. The train had a stopover in Siliguri. According to Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, enemies of Dudjom Rinpoche told Indian intelligence that Rinpoche was collaborating with the Chinese Communist party and was receiving a salary from them; the police put him under house arrest.^[4]

As the news of this spread, his disciple were shocked and saddened. They'd also heard that authorities were going to transport His Holiness by train from Siliguri to Panchimari, the site of a prison for Tibetans detained for political reasons. Many students from Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bhutan, and Kalimpong planned to prevent the train from leaving by lying on the railroad tracks. But by then His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his officials, the king of Sikkim, and the king, queen, and ministers of Bhutan, and important figures from India and Nepal, as well as thousands of students, had already written letters to Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India. After a few days His Holiness was released from house arrest in Siliguri and returned to his home in Kalimpong.^[4]

He played a key role in the renaissance of Tibetan culture amongst the refugee community, both through his teaching and his writing. He established a number of vital communities of practitioners in India and Nepal, such as Zangdok Palri in Kalimpong, Dudal Rapten Ling in Orissa, and the monasteries at Tsopema and Boudhanath. He actively encouraged the study of the Nyingma Tradition at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath, and continued to give teachings according to his own terma tradition, as well as giving many other important empowerments and transmissions, including the Nyingma Kama, the Nyingma Tantras and the Treasury of Precious Termas ().^{[citation needed]}

When Dudjom Rinpoche was eight years old, he began to study Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara with his teacher Orgyen Chogyur Gyatso, a personal disciple of the great Patrul Rinpoche. When they had completed the first chapter, his teacher presented him with a conch shell and asked him to blow it towards each of the four directions. The sound it made to the East and to the North was quite short, in the South it was long, and in the West longer still. This was considered to be an indication of where his work in later times would be most effective. Kham, in the east of Tibet, had been the birthplace of Dudjom Lingpa, who had already been very active in that region. In the South, throughout the Himalayan regions of Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and Ladakh, Dudjom Rinpoche had many thousands of disciples; when, on one occasion, he gave teachings in Kathmandu intended only for a few lamas, between twenty-five and thirty thousand disciples came from all over India and the Himalayas.^{[citation needed]}

In the final decade of his life, in spite of ill-health and advancing years, he devoted much of his time to teaching in the West, where he successfully established the Nyingma tradition in response to the growing interest amongst Westerners. He founded many major centres including Dorje Nyingpo and Orgyen Samye Chöling in France, and Yeshe Nyingpo, Urgyen Chö Dzong and others in the United States. During this period, he tirelessly gave teachings and empowerments, and under his guidance a number of Western students began to undertake long retreats. Dudjom Rinpoche also traveled in Asia, and in Hong Kong he had a large following, with a thriving center which he visited on three occasions.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1970s, Dudjom Rinpoche conducted a few teachings in the United States and London and then some retreats at Urgyen Samye Chöling in France. Eventually, "the wanderer, Dudjom", as he sometimes used to sign himself, settled with his family in the Dordogne area of France, and there in August 1984 he gave his last large public teaching. He died on January 17, 1987.^{[citation needed]}

Dudjom Lineage[]

The Dudjom terton lineage started in 1835 with Dudjom Lingpa.^{[citation needed]} Dudjom Lingpa^[12] is considered a mind manifestation of Padmasambhava. Dudjom Lingpa was also considered a voice manifestation of Yeshe Tsogyal. Finally Dudjom Lingpa was considered the body manifestation of his own previous reincarnation, Drogben Lotsawa, who was one of the twenty-five main disciples of Padmasambhava].^{[citation needed]}

Other reincarnations of Dudjom Lingpa, besides the most recent Dudjom Rinpoche, have been claimed. One story of his reincarnation describes a new birth occurring before Dudjom Lingpa died. In that story, he sent his main disciples to Pema Ko saying: "Go to the secret land of Pema Ko. Whoever has faith in me, go in that direction! Before you young ones arrive, I will already be there."^[13] It took a few years for the disciples to stumble upon the exact location but the very young Dudjom Rinpoche reportedly aged about three called the surprised incognito strangers by their individual names, spoke in their Golok dialect which no one else did in that area and invited them to his surprised parents' house. It is said he could remember his previous lives clearly.^{[citation needed]}

Dudjom Lineage Tersar[]

Dudjom Tersar is the collective name for the large collection of terma teachings revealed by Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche. As a class of texts, Tersar (gter gsar) means "new or recently revealed treasure teachings". Dudjom Rinpoche was a major terton (Wylie: gter ston) or treasure revealer of hidden teachings. Dudjom Rinpoche is considered one of the Hundred Great Tertons in the Nyingma lineage.^{[citation needed]}

Most terma are small in scale; major cycles are rare. Those containing many major cycles, such as Dudjom Tersar, are even rarer historically. The Dudjom Tersar is possibly the most comprehensive suite of terma to be revealed in the twentieth century. Since terma traditionally are considered to be discovered during the time they are most needed, the most recently discovered terma may be the most pertinent to current needs. Recent terma are, then, considered to "still have the warm fresh breath of the dakinis".^{[citation needed]}

A set of preliminary practices known as Dudjom Tersar ngöndro has to be undertaken by beginners prior to higher initiations. Dudjom Tersar contains different cycles: some are comprehensive, from beginning instruction through the highest Dzogchen teachings, and there are also smaller cycles, and individual practices, for specific purposes.^{[citation needed]}

There are four major cycles in the Dudjom Tersar of Dudjom Lingpa, the first three being Mind Treasures (Wylie: dgongs gter) and the last one an Earth Treasure (Wylie: sa gter):^{[citation needed]}

(a) The "Dagnang Yeshe Drawa" cycle (The Wisdom Nets of Pure Visions), such as the Troma teachings;
(b) The "Maha-Ati Yoga Zabcho Gongpa Rangdrol" cycle (The Profound Teachings on Naturally Self-liberating Enlightened Visions), such as the teachings of Chenrezig;
(c) The "Chonyid Namkhai Longdzo" cycle (the Vast Space Treasure from the Wisdom Sky of the Ultimate Nature), with teachings of Thekchod and Thodgal; and
(d) The "Khandro Nyingthig" (Heart Essence of the Dakini) cycle.

There are four major cycles in the Dudjom Tersar of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, which are all Mind Treasures (Wylie:dgongs gter):

(a) The "Tsokyi Thugthig" cycle, for the practices on the outer, inner, secret and innermost secret sadhanas of the Lama;
(b) The "Pudri Rekpung" cycle, for the practices of the Yidam;
(c) The "Khandro Thugthig" cycle, for the practices on the outer, inner, secret and innermost secret sadhanas of the Khandro; and
(d) The "Dorje Drolod" cycle.

Dudjom Yangsis[]

(Wylie: yang srid), or Tulku, is the honorific title of a young recognized reincarnation of a high lama. There are reportedly three currently known Dudjom Yangsis.

Kyabje Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche, also known as Sangye Pema Shepa, was born in 1990, Year of the Iron Horse, in Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet. His mother is Pema Khandro, and his father is the third son of Dudjom Rinpoche, Dola Tulku, known as Jigmé Chokyi Nyima.^[14]^[15] He was first recognized by Terton Khandro Tare Lama through a prophetic poem written in dakini script on the day of his birth. Tare Lama wrote to Chatral Rinpoche, who confirmed the prophesy then wrote to Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, the eldest son of Sangyum Kusho Tseten Yudron and Dudjom Rinpoche, and then recognized the three-year old Yangsi in person. Recognitions were also conferred by the 14th Dalai Lama, by , Kyabje Penor Rinpoche, Sakya Trinzin Rinpoche, , and .

Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche was then enthroned in Tibet at Dzongsar Monastery by Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, with Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, and enthroned in Nepal on Lhabab Duchen in 1994, at Godavari by Chatral Rinpoche in the presence of many Nyingma lamas and students of Dudjom Rinpoche.^[14] Chatral Rinpoche had been named by Dudjom Rinpoche as his successor in a letter to take over all his spiritual matters and sit in the middle of his mandala after his death.^{[citation needed]} Chatral Rinpoche was the main teacher of Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche as he promised to the previous Dudjom Rinpoche, who wrote a long life prayer for him. Chatral Rinpoche was considered by Nyingmapas to be their highest master after Dudjom Rinpoche died.^{[citation needed]}

Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche bestowed his first initiations at the age of seven, and has spent the majority of his years in retreat and in study. In 2018, he transmitted the Dudjom Tersar during his first visit to California, U.S.. In August 2019, Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche travelled to Dudjom Rinpoche's European seat in France, where be conferred Dudjom Rinpoche's lineage initiations and blessings.^[14] Sangha Pema Zhepa has expressed his ecological concerns^[16] and has composed a prayer for this cause.^[17]

The next Yangsi Rinpoche, Tenzin Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche, was born in Bhutan and recognized by the fourteenth Dalai Lama and by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.^[18]

Also, Sungtrul Rinpoche, known as Tulku Orgyen, has been recognized. He was born on November 6, 1988, in the shrine room of his grandfather Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, on his remote retreat land in Oregon, USA. He was recognized by Mogtsa Rinpoche. His father is and his mother is Rigzin Wangmo Tromge.^[19]

Dudjom Rinpoche's Family[]

Dudjom Rinpoche was a householder, a yogi, a writer, and a master and guru with a family, married twice.

First Wife Sangyum Kusho Tseten Yudron[]

Dudjom Rinpoche's first wife was Sangyum Kusho Tseten Yudron, and they had seven children.

Their eldest daughter, Semo Dechen Yudron (Tibetan: སྲས་མོ་བདེ་ཆེན་གཡུ་སྒྲོན། English: Turquoise Radiance of Great Bliss.), lived in Lhasa, taking care of Dudjom Rinpoche's seat, Lama Ling, in Kongpo.^[15]

Their eldest son, Thinley Norbu (Tibetan: ཕྲིན་ལས་ནོར་བུ། English: Jewel of Activity), was a Nyingma scholar like his father.

Their second son, Dola Tulku, Jigmed Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། English: Sun of Dharma), of the mainly Sakya lineage, was the father of the .

Their second daughter Semo Pema Yudron (Tibetan: སྲས་མོ་པདྨ་གཡུ་སྒྲོན། English: Lotus of Turquoise Light) lived near Dola Rinpoche in Qinghai.

Their third son, Pende Norbu Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཕན་བདེ་ནོར་བུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། English: Jewel of Beneficial Well-Being), lived in Nepal with his wife Sangyum Kusho Pasang Wangmo.^[15]

The fourth son, Se Dorje Palzang (Tibetan: སྲས་རྡོ་རྗེ་དཔལ་བཟང་། English: Indestructible Noble Glory), went to school in Beijing in the late 1950s, but was killed by the Chinese during the Cultural Revolution.

The youngest daughter, Semo Tsering Yangchen (Tibetan: སྲས་མོ་ཚེ་རིང་དབྱངས་ཅན། English: Melodious Long Life), passed away when she was very young.

Second Wife Sangyum Kusho Rigzin Wangmo[]

Dudjom Rinpoche's second wife was Sangyum Kusho Rigzin Wangmo, and they had four children, one son and three daughters.

Their first daughter, Dekyong Yeshe Wangmo, was recognized as an incarnate ḍākinī and was believed to be an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal, but died when she was a young woman. It was said that since birth she had no shadow, which meant she had fully attained the rainbow body (Wylie: 'ja' lus) while in the flesh, and that she displayed many miraculous signs and all who saw her felt great devotion.^[20] Dudjom Rinpoche wrote the now famous "Aspiration Prayer to Journey to the Realm of the Copper Colored Mountain" after her death;^[21] it is said the inspiration for this prayer was her parting gift for sentient beings.^{[citation needed]}

Their elder daughter is Chimey Wangmo, and their younger is Tsering Penzom. Their son, Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinpoche (Tibetan: གཞན་ཕན་ཟླ་བ་ནོར་བུ་, Wylie: gzhan phan zla ba nor bu, 1950-2018), spread Dudjom Rinpoche's teachings in Europe and the U.S.^[15]

Grandchildren[]

Dudjom Rinpoche's two grandsons via his first wife and their son Thinley Norbu are also renowned lamas. Thinley Norbu's wife, Jamyang Chödön, comes from the blood lineage of Künkhen Pema Karpo from the Drukpa Lineage in Bhutan. One is Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, said to be the rebirth of Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö; he has a large following, and oversees many monasteries and educational and retreat centers throughout the world. In accordance with the wishes of his teachers, he has travelled and taught throughout the world, establishing centres in Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. His organisation Siddhartha's Intent organises his teachings, while the Khyentse Foundation is dedicated to providing for the needs of his responsibilities. He is also (under the name Khyentse Norbu) a film director and writer.^{[citation needed]}

The other grandson is , who is a yogi practitioner and has a growing following in Bhutan and East Asia. Apart from his root gurus—Dudjom Rinpoche and Thinley Norbu—he studied under many masters, and pursued higher studies at Penor Rinpoche's Institute and at the Mindrolling Monastery in India. He is responsible for the welfare of several hundred monks at Rangjung Wösel Chöling, nuns at Thegchog Kunzang Chödön, and an old folks' home and four retreat centers in eastern Bhutan. He has also established Buddhist study centers globally. At present, there are twenty-five Tröma Chöd Groups, with membership ranging from five hundred to over a thousand, throughout Bhutan; there are also Tröma Chöd Groups in Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Germany. is a lineage holder of the Dudjom New Treasure (Wylie: gter gsar) lineage.^{[citation needed]}

Another of Dudjom Rinpoche's grandsons, the fifth Kathok Situ (son of Shenphen Dawa Norbu), is based in Nepal and Bhutan. He is the "heart son" of Chatral, under whose guidance he is actively involved in Buddhism in the East.^{[citation needed]}

Notes[]

^ "His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche". . Retrieved 2021-01-15.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Snow Lion Publications. Editors, Snow Lion Newsletter, Spring 1987: The Passing of H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche" (PDF). Snow Lion Publications. 1987. p. 3.
^ "Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987)". Shambhala Publications. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dongyal, Khenpo Tsewang (2008). Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 978-1-55939-304-1.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Dudjom Buddhist International, Our Long History and Traditions, 22 July 2015, https://dudjominternational.org/?p=29
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kyabjé Dungse Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinpoche. Forward to The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism by Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje. Wisdom Publications, 1991 https://www.nyingmatersar.org/en/biografia-kyabje-dudjom-rimpoche-jigdrel-yeshe-dorje/
^ Lotswana House, Tibetan Masters, Dudjom Rinpoche, https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/dudjom-rinpoche/
^ Dudjom Tersar, Qui est Sa Sainteté Dudjom Rinpoché?, http://www.dudjom-tersar.org/?p=29#more
^ Drikung Kagyu Buddhist Monastery, Wogmin Thupten Shedrup Ling
^ Dudjom Rinpoche's Collected Works Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Jnanasukha Dakini Heart Essence PDF Gallery Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Jnanasukha Dakini Heart Essence PDF Gallery Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ SB Lamas - Dudjom Rinpoche
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Dudjom Tersar. Biography, Kyabje Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d The Life Story of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), Dudjom Buddhist Association, http://www.dudjomba.org.hk
^ INTERVIEWS Dudjom Rinpoche, Sange Pema Zhepa - Ecobuddhism Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ An Aspiration To Protect The Earth by Dudjom Rinpoche, Sangye Pema Zhepa - Ecobuddhism Archived February 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Dudjom Tenzin Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche
^ Ati Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center Archived February 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.saraswatibhawan.org/SaraswatiBhawanNewsletterWinter2005x.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Aspiration Prayer to Journey to the Realm of the Copper Colored Mountain

Bibliography[]

The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History, Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-199-8
Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart Advice (Tsadra Foundation), Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 1-55939-224-X
Counsels from My Heart, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 1-57062-922-6
A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 9781590309094
History of the Dharma
Lotswana House, Tibetan Masters. Dudjom Rinpoche series, Texts by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche Jikdral Yeshe Dorje. [1]
Political History of Tibet

External links[]

Biographies of Dudjom Rinpoche[]

A Short Biography of Dudjom Rinpoche, at Tersar
The Life Story of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), at Rangjung Yeshe
Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, with Samye Translation Group. Light of Fearless Indestructable Wisdom: The Life and legacy of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55939-304-1

Photographs[]

Dudjom Rinpoche's texts and teachings[]

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Informal audio reading of The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, a translation by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein of Dudjom Rinpoche's text, History of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism

[1] "His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche". . Retrieved 2021-01-15.

[SLN87-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Snow Lion Publications. Editors, Snow Lion Newsletter, Spring 1987: The Passing of H. H. Dudjom Rinpoche" (PDF). Snow Lion Publications. 1987. p. 3.

[3] "Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987)". Shambhala Publications. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

[Fearless-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dongyal, Khenpo Tsewang (2008). Light of Fearless Indestructible Wisdom: The Life and Legacy of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 978-1-55939-304-1.

[DudjomIntl-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Dudjom Buddhist International, Our Long History and Traditions, 22 July 2015, https://dudjominternational.org/?p=29

[Tersar-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kyabjé Dungse Shenphen Dawa Norbu Rinpoche. Forward to The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism by Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje. Wisdom Publications, 1991 https://www.nyingmatersar.org/en/biografia-kyabje-dudjom-rimpoche-jigdrel-yeshe-dorje/

[lotswana-7] Lotswana House, Tibetan Masters, Dudjom Rinpoche, https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/dudjom-rinpoche/

[8] Dudjom Tersar, Qui est Sa Sainteté Dudjom Rinpoché?, http://www.dudjom-tersar.org/?p=29#more

[9] Drikung Kagyu Buddhist Monastery, Wogmin Thupten Shedrup Ling

[10] Dudjom Rinpoche's Collected Works Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[11] Jnanasukha Dakini Heart Essence PDF Gallery Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[12] Jnanasukha Dakini Heart Essence PDF Gallery Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[13] SB Lamas - Dudjom Rinpoche

[DudjomTersarbio-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Dudjom Tersar. Biography, Kyabje Dudjom Yangsi Rinpoche, 2019.

[Dudjomba-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d The Life Story of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), Dudjom Buddhist Association, http://www.dudjomba.org.hk

[16] INTERVIEWS Dudjom Rinpoche, Sange Pema Zhepa - Ecobuddhism Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[17] An Aspiration To Protect The Earth by Dudjom Rinpoche, Sangye Pema Zhepa - Ecobuddhism Archived February 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[18] Dudjom Tenzin Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche

[19] Ati Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center Archived February 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[20] ttp://www.saraswatibhawan.org/SaraswatiBhawanNewsletterWinter2005x.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

[21] Aspiration Prayer to Journey to the Realm of the Copper Colored Mountain

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