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The [[Dzogchen_Ponlop_Namkha_Osel|first Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]], Namkha Ösel, is said to have been an emanation of, among others, the great yogis [[Repa_Shiwa_%C3%96|Repa Shiwa Ö]] (Twelfth Century C.E.) and [[Melong_Dorje|Melong Dorje]] (1243-1303). The former was one of the eight heart sons of Milarepa. He worked together with the [[1st Dzogchen Rinpoche|1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rigdzin]], to establish [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in 1685. After the death of the latter, the [[1st Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]] then became abbot of [[Dzogchen Monastery]]. Since that time, the succesive [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]s have been the abbots of [[Dzogchen Monastery]] along with members of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche line, and members of the [[Kushok Gemong Rinpoche]] line.


'''Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche''' was born in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the [[16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje]]. As a heart son of the Karmapa, he is one of the highest ranking lineage holders of the [[Karma Kagyu]] tradition. His traditional incarnation line is linked with the [[Nyingma]] school and that of [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in particular.
The current '''Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche''' was born in 1965 at [[Rumtek Monastery]] (Dharma Chakra Center) in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the [[16th_Karmapa|16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje]], supreme head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His father was Dhamchö Yongdu, the General Secretary of [[16th_Karmapa|His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa]] and his mother was Lekshey Drolma, who comes from a family of intellectuals and artists. His Holiness Karmapa prophesized his birth to his parents before he was conceived. Upon his birth, Karmapa immediately recognized him as the seventh in the line of Dzogchen Ponlop incarnations. As a heart son of the Karmapa, he is one of the highest ranking lineage holders of the [[Karma Kagyu]] tradition; he was enthroned at [[Rumtek Monastery]] in 1968, when [[16th_Karmapa|His Holiness Karmapa]] formally empowered and officially proclaimed him as The Seventh Je-ön Ponlop Rinpoche. He is also a highly esteemed Nyingma master who received many of the Nyingma tranmissions from [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], and others.<ref>[http://www.dpr.info/biography.htm The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info]</ref>


Ponlop Rinpoche graduated from Shri Nalanda, the shedra of [[Rumtek Monastery]], and is widely recognized of one of the most brilliant scholars of his generation. In addition, he is also an acknowledged meditation master, poet and artist.
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was one of seven Rinpoches in the first graduating class from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies (KSNI), the shedra of [[Rumtek Monastery]],<ref>[http://www.rumtek.org/ks/ks00.php  Dharma Chakra Center - Welcome | Rumtek.org]</ref> and is widely recognized of one of the most brilliant scholars of his generation. In addition, he is also an acknowledged meditation master, poet and artist.
[[Image:Dpr-yt.jpg|frame|right|'''Rinpoche lecturing to Nitartha Int'l''']]
 
As part of his effort to assist in the integration of computer technology with traditional Tibetan scholarship, Rinpoche founded [[Nitartha_International|Nitartha International]] in 1994. In 1998 he became director of the Kamalashila Institute of Germany, at the request of His Holiness, the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.


He currently resides in Seattle, USA, where he directs the [[Nalandabodhi]] sangha and a yearly shedra program, [[Nitartha Institute]], which takes place in Canada.
He currently resides in Seattle, USA, where he directs the [[Nalandabodhi]] sangha and a yearly shedra program, [[Nitartha Institute]], which takes place in Canada.


===Main teachers===
*[[16th Karmapa]] Rangjung Rikpey Dorje
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]
*[[Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche]]


==Main teachers==
===Published Works===
*[[16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje]]<br>
*Rinpoche's teachings have been widely published in [http://www.bodhionline.org Bodhi Magazine].
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]<br>
*"[http://www.snowlionpub.com/search.php?isbn=MIBEDE Mind Beyond Death]" (Snow Lion Publications, 2007)
*[[Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche]]<br>
*"[http://snowlionpub.com/search.php?in_item_id=8939 Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra]" (Snow Lion Publications, 2006)
*"[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590300963/nalandabodhi/104-4290599-8403933 Wild Awakening]" (Shambhala Publications, 2003).


==Published Works==
===Media===
*''Wild Awakening''. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/tenam15 Tenam's Channel on YouTube] (DPR and others)
*''Joyful Grove of Vidhyadharas: Instructions on the Vajrasattva SÏdhana''. Translated by Tyler Dewar. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2005.
* [http://www.dpr.info/teachings.htm Teachings at DPR.ingo] (MP3, video, and PDF)
*''Echoes of Tantra''. Seattle: Nalandabodhi Publications, 2001.
* [http://nalandabodhi.org/teachings.html Articles at Nalandabodhi.org]
 
=== Previous Incarnations ===
*1st [[Dzogchen Ponlop Namkha Osel]]
*2nd [[Dzogchen Ponlop Pema Sangngak Tendzin]]
*3rd [[Dzogchen Ponlop Namkha Chokyi Gyatso]]
*4th [[Dzogchen Ponlop Jigme Choying Osel]]
*5th [[Dzogchen Ponlop Konchok Tenpe Nyima]]
*6th [[Dzogchen Ponlop Jigtral Tsewang Dorje]]


===Alternate Names===
===Alternate Names===
[[Ponlop Rinpoche]]<br>
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]] (rdzogs chen dpon slob rin po che)
[[Dzogchen Ponlop]]<br>
*[[Ponlop Rinpoche]] (dpon slob rin po che)
[[dpon slob rin po che]]<br>
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop]] (rdzogs chen dpon slob)
*Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen ([[Karma gsung rab nges don bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan]]); The Seventh Je-ön Ponlop Rinpoche<ref>[http://www.dpr.info/biography.htm The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info]</ref>
*[[rje dpon rin po che]]
 
===References===
{{reflist}}


==Websites==
===Websites===
[http://www.nalandabodhi.org/home.html '''Nalandabodhi''' - the Sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]<br>
*[http://www.dpr.info '''Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche''' | Buddhist Scholar and Meditation Master - DPR.info]
[http://www.nitarthainstitute.org/ '''Nitartha Institute''' - A yearly academic program held in Canada]<br>
*[http://www.nalandabodhi.org/home.html '''Nalandabodhi''' - the Sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche]
*[http://www.nalandabodhi.ca '''Nalandabodhi Canada''' - the Sangha of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in Canada]
*[http://www.nitarthainstitute.org/ '''Nitartha Institute''' - A yearly academic program held in Canada]
*[http://www.dzogchenmonastery.org/ Dzogchen Gompa]
*[http://www.dzogchen.org.in/ Dzogchen Rinpoche and Dzogchen Monastery India]
*[http://www.dzogchenmonastery.cn/ Dzogchen history and Dzogchen Monastery Tibet]




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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 6 July 2009

the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Ngedon Sungrab Tenpe Gyaltsen

རྫོགས་ཆེན་དཔོན་སློབ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
rdzogs chen dpon slob rin po che


The first Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Namkha Ösel, is said to have been an emanation of, among others, the great yogis Repa Shiwa Ö (Twelfth Century C.E.) and Melong Dorje (1243-1303). The former was one of the eight heart sons of Milarepa. He worked together with the 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rigdzin, to establish Dzogchen Monastery in 1685. After the death of the latter, the 1st Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche then became abbot of Dzogchen Monastery. Since that time, the succesive Dzogchen Rinpoches have been the abbots of Dzogchen Monastery along with members of the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche line, and members of the Kushok Gemong Rinpoche line.

The current Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was born in 1965 at Rumtek Monastery (Dharma Chakra Center) in Sikkim, Northern India and was raised from a young age by His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rikpey Dorje, supreme head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. His father was Dhamchö Yongdu, the General Secretary of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and his mother was Lekshey Drolma, who comes from a family of intellectuals and artists. His Holiness Karmapa prophesized his birth to his parents before he was conceived. Upon his birth, Karmapa immediately recognized him as the seventh in the line of Dzogchen Ponlop incarnations. As a heart son of the Karmapa, he is one of the highest ranking lineage holders of the Karma Kagyu tradition; he was enthroned at Rumtek Monastery in 1968, when His Holiness Karmapa formally empowered and officially proclaimed him as The Seventh Je-ön Ponlop Rinpoche. He is also a highly esteemed Nyingma master who received many of the Nyingma tranmissions from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and others.[1]

The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was one of seven Rinpoches in the first graduating class from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies (KSNI), the shedra of Rumtek Monastery,[2] and is widely recognized of one of the most brilliant scholars of his generation. In addition, he is also an acknowledged meditation master, poet and artist.

Rinpoche lecturing to Nitartha Int'l

As part of his effort to assist in the integration of computer technology with traditional Tibetan scholarship, Rinpoche founded Nitartha International in 1994. In 1998 he became director of the Kamalashila Institute of Germany, at the request of His Holiness, the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.

He currently resides in Seattle, USA, where he directs the Nalandabodhi sangha and a yearly shedra program, Nitartha Institute, which takes place in Canada.

Main teachers

Published Works

Media

Previous Incarnations

Alternate Names

References

Websites