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[[Image:Ponlop_Rinpoche.jpg|right|'''the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Ngedon Sungrab Tenpe Gyaltsen''']]
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.
The first Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 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|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.


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 His Holiness the Sixteenth 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 is also a highly esteemed Nyingma master who received many of the Nyingma tranmissions from [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], and others.  He was enthroned as The Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche at Rumtek Monastery in 1968.<ref>[http://www.dpr.info/biography.htm The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info]</ref>
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>


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.
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.
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===Published Works===
===Published Works===
*''Wild Awakening''. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
*Rinpoche's teachings have been widely published in [http://www.bodhionline.org Bodhi Magazine].
*''Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra''. Vancouver: Siddhi Publications (New edition forthcoming from Snow Lion Publications)
*"[http://www.snowlionpub.com/search.php?isbn=MIBEDE Mind Beyond Death]" (Snow Lion Publications, 2007)
*''Mind Beyond Death''. Forthcoming from [http://www.snowlionpub.com/ Snow Lion Publications]
*"[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).  
 
===Media===
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/tenam15 Tenam's Channel on YouTube] (DPR and others)
* [http://www.dpr.info/teachings.htm Teachings at DPR.ingo] (MP3, video, and PDF)
* [http://nalandabodhi.org/teachings.html Articles at Nalandabodhi.org]


====Previous Incarnations====
=== Previous Incarnations ===
*1st [[Dzogchen Ponlop Namkha Osel]]
*1st [[Dzogchen Ponlop Namkha Osel]]
*2nd [[Dzogchen Ponlop Pema Sangngak Tendzin]]
*2nd [[Dzogchen Ponlop Pema Sangngak Tendzin]]
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*[[Ponlop Rinpoche]] (dpon slob rin po che)
*[[Ponlop Rinpoche]] (dpon slob rin po che)
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop]] (rdzogs chen dpon slob)
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop]] (rdzogs chen dpon slob)
*Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen ([[Karma gsung rab nges don bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan]])<ref>[http://www.dpr.info/biography.htm The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info]</ref>
*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]]
*[[rje dpon rin po che]]


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

  1. ↑ The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info
  2. ↑ Dharma Chakra Center - Welcome | Rumtek.org
  3. ↑ The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen (1965-present) | DPR.info

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