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Planets ([[gza']])
<span class=TibUni16>[[རྫོགས་ཆེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་པདྨ་རིག་འཛིན།]]</span> —([[rdzogs chen rin po che pad ma rig 'dzin]])
*The so-called "eight planets" ([[gza' brgyad]]) are known throughout the Indian and Chinese traditions and give their names to the days of the week. They comprise the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn after whom the days Sunday through to Saturday are respectively named, along with Rāhu, the eclipser, who infiltrates the other seven. Unlike the Indian tradition, which emphasises the celestial position of the planets, the calculations employed in elemental divination are based on the relationships formed by the elements to which the eight planets correspond. Accordingly, the Sun and Mars represent fire, and have power over the south. The Moon and Mercury represent water, and have power over the north. Jupiter represents wood and has power over the east. Venus represents iron and has power over the west. Saturn represents earth, and has power over the intermediate directions.
[[Image:1 dzogchen rinpoche.jpg|frame| 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche Pema Rigdzin]]
*These planets are said to form outer, intermediate, and inner aspects when they respectively govern the sexagenary cycle, the twelve year cycle, and the eight trigrams. In the first case, Saturn rules the twenty-eight earth and iron years, Jupiter the twelve wood years, Mars the twelve fire years, and Mercury the twelve water years. In the second case, Mars rules the mouse, dragon, and monkey years, Jupiter the bird, ox, and snake years, Saturn the tiger, horse and dog years, and Mercury the pig, sheep, and hare years. Then, in the third case, Saturn is the planet corresponding to Li and Kham in the case of male subjects, and Mars in the case of female subjects. Mars is the planet corresponding to Dva and Zin in the case of male subjects, and Saturn in the case of female subjects. Jupiter is the planet corresponding to Khen and Zon in the case of male subjects, and Mercury in the case of female subjects. Mercury is the planet corresponding to Gin and Khon in the case of male subjects, and Jupiter in the case of females.
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*The calendar days of the lunar month may also be named sequentially after the planets to determine prognoses of growth and decline ([[see Part II, pp. 000-000), while in natal horoscope there are calculations concerning the impact on childbirth of greater and lesser planetary conjunctions ([[gza' chung ba dang che ba]]), a triple planetary conjunction ([[gza' gsum 'dom]]), a triple planetary alliance ([[gza' spun gsum]]), an extraneous planetary aspect ([[gza' gzhan skyes]]), and the mother's planetary luck aspects. In marriage divination, there are further calculations which consider the opportune nuptial planets or weekdays for a wedding ceremony ([[gza'i lam rtsis]]). [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
The first [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]] was heralded in the prophesies of many great lamas, including those of HH Fifth Dalai Lama and the great treasure revealer Dundul Dorje. He was held to be an incarnation of many masters including the Buddha Ratnasikhin, Guru Rinpoche, Mahasiddha Saraha, the great pandita [[Vimalamitra]]'s and [[Je Tsongkhapa]]. The master himself experienced meditative visions of these previous lives.


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Born in 1625 in Riboche near Chamdo, Pema Rinzin was a child of genuine compassion and renunciation. He studied the sutras and tantras with over thirty great spiritual masters, including treasure revealer Tulku Dundul Dorje and Nadak Choki Wangpo, and became highly learned. Most importantly, in his twenty-ninth year, Pema Rinzin met with the Dzogchen master Baka Tulku Rinzin Chokyi Gyatso, who gave him the complete Heart Essence of the [[Dakini]] empowerments, transmissions and instructions of the oral lineage.
 
After that Pema Rinzin lived as an ascetic in many important retreat places, including Guru Rinpoche’s cave at Chimpu in Samye, Mt. Kailais and Balgi Tsari. Enduring terrible hardships, he practised Dzogchen with great fortitude. He actualised the view of trekcho and perfected the power of spontaneous thogal. He became known widely as the Great Siddha Dzogchen Pema Rinzin.
 
His Holiness the Great Fifth Dalai Lama engaged Pema Rinzin as his meditation teacher and received from him the complete personal instructions of Dzogchen, so that both master’s minds became inextricably united in the dharma. Following this, Pema Rinzin received many prophesies from Guru Rinpoche, and the Fifth Dalai Lama predicted the founding of [[Dzogchen Monastery]].
 
The prophesies were fulfilled when, at the age of sixty, Pema Rinzin journeyed on-foot to Kham, Eastern Tibet, and in 1685 established Dzogchen monastery Orgyen Samten Choling in the Rudam valley. The king of Dege Sangye Denpa became a patron and temples were constructed. Over a thousand students gathered to receive and practise the teachings that the master gave.
 
From the countless number of students who practised under Pema Rinzin, most outstanding were the treasure revealer Nyima Trakpa, the First Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche Tenpe Gyaltsen and Dzogchen lineage holder Ponlop Rinpoche Namkha Osel. Each of these masters gradually developed his own teaching tradition and the lineage of clear light Dzogpa Chenpo spread far and wide.
 
Having greatly benefited the teachings and all beings, Dzogchen Pema Rinzin passed away in 1697 at the age of seventy-two.
===Literary Works===
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===Main Teachers===
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===Main Students===
*[[Jebon Pema Kundrol Namgyal]]
*[[Dzogchen Ponlop Namkha Osel]]
*[[Nyidak Lama Kalzang Wangden]]<br>
===Main Lineages===
*[[Nyingthig Yabzhi]]<br>
===Alternate Names===
*[[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]<br>
===Other Reference Sources===
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རྫོགས་ཆེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་པདྨ་རིག་འཛིན། —(rdzogs chen rin po che pad ma rig 'dzin)

1st Dzogchen Rinpoche Pema Rigdzin

The first Dzogchen Rinpoche was heralded in the prophesies of many great lamas, including those of HH Fifth Dalai Lama and the great treasure revealer Dundul Dorje. He was held to be an incarnation of many masters including the Buddha Ratnasikhin, Guru Rinpoche, Mahasiddha Saraha, the great pandita Vimalamitra's and Je Tsongkhapa. The master himself experienced meditative visions of these previous lives.

Born in 1625 in Riboche near Chamdo, Pema Rinzin was a child of genuine compassion and renunciation. He studied the sutras and tantras with over thirty great spiritual masters, including treasure revealer Tulku Dundul Dorje and Nadak Choki Wangpo, and became highly learned. Most importantly, in his twenty-ninth year, Pema Rinzin met with the Dzogchen master Baka Tulku Rinzin Chokyi Gyatso, who gave him the complete Heart Essence of the Dakini empowerments, transmissions and instructions of the oral lineage.

After that Pema Rinzin lived as an ascetic in many important retreat places, including Guru Rinpoche’s cave at Chimpu in Samye, Mt. Kailais and Balgi Tsari. Enduring terrible hardships, he practised Dzogchen with great fortitude. He actualised the view of trekcho and perfected the power of spontaneous thogal. He became known widely as the Great Siddha Dzogchen Pema Rinzin.

His Holiness the Great Fifth Dalai Lama engaged Pema Rinzin as his meditation teacher and received from him the complete personal instructions of Dzogchen, so that both master’s minds became inextricably united in the dharma. Following this, Pema Rinzin received many prophesies from Guru Rinpoche, and the Fifth Dalai Lama predicted the founding of Dzogchen Monastery.

The prophesies were fulfilled when, at the age of sixty, Pema Rinzin journeyed on-foot to Kham, Eastern Tibet, and in 1685 established Dzogchen monastery Orgyen Samten Choling in the Rudam valley. The king of Dege Sangye Denpa became a patron and temples were constructed. Over a thousand students gathered to receive and practise the teachings that the master gave.

From the countless number of students who practised under Pema Rinzin, most outstanding were the treasure revealer Nyima Trakpa, the First Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche Tenpe Gyaltsen and Dzogchen lineage holder Ponlop Rinpoche Namkha Osel. Each of these masters gradually developed his own teaching tradition and the lineage of clear light Dzogpa Chenpo spread far and wide.

Having greatly benefited the teachings and all beings, Dzogchen Pema Rinzin passed away in 1697 at the age of seventy-two.

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Main Teachers

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