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[[zur thams cad mkhyen pa chos dbyings rang grol gyi rnam thar theg mchog bstan pa'i shing rta]] - {[[rgyal ba lnga pa chen po ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho]] [[mdzad pa]], [[zhu dag byed]] [[pa]] [[po]] [[slob dpon]] [[gnag]] [[mdog]]}; [[Dalai Lama V]] (1617-1682). ([[RY]])
[[Image:ZurchenChoyingRangdrol.jpg|frame|Zur Choying Rangdrol]]
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[ཟུར་ཆེན་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རང་གྲོལ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[[zur chen chos dbyings rang grol]]</noinclude><br>
===Short biography===
'''Zurchen Choying Rangdrol''' (1604-1669), Born to the Zur family, his father [[Zurchen Zhonu Dondrub]], was an incarnation of [[Rigdzin Kumaradza]] and his mother, Tsenden Yidzin, was said to be a dakini. Choying Rangdrol himself was an incarnation of [[Trungpa Konchok Rinchen]] and [[Nyak Jnanakumara]]. At the age of nine he met [[Rigdzin Ngagi Wangpo]] who instatntly recognized the young boy as a special incarnation who would greatly benefit beings and the teachings and specifically the [[Nyingmapa]] doctrine. From that time he began to receive teachings from all branches of the [[Nyingma]] school, but especially the [[Northern Treasures]] of [[Rigdzin Godemchen]]. From his seventeenth year, he began to study and practice the [[Guhyagarbha Tantra]] (The Root Tantra of the Maha Yoga) so that by the age of twenty he was able and ready to teach it himself. After hearing his teaching, Ngagi Wangpo draped a silk scarf around his neck and his reputation began to be wide spread.<br>
 
His teaching on the [[Guyagarbha]] in particular passed to Lhodrak [[Peling Sungtrul]] (the 4th [[Padma Lingpa]] incarnation) Tsultrim Dorje who taught it even more widely. The great [[5th Dalai Lama]] honored Choying Rangdrol as his root teacher, receiving the Northern Treasures from him. In particular, the Great Fifth relied on Choying Rangdrol for teachings on the Great Perfection practices unitl the confidence of nirvana was born within him. Eventually, he retired to Kungtang where he spent the latter part of his life teaching beings from throughout Tibet, China and Mongolia.<br>
===Literary Works===
*<br>
===Main Teachers===
*Kathokpa [[Padma Mati]]
*[[Gonpo Sonam Chogden]]
*[[Sangdak Trinley Lhundrub]]
*[[Zurchen Zhonu Dondrub]] (father)
*Nangsel Rinpoche, Ngawang Yeshe Trupa (??)
*Peljor Lhundrub of Phawangkha (??)<br>
 
===Main Students===
*[[Dordrak Rigdzin Chenpo Pema Trinley]]
*[[Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso]]
*[[Gonpo Sonam Chogden]]
*[[Sangdak Trinley Lhundrub]]
*Kathok [[Padmamati]]<br>
===Main Lineages===
*[[Jangter]]<br>
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*[[Zur Choying Rangdrol]]
*[[Zur Tamche Khyenpa]]
*[[Zurchen Tamche Khyenpa]]<br>
===Other Resources===
*[[zur thams cad mkhyen pa chos dbyings rang grol gyi rnam thar theg mchog bstan pa'i shing rta]] - {[[rgyal ba lnga pa chen po ngag dbang blo bzang rgya mtsho]] [[mdzad pa]], [[zhu dag byed]] [[pa]] [[po]] [[slob dpon]] [[gnag]] [[mdog]]}; [[Dalai Lama V]] (1617-1682). ([[RY]])<br>
*zur chos dbyings rang grol - Zur Chöying Rangdröl: 1604-1669 [RY]
*chos dbyings rang grol - zur thams cad mkhyen pa [RY]
===Internal Links===
*[[Dorje Drak Monastery]]<br>
===External Links===
*[http://northerntreasures.org/lineage.htm The northerntreasures.org Link]
*[http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail.xq;jsessionid=77543564FA2F958F88B3B5751BE04292?RID=P650 The TBRC Link]<br>
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Latest revision as of 01:52, 10 February 2009

Zur Choying Rangdrol

ཟུར་ཆེན་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་རང་གྲོལ།
zur chen chos dbyings rang grol

Short biography

Zurchen Choying Rangdrol (1604-1669), Born to the Zur family, his father Zurchen Zhonu Dondrub, was an incarnation of Rigdzin Kumaradza and his mother, Tsenden Yidzin, was said to be a dakini. Choying Rangdrol himself was an incarnation of Trungpa Konchok Rinchen and Nyak Jnanakumara. At the age of nine he met Rigdzin Ngagi Wangpo who instatntly recognized the young boy as a special incarnation who would greatly benefit beings and the teachings and specifically the Nyingmapa doctrine. From that time he began to receive teachings from all branches of the Nyingma school, but especially the Northern Treasures of Rigdzin Godemchen. From his seventeenth year, he began to study and practice the Guhyagarbha Tantra (The Root Tantra of the Maha Yoga) so that by the age of twenty he was able and ready to teach it himself. After hearing his teaching, Ngagi Wangpo draped a silk scarf around his neck and his reputation began to be wide spread.

His teaching on the Guyagarbha in particular passed to Lhodrak Peling Sungtrul (the 4th Padma Lingpa incarnation) Tsultrim Dorje who taught it even more widely. The great 5th Dalai Lama honored Choying Rangdrol as his root teacher, receiving the Northern Treasures from him. In particular, the Great Fifth relied on Choying Rangdrol for teachings on the Great Perfection practices unitl the confidence of nirvana was born within him. Eventually, he retired to Kungtang where he spent the latter part of his life teaching beings from throughout Tibet, China and Mongolia.

Literary Works


Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

Other Resources

Internal Links

External Links

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