Khenpo

Name of teacher བོད་སྤྲུལ་མདོ་སྔགས་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མ།(mdo sngags bstan pa'i nyi ma)

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Short bio of teacher

Born in 1907 and recognized as a reincarnation of Dza Patrul Rinpoche, Botrul Dongak Tempei Nyima spent thirty-seven years studying under his main teacher Khenpo Kunpal and at Dzogchen. Khenpo Kunpal being one of Ju Mipham Rinpoche's main lineage holders, pasted this lineage onto Botrul Rinpoche, thus becoming the spiritual heir of Mipham Rinpoche system within his generation. Soon Botrul Rinpoche became a highly regarded teacher and taught at the monastic collages or shedras of Shechen, Gekong, Kathog. Drigung and Dzogchen Shri Singha, as well as establishing one shedra at Shechen. [BL]

Primary Teachers

• Khenpo Kunpal
• Dzogchen Rinpoche Thupten Chokyi Dorje
• Khenpo Ngakchung
• Chatralwa Choying Rangdrol

Primary Students

• Khenchen Thupten Ozer
• Khenchen Pema Tsewang
• Tarthang Tulku
• Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche
• Khenpo Jigme Phuntsog

Publications

• lta grub shan 'byed gnad kyi sgron me yi tshig don rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs dgongs rgyan bzhugs//
• sher phyin mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan gyi tshig don rnam par bshad pa ma pham zhal lung zhes bya ba bzhugs//
• dbu ma bzhi brgya pa'i tshig don rnam par bshad pa klu dbang dgongs rgyan//

Alternate Names & Spellings

• Poba Tulku Kunzik Dongak Tenpei Nyima (bod pa sprul sku kun gzigs mdo sngags bstan pa'i nyi ma)
• Thupten Shedrup Thosam Gyamtso (thub bstan bshad sgrub thos bsam rgya mtsho)
• Poba Tulku (bod pa sprul sku)
• Bötrül Tamchey Khyenpa
• Böpa Tulku

Internal Links

• Longer biography [1]
• Brief lineage [2]