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Padma Rigdzin (padma rig 'dzin) was the first Dzogchen Rinpoche. He studied with many renowned teachers, including the great fifth Dalai Lama and Karma Chakme, and attained mastery of both the Mahamudra and Dzogchen teachings. In 1684, he established Dzogchen Monastery in Eastern Tibet, which eventually became one of the six main monasteries of the Nyingma tradition.

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-'''heruka''' ([[khrag 'thung]]). Literally, 'blood drinker.' A wrathful deity; drinker of the blood of ego-clinging.
+'''Padma Rigdzin''' ([[padma rig 'dzin]]) was the first '''[[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]'''. He studied with many renowned teachers, including the great [[fifth Dalai Lama]] and [[Karma Chakme]], and attained mastery of both the [[Mahamudra]] and [[Dzogchen]] teachings. In 1684, he established '''[[Dzogchen Monastery]]''' in Eastern Tibet, which eventually became one of the six main monasteries of the [[Nyingma]] tradition.
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-"HE" is the cause or ground, dharmakaya, the future, and the emancipation of non-formation. "RU" is the place, disintegration, the path and thus it is the past, the emancipation of marklessness. "KA" is the particular, the fruition and thus it is the present, nirmanakaya and the emancipation of wishlessness. In another way, hela means "drinking" or "enjoying" ([[rol pa]]), rudhira means "blood" and [[kapala]] means "bliss sustainer" or "skull cup." Translated into Tibetan heruka means "enjoying/ drinking the blood of the skull" ([[thod pa'i khrag la rol pa]]). That is to say, having drunken the blood of the ego-clinging and disturbing emotions in one's own stream-of-being, the heruka is drinking the the blood of the ego-clinging and disturbing emotions in stream-of-being of other disciples. In short, heruka means blood-drinker (khrag 'thung). From ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]''.
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