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

Primary Lineage

• Longchen Nyingthig

Publications

• lta grub shan 'byed gnad kyi sgron me yi tshig don rnam bshad 'jam dbyangs dgongs rgyan
• sher phyin mngon par rtogs pa'i rgyan gyi tshig don rnam par bshad pa ma pham zhal lung
• 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)
• Böpa Tulku (bod pa sprul sku)
• Bötrül Tamchey Khyenpa
• Bötrül Rinpoche

Internal Links

• Another page under the name Pöpa Tulku [1]
• Small biography in Tibetan--wylie at [2]

External Links

• Brief lineage [3]
• A biography written by Khenpo Pentse [4]