Dudjom Rinpoche brief biography
ཨ་འཛོམ་འབྲུག་པ།
a 'dzom 'brug pa
Small Biography
- (A 'dzom 'brug pa): 1842-1924 [MR] Known as 'The Wanderers Tamer'
Adzom Drukpa (1842-1924) — Drodul Pawo Dorje ('gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje); Was the incarnation of Ma Rinchen Chok (rma rin chen mchog) and one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the early twentieth Century. He was the disciple of both Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Paltrul Rinpoche, and teacher to the 2nd Jamyang Khyentse, Chokyi Lodro. Trusted dharma-friend and contemporary to Jamgön Mipham, he received teaching and transmission from such master as; Kathog Situ, Shechen Thutob Namgyal, Kongtrul Lodro Thaye and Kathok Moktsa Rinpoche. Also received visions of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa, whereby he was taught directly, and Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal. After taking up the life style of a Terton, he became an inheritor of hidden-treasure and prolific author. Thus he was one of the most important masters of Longchen Nyingtig lineage and essential link in the Nyingtig’s Oral-transmission of Yeshe Lama and Tsa-Lung. Two of his main student were is sons Agyur Rinpoche and Pema Wangyal, however 13 of his students were known to have achieved rainbow body. [BL]
Literary Works
Main Teachers
- Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (rig ‘dzin ‘jigs med gling pa)
- Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
- Paltrul Rinpoche
- Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
- Mipham Rinpoche
- Shechen Thutob Namgyal
- Pema Dongak Tendzin (pad ma mdo sngags bstan ‘dzin)
- Nyakla Pema Dudul
- Shakya Shri
- Rago Tulku (ra mgo sprul sku)
- Dzogchen Rinpoche Thupten Chokyi Dorje
- Shechen Gyaltsap
- Shechen Rabjam Gyurme Tenpe Nyima
- Shechen Bairo Rinpoche
- Kathok Situ Chokyi Lodro
- Do Rinpoche
- Gemang Khenpo Yonga
Main Students
- Mipham Rinpoche
- Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
- Yukhok Chatralwa
- Kathok Moktsa Jigdrel Chogkyi Langpo
- Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje
- Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
- Adzom Gyalse Pema Wangyal (padma dbang rgyal)
- Shakya Shri
- Rago Tulku (ra mgo sprul sku)
- Dzogchen Rinpoche Thupten Chokyi Dorje
- Shechen Gyaltsap
- Shechen Rabjam Gyurme Tenpe Nyima
- Kathok Situ Chokyi Gyatso
- Shechen Bairo Rinpoche
- Do Rinpoche
- Gemang Khenpo Yonga
- Khenpo Thubten Nyendrak
Main Lineages
- Longchen Nyingthig
- Longsel Nyingpo (klong gsal snying po)
- Dudul Dorje's Terma
- Chetsun Nyingthig (lce btsun snying thig)
- Rinchen Terdzo (rin chen gter mdzod)
Alternate Names & Spellings
- rig 'dzin sna tshogs rang grol rtsal the initiation name of Adzom Drukpa given to him by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
- Adzam Drugpa (a 'dzam 'brug pa)
- Drodul Pawo Dorje ('gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje)
- a dzoms 'brug pa
- a dzom 'brug pa