Pema Rigtsal

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པདྨ་རིག་རྩལ་

Wylie	pad+ma rig rtsal
English Phonetics	HE Tulku Pema Rigtsal
Sort Name	Pema Rigtsal

Dates

Birth:	1963

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	https://www.namkhyung.org/

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery

Secondary Affiliation

Upper Dudjom Lineage

Religious Affiliation

Nyingma

Teachers

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Biographical Information

Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche is the Supreme Head of Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery in Humla, Nepal ("upper Dudjom lineage" known as Namkha Khyung Dzong, formerly based at Mount Kailash in Tibet). At the age of three he was recognized by Dudjom Rinpoche as the reincarnation of “Chimed Rinpoche,” who is the emanation of the Great Indian Siddha “Dampa Sangye” and spiritual head of the renowned Shedphel Ling Monastery in Ngari, Tibet. In 1985 he reconstructed the Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery in Humla, Nepal, and has taught the 13 major philosophical texts (Shungchen Chusum) for 24 years. His religious guidance has inspired hundreds of ascetics and other practitioners in Tibet.

Rinpoche has studied the Vajrayana tradition of the Nyingma lineage from renowned spiritual masters: Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Domang Yangthang Rinpoche. (Source Accessed January 23, 2024)

According to Rigpa Wiki: Tulku Pema Rigtsal gives teachings on the Dudjom Tersar Ngöndro, the The Words of My Perfect Teacher, Bodhicharyavatara, and the Richö, Nang Jang, Neluk Rangjung, and other Dudjom Tersar teachings, to the people of Humla and those from the Ngari part of Tibet.

Tulku Pema Rigtsal also holds Summer and Winter Dharma Teaching sessions every year for more than five hundred practitioners including monks, ngakpas (yogis) and nuns residing in Humla and Ngari, Tibet. Hundreds of hermits are practising in caves and solitary locations in Humla, Nepal and Ngari, Tibet under his instruction and guidance.

Among his writings, there are:

a commentary on the Calling The Lama From Afar of Dudjom Rinpoche

a biography of the Degyal Rinpoche (the first).

his first book in Tibetan, entitled “Semkyi Sangwa Ngontu Phyungwa” (translated and published in English as The Great Secret of Mind).

Links

BDRC Link (PP3JM117)

https://library.bdrc.io/show/bdr:P3JM117

Treasury of Lives Link

https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/pad+ma-rig-rtsal/12921

Wiki Pages

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.