Pema Rigtsal

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Authors of Tibetan Works Category:Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Category:Tulkus
MainNamePhon	HE Tulku Pema Rigtsal
MainNameTib	པདྨ་རིག་རྩལ་
MainNameWylie	pad+ma rig rtsal
SortName	Pema Rigtsal
bio	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).
YearBirth	1963
associatedwebsite	https://www.namkhyung.org/
affiliation	Namkha Khyung Dzong Monastery
affiliationsecondary	Upper Dudjom Lineage
religiousaffiliation	Nyingma
StudentOf	mkhan chen zla zer
BDRC	https://library.bdrc.io/show/bdr:P3JM117
Treasury of Lives	https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/pad+ma-rig-rtsal/12921
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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.