Dodrupchen, 4th

Names

Tibetan: རྡོ་གྲུབ་ཆེན་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
Wylie: Rdo grub chen rin po che
rdo grub chen rin po che
Thub bstan phrin las dpal bzang po
Other Transliterations in use:
The 4th Dodrupchen
Kyabjé Dodrupchen Rinpoche, the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tubten Trinlé Pal Zangpo

Dates

b. 1927 in the Golok province of Dokham in the eastern part of Tibet.

Affiliation

Nyingma Dzogchen

The present head of the new Dodrupchen Monastery in Sikkim, India.

Other Biographical Information

Previous Incarnations

• Son of King Krikri, at the time of Buddha Kashyapa
• Prince Murub Tsenpo

The Dodrupchen Incarnations

1. Dodrupchen Jikmé Trinlé Özer - 'jigs med 'phrin las 'od zer (1745-1821)
2. Dodrupchen Jikmé Puntsok Jungné - 'jigs med phun tshogs 'byung gnas(1824-1863)
3. Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima - 'jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma (1865-1926)
4. Dodrupchen Rigdzin Tenpé Gyaltsen - rig 'dzin bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan (1927-1961) & Dodrupchen Tubten Trinlé Pal Zang (b.1927)

Writings

Dodrupchen, 4th on the DRL

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

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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.