Nyala Rinpoche
| Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje | |
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| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Lineage | Dzogchen |
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| Born | 1826 |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Tibet |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher |
Adzom Drugpa Nyala Pema Dündul Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen |
| Students | Chogyal Namkhai Norbu |
| Changchub Dorje | |||||||
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| Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་རྡོ་རྗེ་ | ||||||
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Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1826 – 1961/1978) was a teacher of Dzogchen, terton and practitioner of Tibetan medicine. He was born in the Nyarong (nyag rong) region of East Tibet (Kham). Teachers of Nyala Rinpoche were Adzom Drugpa (1842-1924),[1] Nyala Pema Dündul (1816–1872), and Bön luminary Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1934) (shar rdza bkra shis rgyal mtshan).[2]
Nyala Rinpoche organized and lead a community of Dzogchen practitioners in Nyalagar also known as Khamdogar (khams mdo sgar), Dedrol area,[3] Kham. In 1978 he is said to have attained rainbow body. If he was born in 1826 as is claimed, he would have lived to be far older than the oldest man ever documented.
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (b. 1938) is his 'heart-son' or principal disciple (Wylie: snying gi bu ). He also had a daughter, Atha Lhamo.
Notes
- ↑ Gardner, Alexander; Samten Chhosphel (December 2009). "The First Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ↑ Achard, Jean-Luc (May 2013). "Gyelse Tsewang Gyurme". The Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ↑ gdeng grol (sp?). This area is in 'jo rdzong (modern administrative unit Gonjo County (go 'jo))
References
- Norbu, Namkhai (1996). Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State.
- Norbu, Namkhai (2000). The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen.