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2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche

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Gyurme Thekchok Tenzin (Tibetan: གྱུར་མེད་ཐེག་མཆོག་བསྟན་འཛིན, Wylie: gyur med theg mchog bstan vdzin, b.?) was the 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet.

Nomenclature and etymology

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Full nomenclature: Gyurme Thekchok Tenzin Thutop Wangpo Chok Thamchele Nampar Gyalwe De.

Exegesis

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The Second Dzogchen Rinpoche was born in Mongolia.[1]

Teachers

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The Second Dzogchen Rinpoche was a student of Ponlop (Tibetan; "governor"), Rabjampa and other disciples of the 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rikzin; namely: Gyalwang Kalzang Gyatso, Lochen Dharma Shri, Gyalse Peme Gyurme Gyatsho, Terchen Nyima Trakpa and son, Ngor Khenchen Palden Chokyong, amongst others.[1]

The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche was involved with: "...the establishment of the great treasury, the printing house at Lhundrup Teng in Derge, by his patron, the King of Derge."[1]

Sadhana

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The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche is key in the lineage of a number of sadhana (Sanskrit):[1] Phurba Yangsang ("innermost secret practice of Vajrakilaya"), Lama Demchok Khorlo (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Chakrasamvara), Shinje (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Yamantaka), Trochu (Tibetan: Heruka; "ten wrathful deities"), amongst others.

Students

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The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche's principal students were: "...the Second Rabjam Gyurme Kunzang Namgyal, Ponlop Sangngak Tendzin, Nyitrul Pema Thekchok, Jetsunma Migyur Paldron."[1]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kalzang, Tulku. "The Second through Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoches". Dzogchen Monastery. Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-03. From Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin (draft translation by the students of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 1998. Web version omits footnotes.)

References

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Tulku Kalzang. "The Second through Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoches." From: Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin (draft translation by the students of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 1998. Web version omits footnotes.) [1]