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I added material to this page. With respect, since Rinpoche has been my teacher since 1991. Point it: I consider it inappropriate for me to sign what I add there. I'm more than happy to acknowledge my work here. Karma Chopal aka ==BenTremblay (talk) 05:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Monk?

His biography says, "Rinpoche . . was ordained as a novice monk in 1974." But it does not say if he is now a bhikshu or a layperson now. Does anyone know? Sylvain1972 (talk) 13:23, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He is one of 3 abbots (and so officially a monk) of Dzogchen Monastery and is also is the highest ranking Rinpoche at Rumtek Monastery, and at public appearances, he almost always wears his robes. He lives as a layperson most of the time when not in public, as far as I know. Source: http://www.nalandabodhi.org/teachers/the-dzogchen-ponlop-rinpoche/history.aspx and personal experience. Tdd4000 (talk) 06:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but in the Nyingma tradition non-monks wear robes. This has also become more common in the Kagyu tradition--Traleg Rinpoche is a high ranking Rinpoche, for instance, and wears robes, but he is a layperson.Sylvain1972 (talk) 14:04, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I talked to one of his senior students. Rinpoche was formerly a bhikṣu (dge long), but returned his vows and is now a lay teacher.Sylvain1972 (talk) 16:49, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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He relates that he and the other reincarnated boys under the Karmapa’s charge slept right next to the Karmapa’s quarters, and that the Karmapa would wake them up very early every morning — at about 3 am — when they would begin their day.

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His Holiness the 16th Karmapa and His Holiness the Dalai Lama recognized Rinpoche as a reincarnate lama of the Nyingma tradition, the seventh incarnation in the Dzogchen Ponlop lineage. He was formally enthroned as the 7th Dzogchen Ponlop at Rumtek in 1968, at the age of three. In addition to his being raised and trained by the Karmapa, Rinpoche’s formative years included studying intensively and receiving extensive lineage transmissions from some of the greatest Buddhist masters from Tibet’s pre-exile generation: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche (chief Abbot of the Kagyu lineage), Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, his root guru. In 1979 (when Rinpoche was fourteen), the 16th Karmapa proclaimed Ponlop Rinpoche to be a heart son of the Gyalwang Karmapa and a holder of his Karma Kagyu lineage. In this way, Rinpoche came to hold the Kagyu lineage as well as the Nyingma lineage into which he was born.

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a remarkably bright student with a formidable talent for debate.

WP:PUFFERY. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 06:20, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not to mention the WP:COPYVIO from More About Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche - REINCARNATION. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 15:37, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Joshua Johnathan, thanks for the clear explanations of reasons for these reversions, and Wikipedia guidelines. I'm a new editor, as you can guess, and learning my way around. I do intend to try again at updating this page, but will do so in a more measured, incremental way with reference to the Wiki-policy links you provided. Thanks. Jempa tharchin (talk) 23:22, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]