His Holiness Dharma King Khabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche IV

 

 


ABOVE: Guru Padmasambhava
LEFT: H.H. Dodrupchen Dharma King (1927- )

Kylmo Lung, Nepal Monks & Nuns at Sera Gonpa. 

Chorten Gonpa Monastery Chorten Gonpa Monastery, Sikkim.

Old picture of original Dodrupchen Monastery, Golok Region, Tibet, taken prior to redevelopment of area.

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His Holiness Dharma King
Khabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche IV

An incarnation of Guru Padmasambhava, H. H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche IV, Thupten Thrinle Palzang, is the holiest great dharma king within the Nyingma lineage. His Holiness is the greatest living Dzogchen or Great Perfection master and the main lineage holder of the Longchen Nyingthik lineage, the highest dharma in Tibet for perfecting the rainbow body. The first Dodrupchen, Jigme Thrinle Oser (1745-1821), was the greatest disciple of Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798). The Third Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima (1865-1926), was both a great scholar and a remarkable yogi (see "DISCOURSES").

The Dharma King's main seat is at Chorten Gonpa Monastery, which His Holiness founded in the outskirts of Gangtok, Sikkim. His Holiness is also the spiritual director of the very small isolated Sera Gonpa (Nubri Monastery) in Kylmo Lung (Peaceful Valley), Nepal. It is unique in that the 50 monks and 50 nuns that study there have identical programs. H. H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche IV is represented in the USA by the Mahasiddha Nyingmapa Center, Kunzang Choling Temple, in Hawley, MA.

See the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for a more detailed biography and H. H. Dharma King Dodrupchen's commentary on the accomplishments of His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III Wan Ko Yeshe Norbu.