Dudjom rinpoche biography of michaels

Tibetan Lama (1904–1987)

Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje^[1] (Tibetan: བདུད་འཇོམས་འཇིགས་བྲལ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: bdud 'joms 'jigs bral ye shes rdo rje, THLDüjom Jikdrel Yéshé Dorjé) was known simply as Dudjom Rinpoche (10 June 1904 – 17 January 1987).^[2] He is considered by many Tibetan Buddhists to be from an important Tulku lineage of Terton Dudul Dorje (1615–1672),^[3] and was recognized as the incarnation of TertonDudjom Lingpa (1835–1904), a renowned treasure revealer.

He was a direct incarnation of both Padmasambhava^[4][5] and Dudjom Lingpa.^[1] He was a Nyingmahouseholder, a yogi, and a Vajrayana and Dzogchen master. According to his secretary Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal and many others, he was revered as "His Holiness" (Kyabje) and as a "Master of Masters".^[6][1][7]

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