Dza Kilung Rinpoche

Dza Kilung Rinpoche

H.E. Dza Kilung Tulku Jigme Rinpochewas born in 1970 and is head of Kilung Monastery in the Dzachuka District of Kham, Tibet, which he has been working to reestablish as a center of learning and practice since he was a teenager. He has been teaching in the West since 1998 and regularly accepts invitations to teach in Boston, Beijing, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, and Argentina. His home in the West is on Whidbey Island near Seattle, Washington, and he divides his time among Washington, his community in Tibet, and his students worldwide.

Dza Kilung Rinpoche

H.E. Dza Kilung Tulku Jigme Rinpochewas born in 1970 and is head of Kilung Monastery in the Dzachuka District of Kham, Tibet, which he has been working to reestablish as a center of learning and practice since he was a teenager. He has been teaching in the West since 1998 and regularly accepts invitations to teach in Boston, Beijing, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, and Argentina. His home in the West is on Whidbey Island near Seattle, Washington, and he divides his time among Washington, his community in Tibet, and his students worldwide.
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The Great Fourth Dodrubchen Rinpoche

Kyabje Thupten Thrinle Palzang, the fourth Dodrubchen (Dodrupchen) Rinpoche passed away on January 25, 2022.  An incalculable loss for the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and for several of us here at Shambhala Publications who knew and loved Rinpoche.

The fourth in a succession of masters whose name means "great siddha from the region of Do", he was a guide to countless other great lamas.  He founded a center in western Massachusetts, the Maha Siddha Nyingmapa Center.

Rare video footage of Dodrubchen Rinpoche in Sikkim and the US, with Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and others.

The line of Dodrubchens consists of:

  1. The First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer (1745-1821)
  2. The Second Dodrubchen,Jigme Phuntsok Jungne (1824-1863)
  3. The Third Dodrubchen,Jigme Tenpe Nyima (1865-1926)
  4. The Fourth Dodrubchen Rigdzin Tenpe Gyaltsen )(192701961)
  5. The Fourth Dodrubchen Thubten Thrinle Palzang (1927-2022)

*Note, there were two Fourths

Books Featuring the Fourth Dodrubchen Rinpoche

Masters of Meditation and Miracles

$34.95 - Paperback

By: Tulku Thondup

This magisterial work covers the entire Longchen Nyingtik tradition stemming from Jigme Lingpa, including the whole Dodrubchen line given that Jigme Lingpa's main disciple was the first Dodrubchen Rinpoche.

Please enjoy the full chapter on we are offering here in appreciation of his immeasurable activity.

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Incarnation

$18.95 - Paperback

By: Jamgon Mipham & Tulku Thondup

Tulku Thondup's short work on the tulku tradition includes many stories of his teacher, Dodrubchen Rinpoche.

This and the other volumes in the Complete Nyingma Tradition were written by Choying Tobden Dorje, a close disciple of the First Dodrubchen,  Jigmé Trinlé Özer who referred to the author as "this northern black mantra adept, like a meteorite dagger, is the designated inheritor of an ocean of wrathful mantras."

Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lordro was deeply connected with both the Third and Fourth Dodrubchen masters and stories of them both appear throughout.

The Third Dodrubchen Rinpoche appears in many of the stories of Patrul Rinpoche.

Important Students of Dodrubchen Rinpoche

Most lamas from the Nyingma tradition have a strong connection with Dodrubchen Rinpoche.  Here are a few who are also our authors.

Dzongsar Khyentse on the Teacher-Student Relationship

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Dzongsar Khyentse, describing Dodrubchen Rinpoche: "Probably the last genuine non hypocritical, fearless man on earth. He must live long. His mere presence on this earth is proof that there is not only path mahasandhi but also a person mahasandhi. I will dedicate all my merit, if there is any, and dedicate it to his long life."

tulku thondup

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche

Tulku Thondup is a close disciple of Dodrubchen Rinpoche and has written extensively about him and the Longchen Nyingtik lineage.

Rabjam Rinpoche

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche

Rabjam Rinpoche, describing Dodrubchen Rinpoche: "Dodrupchen Rinpoche was the last of a generation of great Dzogchen practitioners and the principal holder of the Longchen Nyingtik lineage. He was a compelling and compassionate teacher, extremely humble and unassuming.

We always felt like we were under his protection. Rinpoche’s passing into parinirvana is a significant loss for the Buddhadharma, especially for the Nyingma tradition, both inside and outside Tibet."
Anyen Rinpoche

Anyen Rinpoche

Anyen Rinpoche was raised in Tibet and has a strong connection with Dodrubchen Rinpoche.

Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche

Dzigar Kongtul Rinpoche on Dodrupchen Rinpoche: "He touched countless lives. Simply seeing him, and especially receiving teachings from him, has brought many onto the Dzogchen path and assured their liberation through the power of his blessings. The loss of him from this world brings us all a heavy heart, but we pray that another nirmanakaya will swiftly return as the fifth Dodrup Rinpoche to carry on the Great Perfection Nyingtik lineage and thus bring immense benefit."

Dza Kilung Rinpoche

Dza Kilung Rinpoche

Kilung Rinpoche is was recognized as a tulku by Dodrubchen Rinpoche who came and consecrated his center in Washington state.

Books Related to the Previous Lives of Dodrubchen Rinpoche

This is only a small sample as the Dodrubchen tradition appears in a large amount of our list.

A staff favorite, this includes the Third Dodrubchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima's

  • The Final Roar of a Scholar-Lion: Advice in Response to the Request of the Faithful, Diligent, and Intelligent Deshul Drakden
  • A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing: On the Ignorance of the Learned
  • Remembrance of Awareness Present: Advice for the Devoted Student Gyurme Dorje
  • Portrait of the Master as a Young Tulku: Answers to Questions on the Great Perfection

This and the other volumes in the Complete Nyingma Tradition were written by Choying Tobden Dorje, a close disciple of the First Dodrubchen,  Jigmé Trinlé Özer who referred to the author as "this northern black mantra adept, like a meteorite dagger, is the designated inheritor of an ocean of wrathful mantras."

Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lordro was deeply connected with both the Third and Fourth Dodrubchen masters and stories of them both appear throughout.

The Third Dodrubchen Rinpoche appears in many of the stories of Patrul Rinpoche.

The Heart of Unconditional Love

$18.95 - Paperback

By: Tulku Thondup

This incredible book by Tulku Thondup includes translations of many instructions by the Third Dodrubchen as well as one by the First Dodrubchen.

Confusion Arises as Wisdom

$22.95 - Paperback

By: Ringu Tulku

Ringu Tulku relates a bit about the Dodrubchen line, as well as a story about the Third Dodrubchen Rinpoche being concerned about the teaching of  Dzogchen and how easy misunderstandings can arise.

Various Dodrubchens appear throughout the writing in this collection, all about the main Rigdzin Dupa, the main Lama practice of the Longchen Nyingtik.

The Third Dodrubchen Rinpoche appears in much of this book by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Kilung Rinpoche Profile

We were pleased to have Dza Kilung Rinpoche founder of Pema Kilaya and the Kilung Foundation.  Rinpoche paid a few visits to our Shambhala Publications' Prajna Studios in Boulder and we are delighted to share a series of videos where he discusses his book, The Relaxed Mind.  We will also be offering a course with him in 2017.

Born in 1970, Rinpoche was officially discovered as a tulku in his youth. There had been signs that he was a reincarnated lama before, during and after his birth, but because of tumultuous times, all such information was kept secret. He was later recognized by a series of lamas, and confirmed to be the reincarnation of H.H. Jigme Ngotsar Gyatso. These lamas include H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, H.H. Minling Trichen Rinpoche, H.H. Dodrupchen Rinpoche, and H.E. Dzogchen Rinpoche.

As a young teenager, Kilung Rinpoche completed a three-year retreat in secret with his first teacher, Kyab-lo, of Dzagya Monastery. In his later teens, Rinpoche was able, with his father and other relatives, to recover Kilung Monastery from the hands of Chinese cadres, no longer enthusiastic about living in such a remote place. This joyful recovery was the cause for the return of the former Kilung tribe, and for young people to join the monastery, a beginning. Then Rinpoche, at the age of 17, took over the running of the monastery. He went to work traveling the country gathering religious artifacts: statues, paintings, 1,000 brocade thangkhas, sacred texts, lama dance costumes and masks. He revived sacred dance at the monastery, and also helped a group of nuns rebuild Kilung nunnery in the next valley.

In 1993, Rinpoche left home on pilgrimage. Intending to be gone less than a year, it became a seven-year adventure. It was on this journey that he began developing the Kilung Foundation. In 1998 he traveled to America, where the Foundation was officially created in Seattle; that year he also began to teach Buddhism to westerners. Since then Rinpoche has divided his time in and outside Tibet. While accepting invitations  to teach in Beijing, Denmark, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil, and Argentina, he focuses his dharma activities in America, and especially the Pacific Northwest. His home is on south Whidbey Island in the Salish Sea.

 

Note: There are five videos in this series and links to them will appear at the end of each one.

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The Relaxed Mind

$15.95 - Paperback

By: Dza Kilung Rinpoche

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