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Drubwang Padma Norbu Rinpoche (Tibetan: གྲུབ་དབང་པདྨ་ནོར་བུ།, Wylie: drub bang pad ma nor bu, January 30, 1932 - March 27, 2009) or Penor Rinpoche was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul Lineage of and 3rd Supreme Head of Nyingma Linage of Tibetan Buddhism, founder of Namdroling Monastery, Ngagyur Nyingma Institute and said to be an incarnation of Vimalamitra. He was widely renowned in the Tibetan Buddhist world as a master of Dzogchen. He was one of a very few teachers left from his generation who received all his training (in the traditional sense) in Tibet under the guidance of what Tibetan Buddhists consider to be fully enlightened teachers.[2][3]
Drubwang Padma Norbu | |
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Title | The 11th Throne-Holder of Palyul Lineage, The 3rd Padma Norbu, The 3rd Supereme Head of Nyingma Sect |
Personal | |
Born | |
Died | March 27, 2009 | (aged 77)
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Tibetan |
Parents |
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School | Nyingma |
Lineage | Palyul |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | 5th Dzogchen Rinpoche Thubtan Choskyi Dorje, Khenpo Ngaga Rinpoche, Thubtan Choskyi Dawa, Karma Thegchog Nyingpo |
Predecessor | Karma Thegchog Nyingpo |
Successor | Karma Kuchen[1], 12th Throne-Holder of Palyul Linage |
Reincarnation | Palchen Duspa |
Website | http://www.palyul.org/ |
References
- ^ http://www.palyul.org/eng_biotulku_karmakuchen.htm
- ^ VIth Convocation Souvenir 2010 | Published by Ngagyur Rigzod Editorial Committee
- ^ རྗེ་བཙུན་བླ་མའི་གསང་གསུམ་རྗེས་སུ་དྲན་པ། Remembrance of the Spiritual Master | Published by Ngagyur Rigzod Editorial Committee, 2010
Further reading
- Zangpo, Tsering Lama Jampal (1988), A Garland of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications. ISBN 0-937938-64-5, ISBN 978-0-937938-64-5
- Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche (2005), "A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage", Junction City, CA: Padma Publishing. ISBN 978-1-881847-41-0