2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche

Gyurme Thekchok Tenzin (Tibetan: གྱུར་མེད་ཐེག་མཆོག་བསྟན་འཛིན, Wylie: gyur med theg mchog bstan vdzin, b.?) was the 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet.

Nomenclature and etymology[edit]

Full nomenclature: Gyurme Thekchok Tenzin Thutop Wangpo Chok Thamchele Nampar Gyalwe De.

Exegesis[edit]

The Second Dzogchen Rinpoche was born in Mongolia.^[1]

Teachers[edit]

The Second Dzogchen Rinpoche was a student of Ponlop (Tibetan; "governor"), Rabjampa and other disciples of the 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche, Pema Rikzin; namely: Gyalwang Kalzang Gyatso, Lochen Dharma Shri, Gyalse Peme Gyurme Gyatsho, Terchen Nyima Trakpa and son, Ngor Khenchen Palden Chokyong, amongst others.^[1]

The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche was involved with: "...the establishment of the great treasury, the printing house at Lhundrup Teng in Derge, by his patron, the King of Derge."^[1]

Sadhana[edit]

The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche is key in the lineage of a number of sadhana (Sanskrit):^[1] Phurba Yangsang ("innermost secret practice of Vajrakilaya"), Lama Demchok Khorlo (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Chakrasamvara), Shinje (Tibetan; Sanskrit: Yamantaka), Trochu (Tibetan: Heruka; "ten wrathful deities"), amongst others.

Students[edit]

The 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche's principal students were: "...the Second Rabjam Gyurme Kunzang Namgyal, Ponlop Sangngak Tendzin, Nyitrul Pema Thekchok, Jetsunma Migyur Paldron."^[1]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kalzang, Tulku. "The Second through Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoches". Dzogchen Monastery. Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-03. From Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin (draft translation by the students of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 1998. Web version omits footnotes.)

References[edit]

Tulku Kalzang. "The Second through Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoches." From: Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin (draft translation by the students of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 1998. Web version omits footnotes.) [1]

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[dzogchenmonastery.org-1] Kalzang, Tulku. "The Second through Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoches". Dzogchen Monastery. Archived from the original on 2001-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-03. From Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin (draft translation by the students of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 1998. Web version omits footnotes.)

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