Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche | |
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རྫོགས་ཆེན་དཔོན་སློབ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། | |
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| Title | Rinpoche |
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| Born | Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen 1965 (age 58–59) |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Spouse | Aya Liu (2014 - present), Amita Gupta (2000 - 2013) |
| Children | One daughter (born in 2014) |
| Lineage | Nyingma and Karma Kagyu |
| Education | Graduate of Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies as Ka-rabjampa, degree of Acharya awarded from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche |
| Based in | Seattle, Washington |
| Website | dpr.info |
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The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop (Karma Sungrap Ngedön Tenpa Gyaltsen, born 1965) is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, founder and spiritual director of Nalandabodhi, founder of Nītārtha Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies, a leading Tibetan Buddhist scholar, and a meditation master. He is one of the highest tülkus in the Nyingma lineage and an accomplished Karma Kagyu lineage holder.