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'''[[Changma Khenchen Thubten Chöpel]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྕང་མ་མཁན་ཆེན་ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་འཕེལ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[lcang ma mkhan chen thub bstan chos 'phel]]'') aka '''[[Bathur Khenpo Thupga]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[བ་ཐུར་མཁན་པོ་ཐུབ་དགའ་]]}}, ''[[ba thur mkhan po thub dga']]''), or '''[[Thubga Yishyin Norbu]]''' (1886-1956) — an important student of [[Khenpo Yönga]] and [[Orgyen Tenzin Norbu]] who followed in the footsteps of [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. He was renowned for his great {{Wiki|scholarship}}, especially in [[relation]] to the ''[[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]'', his contribution to the flourishing of the [[monastic]] [[tradition]], and his [[realization]] of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. Some of his most important students were: [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]], [[Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche]], [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]] and the [[Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche]], [[Jikdral Changchub Dorje]]. | '''[[Changma Khenchen Thubten Chöpel]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ལྕང་མ་མཁན་ཆེན་ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་འཕེལ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[lcang ma mkhan chen thub bstan chos 'phel]]'') aka '''[[Bathur Khenpo Thupga]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[བ་ཐུར་མཁན་པོ་ཐུབ་དགའ་]]}}, ''[[ba thur mkhan po thub dga']]''), or '''[[Thubga Yishyin Norbu]]''' (1886-1956) — an important student of [[Khenpo Yönga]] and [[Orgyen Tenzin Norbu]] who followed in the footsteps of [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. He was renowned for his great {{Wiki|scholarship}}, especially in [[relation]] to the ''[[Guhyagarbha Tantra]]'', his contribution to the flourishing of the [[monastic]] [[tradition]], and his [[realization]] of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. Some of his most important students were: [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]], [[Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche]], [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]] and the [[Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche]], [[Jikdral Changchub Dorje]]. | ||
| + | [[Khenchen Thubten Chöpel]] of Changma was a student of [[Khenchen Yonten Gyatso]]. His birthplace was a {{Wiki|nomadic}} {{Wiki|community}} in the Batur region of the Dalung [[river]] valley. At the age of eleven, he entered the [[monastic community]] of [[Puntsok Norling]] and, beginning with reading and [[writing]], trained in all the usual fields of [[knowledge]]. He was [[ordained]] as a [[novice]] by [[Khenchen Yonten Gyatso]]. At twenty-four [[Tupten Chopel]] requested additional [[vows]] and became a fully-ordained [[monk]]. [[Tupten Chopel]] studied myriad source texts and [[pith instructions]] of the [[Early Translation School]], such as the teachings on [[mind]] [[teaching]]. In particular, from [[Khenchen Yonten Gyatso]], the [[extraordinary]] [[master]] of his [[buddha]] family, [[Tupten Chopel]] received the earlier and later cycles of the secret [[Nyingtik]] teachings of the [[Dzogchen]] approach, as well as teachings on the most majestic [[tantra]], and other cycles, receiving these as experiential transmissions based on the oral instructions of the [[lord]] of the [[dharma]] [[Paltrül Rinpoche]]. He put these teachings into practice and [[experienced]] the [[enlightened]] intent that is the [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]] [[lineage]]. Serving thus as a glorious [[protector]] of the teachings and of [[beings]], [[Tupten Chopel]] lived for seventy-one years. Of his students, the foremost were [[Khenchen Jigme Puntsok]], [[Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] and [[Khenchen Pema Tsewang]] of Arigzha. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare [[Gems]]: {{Wiki|Biographies}} of [[Masters]] of [[Awareness]] in the [[Dzogchen Lineage]]'', [[Padma]] Publications, 2005, pages 471-472. | *[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare [[Gems]]: {{Wiki|Biographies}} of [[Masters]] of [[Awareness]] in the [[Dzogchen Lineage]]'', [[Padma]] Publications, 2005, pages 471-472. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*{{TBRC|P6957|TBRC Profile}} | *{{TBRC|P6957|TBRC Profile}} | ||
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Changma Khenchen Thubten Chöpel (Tib. ལྕང་མ་མཁན་ཆེན་ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཆོས་འཕེལ་, Wyl. lcang ma mkhan chen thub bstan chos 'phel) aka Bathur Khenpo Thupga (བ་ཐུར་མཁན་པོ་ཐུབ་དགའ་, ba thur mkhan po thub dga'), or Thubga Yishyin Norbu (1886-1956) — an important student of Khenpo Yönga and Orgyen Tenzin Norbu who followed in the footsteps of Patrul Rinpoche. He was renowned for his great scholarship, especially in relation to the Guhyagarbha Tantra, his contribution to the flourishing of the monastic tradition, and his realization of the Dzogchen teachings. Some of his most important students were: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok, Gonpo Tseten Rinpoche, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and the Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jikdral Changchub Dorje.
Khenchen Thubten Chöpel of Changma was a student of Khenchen Yonten Gyatso. His birthplace was a nomadic community in the Batur region of the Dalung river valley. At the age of eleven, he entered the monastic community of Puntsok Norling and, beginning with reading and writing, trained in all the usual fields of knowledge. He was ordained as a novice by Khenchen Yonten Gyatso. At twenty-four Tupten Chopel requested additional vows and became a fully-ordained monk. Tupten Chopel studied myriad source texts and pith instructions of the Early Translation School, such as the teachings on mind teaching. In particular, from Khenchen Yonten Gyatso, the extraordinary master of his buddha family, Tupten Chopel received the earlier and later cycles of the secret Nyingtik teachings of the Dzogchen approach, as well as teachings on the most majestic tantra, and other cycles, receiving these as experiential transmissions based on the oral instructions of the lord of the dharma Paltrül Rinpoche. He put these teachings into practice and experienced the enlightened intent that is the ultimate lineage. Serving thus as a glorious protector of the teachings and of beings, Tupten Chopel lived for seventy-one years. Of his students, the foremost were Khenchen Jigme Puntsok, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Khenchen Pema Tsewang of Arigzha.
==Further Reading==
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, Padma Publications, 2005, pages 471-472.
