FOURTH DODRUPCHEN THUPTEN THRINLE p AL ZANG b. I 92 7 K YABJE Thupten Thrinle Palzang, the fourth Dodrupchen Rin- poche,302 is a great master ofDzogpa Chenpo and a principal lin- eage holder and propagator of the Longchen Nyingthig teachings. Rinpoche was...
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FOURTH DODRUPCHEN THUPTEN THRINLE p AL ZANG b. I 92 7 K YABJE Thupten Thrinle Palzang, the fourth Dodrupchen Rin- poche,302 is a great master ofDzogpa Chenpo and a principal lin- eage holder and propagator of the Longchen Nyingthig teachings. Rinpoche was born in the Fire Hare year of the sixteenth Rabjung (1927) in Tsi village in the Ser (Serta) Valley of Golok in Eastern Tibet. Tsi is a small village surrounded by rich green fields of wheat, barley, and peas. The green grassy mountain behind is dotted with trees and rocks. The gentle Ser River flows by slowly from right to left. Rin- poche' s father was Drala of the Jekar clan, and his mother was Kali Kyi of the Kazhi clan. Between his conception and the age of six, Rinpoche displayed many miraculous signs. Lushtil Khenpo and Lauthang Ttilku made a record of these signs up to the age of four. In my childhood, with great curiosity, I read them many times, and the following are some of those that I still remember. Around the time that
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