Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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རྫོགས་ཆེན་དཔོན་སློབ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ། 
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| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| 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 |
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| Born | Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen 1965 Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim, India |
| Spouse | Aya Liu (2014 - present) |
| Children | One daughter (born in 2014) |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Seattle, Washington |
| Title | Rinpoche |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse, Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Tulku Ugyen Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche |
| Website | dpr.info |
རྫོགས་ཆེན་དཔོན་སློབ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།
The 7th Dzogchen Ponlop (Karma Sungrap Ngedon Tenpa Gyaltsen, b. 1965) is an abbot of Dzogchen Monastery, president of Nalandabodhi, the founder of Nītārtha Institute, 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.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche was born in 1965 at Rumtek Monastery (Dharma Chakra Center) in Sikkim, India. His birth was prophesied by the supreme head of the Kagyu lineage, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, to Ponlop Rinpoche's parents, Dhamchö Yongdu, the General Secretary of the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, and his wife, Lekshey Drolma. Upon his birth, he was recognized by the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa as the seventh in the line of Dzogchen Ponlop incarnations and was formally enthroned as the Seventh Dzogchen Ponlop at Rumtek Monastery in 1968.
After receiving Buddhist refuge and bodhisattva vows from the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Dzogchen Ponlop was ordained as a novice monk in 1974. He subsequently received full ordination and became a bhikṣu, although he later returned his vows and is now a lay teacher.
Rinpoche received most of his teachings and empowerments from the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa and Dilgo Khyentse, though his primary teacher has been the yogi Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Ponlop Rinpoche began studying Buddhist philosophy at the primary school in Rumtek at age 12. Three years later, in 1980 on his first trip to the West, he accompanied the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa to Europe, United States, Canada, and Southeast Asia. While serving as the Karmapa's attendant, he also gave dharma teachings and assisted in ceremonial roles during these travels.
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