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Brief Biography of Patrul Rinpoche
A Brief Biography of Dza Patrul Rinpoche (1808-1887)
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Dza Palge Tulku or Dzogchen Patrul Rinpoche was born in the Earth Dragon year of the fourteenth calendrical cycle in Getse Dzachukha, in the nomadic area of northern Kham, to a family with the name of Gyaltok.
He was recognized by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer as the incarnation of Palge Samten Phuntsok and was given the name Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo.
At an early age, he learned to read and write without any difficulty.
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He took ordination with Khen Sherab Zangpo. With Dola Jigme Kalzang, Jigme Ngotsar, Gyalse Shenpen Thaye and other teachers, he studied the Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Secret Essence Tantra and many other works related to sūtra and tantra, as well as the ordinary sciences.
From Shechen Öntrul Thutob Namgyal, he received the reading transmission for the Translated Word of the Buddha (Kangyur) and teaching