Jigdrel Changchub Dorje, 6th Dzogchen Rinpoche

Jigdrel Changchub Dorje (1935–1959) was the 6th Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet in the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

He was a close friend of the young Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama who was born in the same year as he. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama awarded Jigdrel the title of Hu Thok, which is the highest ranking after the King of Tibet.

Living at Dzogchen Monastery in historical Kham in Eastern Tibet, he was killed on the invasion by the Chinese in 1959 as it became a part of Sichuan where it stands today. He was just 24 years old.^[1]

Notes

^ Tulku Kalzang, Essential Summary of the Biographies of the Successive Reincarnations of Dzogchen Pema Rikzin. Dzogchen Monastery History, Dzogchen Monastery homepage

External links

Dzogchen Monastery homepage

Dzogchen Rinpoche

	Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche (b.1623) 2nd Dzogchen Rinpoche 3rd Dzogchen Rinpoche Mingyur Namkhé Dorje, 4th Dzogchen Rinpoche (b.1793) Thubten Chökyi Dorje, 5th Dzogchen Rinpoche (1872–1935) Jigdrel Changchub Dorje, 6th Dzogchen Rinpoche Jikme Losel Wangpo, 7th Dzogchen Rinpoche (1964–)

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Name	Dorje, Jigdrel Changchub, 6th Dzogchen Rinpoche
Alternative names
Short description	6th Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet
Date of birth	1935
Place of birth
Date of death	1959
Place of death