About Mingyur Namkhai Dorje
Lived 1793 – 1870 (aged 76–77). Mingyur Namkhai Dorje was a tertön, compiler and writer.
Mingyur Namkhé Dorje (born 1793) was the Fourth Dzogchen Rinpoche of Tibet.
In 1842 an earthquake hit Tibet and Dorje was responsible for implementing much of the reconstruction of the Dzogchen Monastery. He worked with one of his main disciples, the scholar Gyalse Shenpen Thaye. They established the Shri Singha monastic scripture college, or shedra, which later became influential in Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Who was Mingyur Namkhai Dorje?
Dzogchen Rinpoche
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Mingyur Namkhai Dorje was born in 1793.
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Mingyur Namkhai Dorje died in 1870.
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Mingyur Namkhai Dorje was a tertön, compiler and writer.
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