Düdjom Jigdrel Yéshé Dorjé
- Düdjom Lingpa Emanation: Body
Born in Béyul Pémakö, Düdjom Jikdral Yéshé Dorjé (1904-1987) became one of Tibet’s foremost yogins, scholars, and meditation masters. At a young age, he was recognized as the body incarnation of Düdjom Lingpa (1835-1904) by his students who had traveled from Golok in search of the incarnation of their teacher. As the representative of Guru Rinpoche, Düdjom Jikdral Yéshé Dorjé was himself a Dzogchen master and a tertön. A prolific author and meticulous scholar, Düdjom Jikdral Yéshé Dorjé wrote more than forty volumes. One of the best known is his monumental Nyingma Chöjung (‘The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: Its Fundamentals and History’). Over the last decade of his life, he spent much time teaching in the West, where he helped to establish the Nyingma tradition, founding major centers in France and the United States.
Since the early 8th century, Tibetans and Himalayan people have treasured "Namtars" as written or spoken narratives that demonstrate the realization of the Buddhist path by exceptional practitioners. These namtars, or spiritual biographies, serve as inspirational guides on the path to enlightenment.
Today, Namtars Foundation aims to record, preserve, and freely offer the world a written and electronic treasury of the oral wisdom of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism.
