What is the history of the masters of the unbroken Dzogchen lineage?

Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche is a lineage holder of both the Dzogchen Khandro Nyingthig Lineage and the Longchen Nyingthig lineage.

Eight years after Buddha's Parinirvana, in 90 A.B.B. (After Buddha's Birth), the first emanation of the Buddha, Padmasambhava, came into this world and received the complete teaching from many enlightened masters.

Padmasambhava taught the Dzogchen Khandro Nyingthig to numerous beings in India's eight great sacred places and China, and introduced and spread Buddhism throughout Tibet. His main disciple, the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, also taught the Dzogchen Khandro Nyingthig to many practitioners who achieved the enlightenment of Buddha

This tradition was handed down through the ages and later passed from Longchen Rabjam through to Dzogchen Padma Rigdzin. Today, the Dzogchen Khandro Nyingthig lineage lives in the heart of the Vajra master at Dzogchen monastery.

Our master, the Great Natural Perfection Yogi Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, is the twenty-fourth holder of the Dzogchen Khandro Nyingthig lineage.

Twenty-eight years after the Buddha's Parinirvana, in 110 A.B.B., the second emanation of the Buddha, Prahevajra (Garab Dorje), came into this world and received teachings directly from Sambhogakaya Buddha Vajrasattva.

Prahevajra taught the Dzogchen Nyingthig to various beings for many years in India and in seventy-five sacred places of the dakinis. His main disciple was Manjushrimitra.

Manjushrimitra's main disciple was the Great Dzogchen master Shri Singha, who still lives in an enlightened state in the Holy Dzogchen Valley.

His main disciples were Jnanasutra. Jnanasutra in turn gave the Dzogchen teachings to Vimalamitra, who then taught them in Tibet for many years. Today the Dzogchen lineage lives in the hearts of the Vajra masters of the Dzogchen Shri Singha University.

The great Natural Space YogiKhenchen Padma Tsewang and Drubchen Chatral Chochyab are the thirty-second holders of the Dzogchen Longchen Nyingthig lineage.

Today, our master, the Great Natural Space Yogi Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, is the thirty-third holder of the Dzogchen Longchen Nyingthig lineage. For more information, see Dzogchen Masters.

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