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Loppön Jigme Thutop Namgyal Rinpoche was born to Lama Sherab
Dorje Rinpoche (of Repkong Monastery in Amdo, Tibet and the main
disciple of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche), and to Pema Lhatso,
(a T'hröma practitioner from Pema Kö, Tibet), on the
10th day of the first Tibetan month of the year of the Wood Snake
in Orissa, India.
Loppön Jigme Rinpoche studied Tibetan philosophy, history,
grammar, poetry, calligraphy and Sanskrit at the Tibetan Institute
of Varanasi, India, where he received a BA in Tibetan philosophy.
He completed one year of MA before he left to do retreat in Helambu.
In 1992, Loppön Jigme was appointed to the position of Dorje
Loppön for His Holiness Chatral Rinpoche. He received the
entire Tersar tradition from His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, and
from His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche he received the entire
Kama tradition, empowerment, oral transmission and teachings. From
His Holiness Chatral Rinpoche, his own root guru, Loppön Jigme
received the entire Longchen Nyingthig Tradition.
Loppön Jigme Rinpoche currently lives with his wife, Chris
Iverson, in Marin County in the San Francisco bay area. They have
four children, one girl and three boys.
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