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= Shingdup Rinpoche =



Shingdup Rinpoche {ཞིང་སྒྲུབ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་པདྨ་འགྱུར་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།} is a Tibetan teacher and master of Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Since 2009, he is the director and head of Zangdhokpalri Monastery, established by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche in Kalimpong, India.

His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, the Supreme Head of Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, recognized him as the reincarnation of his predecessor, Shingdup Ngawang Gyurmed Tenzin Rinpoche when he had reached three years of age. He offered his crown hair to H.H Dudjom Rinpoche when he was five years old and was provided ceremonial robes and a new name, Pema Gyurmed Namgyal. H.H Dudjom Rinpoche also composed a long life prayer for him.

Lineage
Shingdup Rinpoche’s predecessor Shingdup Ngawang Gyurmed Tenzin Rinpoche was a student of Zurmang Khenpo Pema Namgyal, who was a student of the famed Khenpo Zhenga Chokyi Nangwa. He was the master of teachings of Dechen Shing Drub, the practice to obtain rebirth in the Pure Land of Sukhāvatī and thus, known widely by the name Shingdup Rinpoche. He met His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche at Lama Ling in Tibet and received complete empowerment of Richen Terdzö series.

Education
As per the guidance of His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, Shingdup Rinpoche entered Zangdhok Palri Monastery, the monastic seat of H.H Dudjom Rinpoche in Kalimpong, India in 1986. He learned to read and write Tibetan and trained in the distinct rituals of the Dudjom Tersar tradition for several years. Later, he enrolled in the Ngagyur Nyingma Institute (NNI) Higher Buddhist Studies and Research Center in Mysore, India and received Bachelor of Buddhist Philosophy and subsequently, Master in Buddhist Philosophy and Practice in 2007.

He received empowerments, instructions and transmission on various precious teachings from His Holiness Dalai Lama, His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, His Holiness Penor Rinpoche, His Holiness Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, His Holiness Dodrupbchen Rinpoche, His Holiness Jardel Sangye Dorje Rinpoche and His Holiness Kyabje Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa.

Return to Zangdhokpalri Monastery
Shingdup Rinpoche then returned to Zangdhok Palri monastery after completing his studies and has been taking full responsibility as the monastery’s head since 2009.