User:ZerodEgo/Khenpo Ngawang Palzang

Khenpo Ngawang Palzang (Tib. མཁན་པོ་ངག་དབང་དཔལ་བཟང་, Wyl. mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang) or Khenpo Ngakchung (1879-1941) was one of the most important and influential Dzogchen masters of recent times. He is regarded as an emanation of Vimalamitra, who foretold that he would appear once every hundred years.

He was the author of A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Tib. ཀུན་བཟང་བླ་མའི་ཞལ་ལུང་གི་ཟིན་བྲིས་, Kunzang Lama’i Shyalung Zindri or Zindri for short) which is an explanation, clarification and advice from the Dzogchen lineage.

It was handed down by Patrul Rinpoche to his disciple Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima, and then onto Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, who wrote down this down as the oral instruction.