The Treasury of Lives

The Moktsa incarnations are based at Katok Dorjeden, a major Nyingma monastery in Kham. Most sources list Rigdzin Namkha Chowang as the First Moktsa and have the treasure revealer Namcho Mingyur Dorje as a pre-incarnation of Namkha Chowang, but some identify Mingyur Dorje as the First, and Namkha Chowang as the Second.

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Wangdrak Gyatso

Namcho Mingyur Dorje

b.1645 - d.1667

Namcho Mingyur Dorje, the reincarnation of a Katok lama named Wangdrak Gyatso, was a prolific treasure revealer. Educated and sponsored by the great Kagyu master Karma Chakme, his revelations formed in part the basis of the Pelyul branch of the Nyingma tradition. Among his many treasures included in the Rinchen Terdzod are the Namcho cycle, for which he is best known. He should not be confused with Yongge Terton Mingyur Dorje, another student of Karma Chakme who was born in 1628.

The Treasury of Lives

Timeline

Biographies

Wangdrak Gyatso

Namcho Mingyur Dorje

The First Moktsa Tulku, Namkha Chowang

The Second Moktsa, Choying Dorje

The Third Moktsa Tulku, Jikdrel Tutob Dorje

The Fourth Moktsa Tulku, Jikdrel Chokyi Langpo

The Fifth Moktsa, Jigdel Lodro Tenpai Gyeltsen