The Drime Zhingkyong incarnation line is based at Katok monastery in Kham. The line dates from the eighteenth century, when the Second Drime Zhingkyong, Jigme Rigdzin Gonpo was recognized as the reincarnation of Gonpo Pel Chokyi Dorje. The Fourth Drime Zhingkyong, Jigme Dechen Dorje was the son of Powo Chodrak, the king of the Chakla kingdom.
Biographies
The Second Drime Zhingkyong, Jigme Rigdzin Gonpo
b.late 18th cent. - d.1836?
Jigme Rigdzin Gonpo was the Second Drime Zhingkyong, an incarnation line based in Katok Monastery. He studied there under Getse Paṇchen, Ngedon Rinpoche, and the First Katok Situ Orgyen Samdrub Jigme Chokyi Sengge.
The Third Drime Zhingkyong, Jigme Yonten Gonpo
b.1837 - d.1898
Jigme Yonten Gonpo was the Third Drime Zhingkyong, based in Katok Monastery, where he sponsored the construction of several temples.
The Fourth Drime Zhingkyong, Jigme Dechen Dorje
b.1899 - d.1939?
Jigme Dechen Dorje, the Fourth Drime Zhingkyong, was educated at Katok by the Third Katok Situ and several other distinguished teachers of the monastery, where later he served as a teacher.
