The Lingla is an incarnation line based at Dzogchen Monastery in Kham. The Fourth Dzogchen Drubwang established the line in the nineteenth century when he recognized Tubten Nyinje Gyeltsen as the reincarnation of Ling Drubtob Sonam Jinpa, posthumously known as the First Lingla.
Biographies
The First Lingla, Sonam Jinpa
b.1767?
Sonam Jinpa was the First Lingla, an incarnation line based at Dzogchen Monastery in Kham.
The Second Lingla, Tubten Nyinje Gyeltsen
b.19th cent. - d.19th cent.
Lingtrul Tubten Nyinje Gyeltsen was the seventh abbot of Śrī Siṃha College at Dzogchen Monastery. He was a close disciple of the Fourth Dzogchen Drubwang, Mingyur Namkhai Dorje, and Dza Patrul Rinpoche.
The Third Lingla, Tubten Kelzang Gyatso
b.19th cent. - d.19th cent.
Tubten Kelzang Gyatso was the Third Lingla incarnation, an incarnation line based at Dzogchen Monastery.
The Fourth Lingla, Tubten Trinle Gyatso
b.1897? - d.1959
Tubten Trinle Gyatso was the Fourth Lingla, an incarnation line based at Dzogchen Monastery. He was a disciple of the Fifth Dzogchen Drubwang, assisting in the administration of the monastery after his death, and a teacher of the Sixth Dzogchen Drubwang.
