The Dodrubchen incarnation line originated with Jigme Trinle Ozer, a disciple of Jigme Lingpa and the founder of Dodrubchen Monastery. The Second Dodrubchen moved the monastery to Golok. The line has been key promoters of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition of Dzogchen.
Biographies
The Second Dodrubchen, Jigme Puntsok Jungne
b.1825? - d.1860?
The Second Dodrubchen, Jigme Puntsok Jungne, was identified as the reincarnation of Jigme Trinle Woser by Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, who was his chief guru and close companion throughout his short life. In 1862 Jigme Puntsok Jungne established the current seat of the Dodrubchen line of incarnations, Tsangchen Ngodrub Pelbar Ling in the Do region of Golok, a community that was greatly expanded by his successive incarnation under the name Dodrubchen Monastery. Jigme Puntsok Jungne died from smallpox in Dartsedo, a victim of a regional epidemic.
