The Riwoche Jedrung incarnation line, also known as the Machen Tulku, dates to the sixteenth century when Drakpa Gyeltsen was recognized as the reincarnation of Tsokye Dorje, who became posthumously known as the First Riwoche Jedrung. The seat is at Riwoche monastery, a major Taklung Kagyu monastery in Kham.
Biographies
The First Riwoche Jedrung, Tsokye Dorje
b.1530 - d.1590
Tsokye Dorje is considered to be the First Riwoche Jedrung, an incarnation line based at Riwoche Monastery in Kham. He was a student of the sixteenth throneholder of Taklung Monastery, Kunga Tashi, and a teacher to the seventeenth, Ngawang Namgyel.
