About Namkha Drimed Rinpoche

Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, born on March 1, 1939, at Rigon Tashi Choling in Tsawagang, southern Tibet (Kham region), is a tertön (treasure revealer), the spiritual leader of the Ripa lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism within the Nyingma tradition. He is recognized as the reincarnation of Sariputra and King Gesar. Son of Jigme Tsewang Chokdrup and Sangyum Palden Tsomo, and great-grandson of Sakya Shri, he is the father of Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Khandro Tseyang Palmo. Rinpoche resides in Orissa, India, where he leads a community comprising several thousand Tibetan exiles.
Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche, born on March 1, 1939, at Rigon Tashi Choling in Tsawagang, southern Tibet (Kham region), is a tertön (treasure revealer), the spiritual leader of the Ripa lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism within the Nyingma tradition. He is recognized as the reincarnation of Sariputra and King Gesar. Son of Jigme Tsewang Chokdrup and Sangyum Palden Tsomo, and great-grandson of Sakya Shri, he is the father of Gyetrul Jigme Rinpoche and Khandro Tseyang Palmo. Rinpoche resides in Orissa, India, where he leads a community comprising several thousand Tibetan exiles.