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Drupla

Drupla Rinchen Dorjee, a Gelong (fully ordained monk) was born in Rusar in Nagchu State of the Tibet Autonomous Region. At the age of 18, he entered Tana Monastery, where he studied with Gelong Yeshe, who was a disciple of the great Pachung Rinpoche. In 1993 he arrived in India at Jangchub Ling Monastery near Dehra Dun, where he continued his studies for an additional three years, after which he began his first 3-year retreat.

Drupla Dorjee completed his first 3-year retreat on the Five-fold Path of Mahamudra and the Six Yogas of Naropa at Drikung Kagyu Dorjee Ridrubkhang in Almora, near the India/Tibet border. After completing his retreat at Almora, he was named retreat master. He then continued in retreat for another year at Tadopani in Nepal, after which he went to Lapshi on the Nepal/Tibet border, where he remained in retreat for an additional 3-years in Singchampok (Lion) cave, one of the caves Milarepa himself used for long-term retreats.

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