Dudjom Rinpoche's Incarnation Lineage

Dudjom Incarnation Lineage according to the Pearl Necklace (Kyerab Soldeb)

1.     Nuden Dorje (yogin who vowed to appear as the final Buddha of our fortunate eon Möpa Ö Thaye; or Nuden Dorje Tsal)

2.     Shariputra (India; foremost disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni, foremost in wisdom; traditional dates 6^th to 5^th c. BCE, though modern scholarship favors a somewhat later Buddha)

3.     Saraha (circa 8^th century India; one of the 84 Mahasiddhas; bram-ze chen-po)

4.     Krishnadhara (no historical dates; chief minister of King Indrabhūti of Oḍḍiyāna, and — in the Padmasambhava story — the first to recognize Guru Rinpoche and the one who advised his adoption; also called Triguṇadhara; chos-blon kri-ṣṇa-‘dzin, trig na ‘dzin)

5.     Hungkara (contemporary with Padmasambhava, so nominally 8th c.; one of the Eight Vidyadharas of India; born into a brahman family in Nepal, ordained at Nalanda in central India; Hūṃkāra, huṃ-ka-ra/huṃ-mdzad)

6.     Drogben Khyechung Lotsawa (8^th century Tibet; prominent among Guru Rinpoche’s 25 main disciples; ‘brog-ban khye’u chung lo tsā-ba)

7.     Smritijnanakirti (late 10^th or early 11^th century acc. to Gyurme Dorje; Indian pandita who came to Tibet; Smṛtijñānakīrti, slob-dpon smri-ti dznyā-na ki-rti)

8.     Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo (1012-1088; Nyingma commentaries; rong-zom-pa chos-kyi bzang-po)

9.     Kathok Dampa Deshek (1122-1192; founder of Kathok Monastery; kaḥ-thog(-pa) dam-pa bde-gshegs)

10.  Palden Lingje Repa (1128-1188; one of the founders of Drukpa Kagyu; gling-rje ras-pa (padma rdo-rje))

11.  Chögyal Phagpa (1235-1280; aka Sakya Trizin Chögyal Phagpa or Drogön Chogyal Phagpa; chos-rgyal ‘phags-pa)

12.  Karnakpa of Drūm (date UK; aka Drūm Khar Nagpopa; Khampa yogi who meditated in dark retreat for 18 years, eastern Tibet)

13.  Hepa Chöjung (date UK; Khampa magician and subjugator of enemies of the Dharma; Kham, eastern Tibet)

14.  Traktung Düdul Dorje (1615-1672; Tertön Düdul Dorje or Rigdzin Düdul Dorje; Powo, southeastern Tibet; (gter-chen) bdud-‘dul rdo-rje)

15.  Kathok Gyalsay Sonam Deutsen (1679-1723; restored & preserved Kathok Monastery tradition; (kaḥ-thog rgyal-sras) bsod-nams lde’u-btsan)

16.  Duddul Rolpa Tsal (18^th century; teacher of Jigme Lingpa, 1730-1798; bdud-‘dul rol-pa rtsal)

17.  Garwang Dudjom Pawo (1835-1904; aka Dudjom Lingpa, renowned tertön, Golok, eastern Tibet; gter-chen bdud-‘joms gling-pa)

18.  Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (1904-January 17, 1987; Pemakö, southeastern Tibet; birth listed as June 10 or July 22, 1904; passed into parinirvana at home in Dordogne, France; bdud ‘joms ‘jigs-‘bral ye-shes rdo-rje; aka dge-legs rnam-par rgyal-ba’i sde)

19.  Yangsi Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche (1990-2022; b. Jyekundo, Kham [Yushu, Qinghai], d. Dergé; grandson of Jigdral Yeshe Dorje through his son Dola Tulku Jigmé Chökyi Nyima, younger brother of Thinley Norbu Rinpoche; his mother was Pema Khandro, herself an accomplished practitioner; recognized by Chatral Rinpoche, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, and Minling Trichen; bdud 'joms sangs rgyas padma bzhad pa)

20.  Dorje Nönpo (Rigden Gyalpo, future King of Shambhala)

21.  Lord Buddha Möpa Ö Thaye (Buddha Adhimukta, the last Buddha of this fortunate eon)