Patrul Rinpoche
1808 CE–1887 CE · Modern · Dzachukha
1808–1887 CE
Patrul Rinpoche (1808–1887 CE) was a Nyingma master of eastern Tibet renowned both for his learning in the Dzogchen ('Great Perfection') tradition and for an unusually simple, wandering, and humble way of life. Born in the nomadic region of Dzachukha in Kham, he is best known for 'The Words of My Perfect Teacher' (Kunzang Lamé Shyalung), a beloved and widely read guide to the preliminary practices and the path. A figure of the same 19th-century nonsectarian milieu as Jamgön Kongtrül and Khyentse Wangpo, he is securely historical and well documented.
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Dzachukha
What they did here
DOCUMENTED ORIGIN: born in the nomadic highlands of Dzachukha in Kham; recognized as a reincarnate teacher (tulku) and trained in the Nyingma tradition.
About Dzachukha
Dzachukha is a high nomadic region of northern Kham (eastern Tibet, now in Sichuan, China). It was the birthplace, in 1808, of Patrul Rinpoche, the wandering Nyingma teacher and Rimé figure best known as the author of 'The Words of My Perfect Teacher,' a classic exposition of the preliminary practices.
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Patrul Rinpoche’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Buddhist world
- The Ninth Dalai Lama (Lungtok Gyatso)· 1805 CE–1815 CE
- Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Tayé· 1813 CE–1899 CE
- The Tenth Dalai Lama (Tsultrim Gyatso)· 1816 CE–1837 CE
- Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo· 1820 CE–1892 CE
- Edwin Arnold· 1832 CE–1904 CE
- Henry Steel Olcott· 1832 CE–1907 CE
- The Eleventh Dalai Lama (Khedrup Gyatso)· 1838 CE–1856 CE
- Xuyun (Hsu Yun)· 1840 CE–1959 CE
- Jamgön Mipham Gyatso· 1846 CE–1912 CE
- Ledi Sayadaw· 1846 CE–1923 CE
- Paul Carus· 1852 CE–1919 CE
- The Twelfth Dalai Lama (Trinley Gyatso)· 1857 CE–1875 CE
- Dwight Goddard· 1861 CE–1939 CE
- Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo· 1861 CE–1942 CE
- Anagārika Dharmapāla· 1864 CE–1933 CE
- Ajahn Mun Bhuridatta· 1870 CE–1949 CE
- D. T. Suzuki· 1870 CE–1966 CE
- The Thirteenth Dalai Lama (Thubten Gyatso)· 1876 CE–1933 CE
- Nyogen Senzaki· 1876 CE–1958 CE
- Nyanatiloka Mahāthera· 1878 CE–1957 CE
- Sokei-an (Shigetsu Sasaki)· 1882 CE–1945 CE
- Hakuun Yasutani· 1885 CE–1973 CE
Jewish world
- Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Halpern· 1816 CE–1879 CE
- Hannah Rachel Verbermacher (Maid of Ludomir)· 1806 CE–1888 CE
- Samson Raphael Hirsch· 1808 CE–1888 CE
- Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler· 1803 CE–1890 CE
- Yitzchak Twersky of Skver· 1812 CE–1885 CE
- Yisrael ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin Salanter (founder of Mussar)· 1809 CE–1883 CE
Scientists
Luminaries & Explorers world
Islamic world
Rulers world
- Victor Emmanuel II· 1820 CE–1878 CE
- Xianfeng Emperor· 1831 CE–1861 CE
- Alexander II· 1818 CE–1881 CE
- Giuseppe Garibaldi· 1807 CE–1882 CE
- Washakie· 1804 CE–1900 CE
- Mindon Min· 1808 CE–1878 CE
- Tewodros II· 1818 CE–1868 CE
- Wilhelm I· 1797 CE–1888 CE
- Benjamin Disraeli· 1804 CE–1881 CE
- Abdulmecid I· 1823 CE–1861 CE
- Abdulaziz· 1830 CE–1876 CE
- Andrew Johnson· 1808 CE–1875 CE
- Ulysses S. Grant· 1822 CE–1885 CE
- Cetshwayo· 1826 CE–1884 CE
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