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'''Chimé Rigdzin''' Rinpoche ({{bo|w= ’chi med rig ’dzin}}, 1922-2002), popularly known as “C.R. Lama”, was an important lineage holder of the Northern Treasures (''byang [[terma (religion)|gter]]'') tradition in the [[Nyingma]] school of [[Tibetan Buddhism]].

==Biography==
At the age of four he was recognized and enthroned as the 4th incarnation of Khordong Terchen Nüden Dorjé Dropen Lingpa
(''nus ldan rdo rje 'gro phan gling pa'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tbrc.org/#!rid=P1KG9679 |title='gro phan gling pa |author= |website=TBRC |publisher=Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center |accessdate=2015-01-21}}</ref> the main re-incarnate lama of Khordong Monastery in [[Kham]], [[Tibet]], located in today's Sichuan province.<ref name="SimplyBeing">{{cite web |url=http://www.simplybeing.co.uk/about-cr-lama/ |title=CR Lama |last1=Low |first1=James |date=2012 |website=Simply Being |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-21}}</ref> At seven years old he had already started discovering spiritual treasures ([[terma (religion)|terma]]) hidden by [[Padmasambhava]]<ref name="WTN">{{cite web |title=The Passing of a Terton Chime Rigdzin Rinpoche (1922-2002) |author= |date=2002-06-18 |url=http://www.tibet.ca/en/library/wtn/archive/old?y=2002&m=6&p=18_5 |website=World Tibet Network News |publisher=Canada Tibet Committee |accessdate=2015-01-20}}</ref>
He was mostly trained by Tülku Tsurlo<ref>James Low, ''Collected works of C.R. Lama'', p. XI-XII</ref> (''sPrul sku'' Tshul khrims bzang po, 1895-1954<ref>Chos dbying [2015], ''Byang gter thub bstan rdo rje brag gi chos ’byung rig ’dzin brgyud pa'i rtogs brjod ngo mtshar gtam gyi phreng ba'', (p. 786-814 for the biography of ''sPrul sku'' Tshul khrims bzang po), vol. 62 in the 63-vol. collection ''sNga ’gyur byang gter chos skor phyogs bsgrigs'' (2015, publisher, etc., unknown).</ref>) and completed his education at the age of 19 with the degree of Dorje Lopön Chenpo (''mahavajracarya''). Shortly after he left the monastery to enter into a traditional three-year retreat at [[Rewalsar, India|Tsö Pema]] (Rewalsar) in India. Following that he visited many Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Tibet, [[Sikkim]], [[Bhutan]] and India as a wandering [[ngakpa]]. Later he settled with his family in [[Kalimpong]], [[West Bengal]] and became an Indian citizen. From 1954 to 1987 C. R. Lama was head of the Department for Indo-Tibetan studies at [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]], West Bengal. In the late 1950s he was invited by [[Giuseppe Tucci]] to teach in [[Rome]]. During that time he met [[Pope John XXIII]]. In the following year he was invited to teach at [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] by [[Helmut Hoffman]].<ref name=Masters>{{cite web |url=http://www.buddhanet.net/masters/chhimed-rigdzin-rinpoche.htm |title=Chhimed Rigdzin Rinpoche |author= |date= |website=Masters and their Organisations |publisher=Buddha Dharma Education Association |accessdate=2015-01-21}}</ref> During the 1970s he had a number of American and European students at [[Visva-Bharati University]], including James Low<ref name="SimplyBeing" /> and Ngakpa Chögyam, who also became his religious disciples.

After his retirement in 1987, C.R. Lama regularly visited Europe, where he guided a small groups of pupils in different countries.

==Literature==
* {{cite book |author1 =C.R. Lama |authorlink=Chimé Rigdzin |last2=Low |first2=James| date=2013 |title=Collected works of C.R. Lama |location=London |publisher=Simply Being |isbn=9780956923929 |oclc=864086431 }}
* {{cite book |author =C.R. Lama |authorlink=Chimé Rigdzin |date=1982 |title=Dhammapada |location=Sāranātha |publisher=Kendrīya Ucca Tibbatī-Śikshā-Saṃsthāna |series=Dalai Lama Tibeto-Indological series| volume=4 |oclc=21149457 }}
* {{cite book |author1 =C.R. Lama |authorlink=Chimé Rigdzin |date=1977 |title=Gso sbyon ʼdon sgrigs : the rites of the gso sbyoṅ observance of the Rñiṅ-ma-pa tradition |location=Nemo, Ladakh |publisher= T.S. Tashigang |oclc=4747263 }}
* {{cite book |author1 =C.R. Lama |authorlink=Chimé Rigdzin |last2=Low |first2=James| first3=ʼKhor-gdong Gter-chen| last3= ʼGro-phan-gling-pa| date=2006 |title=Being Guru Rinpoche : a commentary on the Vidyadhara Guru Sadhana|series=Khordong commentary series |volume=3 |location=Victoria, B.C.|publisher=Trafford |isbn=9781412084079 |oclc=70231260 }}
* {{cite book |last1 =C.R. Lama |first1='Khor-gdon Gter-sprul 'Chi-med-rig-'dzin |authorlink=Chimé Rigdzin |author2=Gnubs-Chen Sangs-rgyas-ye-shes| date=1974|title=Rnal 'byor mig gibsam gtan or Bsam gtan mig sgron : a treatise on bhāvanā and dhyāna and the relationships between the various approaches to Buddhist contemplative practice|series=Smanrtsis shesrig spendzod |volume=74 |location=Leh, Ladakh|publisher=S. W. Tashigangpa |oclc= 466391420 }}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.khordong-byangter.org/main.html The Chhimed Rigdzin Society]
* [http://khordong.de/ Khordong.net]
* [http://khordong-byangter.blogspot.com Khordong Byangter India Blog]
* [https://www.facebook.com/chhimedrigdzin/ Khordong Byangter India Facebook]

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>Stéphane Arguillère: I re-corrected the Wylie, as my first correction did not work…