Background
He was born in the Nyarong (nyag rong) region of East Tibet (Kham).
teacher of Dzogchen practitioner of Tibetan
He was born in the Nyarong (nyag rong) region of East Tibet (Kham).
If he was born in 1826 as is claimed, he would have lived to be far older than the oldest man ever documented. Chogyal Namkhai Norbu (b 1938) is his "heart-son" or principal disciple (Wylie: snying gi bu). He also had a daughter, Atha Lhamo.