Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

Thinley Norbu Rinpoche or Dungsé Thinley Norbu (Tib. གདུང་སྲས་ཕྲིན་ལས་ནོར་བུ་, Wyl. gdung sras phrin las nor bu) (1931-2011) was a prominent teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. As the eldest son of Dudjom Rinpoche, he was trained in Tibet and became a main holder of the Dudjom Tersar lineage. He was recognized as an incarnation of Tulku Trimé Özer, one of seven sons of Dudjom Lingpa, and he was also considered to be an emanation of Longchenpa.

He was born in Tibet, where he spent his youth. He then lived in Bhutan for a period, before traveling to the United States. He eventually settled in the Catskills region of New York, where he gathered students and established the Kunzang Gatshal retreat center. He lived there for the final twenty years of his life.

Among his sons are Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and Dungse Garab Rinpoche. He authored many books in English.^[1]