the Pemakö region, who had trained at the Katok Monastery. His mother was Namgyal Drolma, a descendant of Ratna Lingpa. Dudjom Rinpoche was also a descendant of Nyatri Zangpo and Powo Kanam Depa, the King of Powo. The second Dudjom Rinpoche was known as Jigdral Yeshe Dorje; Jigdral (). Later, he was known as "Fearless" by many. This was a name given to him by Khakyab Dorje, the Fifteenth Karmapa. We find in many written texts of revealed tantras and ancient prophesies, that in the time of the Buddha Pranidhanaraja, Dudjom Rinpoche was the yogin Nuden Dorje Chang. This yogin had vowed to appear as the thousandth and the last Buddha of this Light eon, as Sugata Mopa (Od) Thaye. Based on the biography of Dudjom Rinpoche on the website of Wogmin Thubten Shedrup Ling, a Drikung Kagyü monastery, he was many notable historic figures in his previous lives. On the list are Śāriputra who was one of the foremost disciples of Gautama Buddha in India; Saraha who was the first and greatest of the eighty-four mahāsiddhas of India; and also Humkara, who was also a mahāsiddha. The Nyingma school incorporates many diverse lineages and practices, founded in different geographical locations. The lineages can be traced to the great Vajrayana Master and Second Buddha, Guru Padmasambhava, as well as to Yeshe Tsogyal. The Dzogchen lineage in the Nyingma school can be traced to Guru Padmasambhava to Garab Dorje. Traditionally, there were many decentralised branches of the Nyingma school. No one in the school held political positions, since the 8th century. However, organised efforts to protect the Tibetan Buddhist teachings and culture after the invasion of Tibet resulting in a mass exodus of Tibetans to India after 1959. That time, the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration requested that someone be installed as the Head of the Nyingma school. Dudjom Rinpoche undertook this role in order to help preserve the Nyingma Lineage. It is known to many that Dudjom Rinpoche had preserved many Vajrayana Terma teachings of the Nyingma Lineage, as well as that of the Kama Lineage, which were at risk of destruction and lost forever. He also helped transfer many texts out of Tibet, thus prevented them from being destroyed after the invasion of Tibet Cultural Revolution. Dudjom Rinpoche was revered by many as an exceptional scholar in various fields, including sūtra, tantra, prose literature, poetry, and