Chimé Rigdzin Rinpoche (Wylie: ’chi med rig ’dzin, 1922-2002), popularly known as C. R. Lama, was an Indian lama of Tibetan Buddhism who was the lineage holder of the Northern Treasures (byang gter) tradition in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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)[1] the main re-incarnate lama of Khordong Monastery in Kham, Tibet, located in today's Sichuan province.
[3] He was mostly trained by Tülku Tsurlo[4] (sPrul sku Tshul khrims bzang po, 1895-1954[5]) 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 Tsö Pema (Rewalsar) in India.
[6] During the 1970s he had a number of American and European students at Visva-Bharati University, including James Low[2] and Ngakpa Chögyam, who also became his religious disciples.