Samding Dorje Phagmo Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche (1926 – 23 December 2015)[1] was a Tibetan lama and the Supreme Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism.
[2] "Kyabje Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, throneholder of the Dorje Drak monastery, accepted the position of the Supreme Head of Nyingmapa lineage, the “Old Translation Tradition” in Tibetan Buddhism.
"[3]Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche was born in 1926 in central Tibet, near the famous Yamdrok Lake, and he was recognized as an incarnation of the great master Ngok Chöku Dorje.
[4] He lived in exile in Simla, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir.
The four-year-old Nawang Tashi Rapten from the Spiti Valley has, in November 2022, been placed on the high seat as the successor to Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche.