Pewar Rinpoche Chime Dorje

Pewar Rinpoche Chime Dorje (1933-2022) is regarded as an emanation of Virupa. He was recognized by and became student of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, who later installed him as the head of the Pewar Monastery in the Derge region of Tibet.

When the times in Tibet changed, Pewar Rinpoche settled in an cave in a secluded place not far from the Gonchen Monastery in the Derge region for a period of twenty years, which he spent in meditation. From time to time, devotees would seek his instructions, and during these encounters Pewar Rinpoche would ask trusted disciples to retrieve sacred objects such as statues and paintings from monasteries in the region. He then safeguarded these objects in his cave and later returned them to their rightful institutions once circumstances were stable.

All in all, the late Pewar Rinpoche saved more than a thousand sacred images. When the Chinese started to destroy many monasteries, he also helped to preserve the Derge Printing House – the Derge Gönchen Monastery, which was not touched.

From the year of 1980 untill his passing, Pewar Rinpoche tirelessly taught the Buddha Dharma, gave transmissions and empowerments throughout the various regions of Tibet and abroad.