Katok Tsewang Norbu

Katok Tsewang Norbu
Katok Tsewang Norbu
TitleTertön
Personal life
Born1698
Died1755(1755-00-00) (aged 56–57)
Other namesKatok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu
Religious life
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
SchoolNyingma
Senior posting
Teacherthe 12th Karmapa

Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu (Tibetan: ཀཿ་ཐོག་ཚེ་དབང་ནོར་བུ, Wylie: ka' thog tshe dbang nor bu, 1698–1755) was a teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism who notably championed the shentong (Wylie: gzhan stong) or "empty of other" view first popularised by the Jonang school. He also examined the Chan Buddhist teachings of Hashang Mahayana, known as Moheyan. Despite the shentong view being banned as heretical, he successfully taught and cultivated its teachings as a legitimate view of the Nyingma school.

Sonam Deutsen offered to enthrone Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu, when he was 24 years of age, as the Rinpoche of Katok Monastery, but he declined and said he preferred his life as a "vagabond". His seat remained at the Katok Monastery of Tibet.