Lopön Tenzin Namdak
Lopön Tenzin Namdak (Tibetan: སློབ་དཔོན་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་དག, Wylie: slob dpon bstan 'dzin rnam dag; 27 January 1925 – 12 June 2025) was a Tibetan religious leader and the most senior authority and teacher of Bon, in particular of Dzogchen and the Mother Tantras. == Background == Tenzin Namdak's father was a farmer in Chamdo and his uncle, Kelzang Tsültrim (Wylie: bskal bzang tshul khrims), was the "chant leader" (Wylie: oM mdzad) among the monks at Tengchen Monastery (Wylie: steng chen).