Dorje Lingpa

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Dorje Lingpa (Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. rdo rje gling pa) (1346-1405), the third of the five sovereign terma revealers, was an emanation of King Trisong Detsen and of the great translator Vairotsana.

The foremost of his termas is the Trilogy of Lama, Dzogchen and Avalokiteshvara (T. bla rdzogs thugs gsum). He also revealed wonderful images and blessed substances, as well as Bön treasures, texts on medical science and astrology.

The name under which he is best known is Dorje Lingpa, but he is also called Pema Lingpa, Kunkyong Lingpa[1], Yungdrung Lingpa and Jampel Chökyi Shenyen.

Notes

  1. ↑ This was also the name of his immediate reincarnation

Further reading

  • Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 789-792.

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