Dudjom Lingpa

Dudjom Lingpa

Dudjom Lingpa (Tib. བདུད་འཇོམས་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. bdud 'joms gling pa) aka Chakong Tertön (Tib. ལྕགས་སྐོང་གཏེར་སྟོན, Wyl. lcags skong gter ston) (1835-1904) — a renowned Nyingma master and tertön whose revelations fill twenty volumes.

Comtemporary Tibetan teacher Lama Tharchin Rinpoche writes:

...Dudjom Lingpa’s story is completely shocking and unique. Particularly now, among this generation, he remains a most powerful master. No human guide educated Dudjom Lingpa; his connection came straight from different buddhas’ teachings and empowerments. His lineage is truly direct, unlike any other. He didn’t even learn to read and write from a human lama, but from Yeshe Tsogyal. In his visions, he was like Yeshe Tsogyal’s child and Yeshe Tsogyal was like his mother. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa describes how, even as a baby, he traveled to various pure lands and buddha fields.

Dudjom Lingpa was considered to be the emanation of Khye'u Chung Lotsawa, one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche.

Biography

• Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, A Clear Mirror: The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master, translated by Chonyi Drolma, North Atlantic Books, 2011

Further reading

• Dudjom Lingpa, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• TBRC Profile
• Biography at Treasury of Lives
• Dudjom Lingpa Series on Lotsawa House, Lotsawa House