Ngulchu Dharmabhadra

Ngulchu Dharmabhadra (T. dngul chu d+harma b+ha dra དངུལ་ཆུ་དྷརྨ་བྷ་དྲ་) (1772-1851) was a Gelug teacher, scholar and author.

Dharmabhadra composed many important texts covering various subjects such as sadhanas for various deities such as Yamāntaka, commentary on empowerment, mind-training, poetry, grammar, and letter writing, and so forth. Among them are some very important texts on Tibetan grammar that still serve as the root and reference texts. His biography mentions that he had a total of one hundred and eighty-five written works that are collected into ten volumes.

His works included:

• The Words of Situ (སི་ཏུའི་ཞལ་ལུང་, si tu’i zhal lung), a famous work on Tibetan grammar, based on the teachings of Situ Panchen Chökyi Jungné (1699 or 1700-1774).
• Heart Jewel of the Bodhisattvas, a commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training.
• Two commentaries on the Six Yogas of Naropa, which are translated in the text The Blazing Inner Fire of Bliss and Emptiness (Wisdom Publications).

He was the uncle and teacher of Yangchen Drubpé Dorje.

External Links

• Ngulchu Dharmabhadra, Treasury of Lives

• Ngulchu Dharmabhadra, Tsadra Commons
• Ngulchu Dharmabhadra Series, Lotsawa House
• Ngulchu Dharmabhadra, StudyBuddhism
• Ngulchu Dharmabhadra, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• TBRC profile