Yonge Mingyur Dorje
Yonge Mingyur Dorje (T. yongs dge mi 'gyur rdo rje ཡོངས་དགེ་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེ་) (1628-1708), also known as Tertön Rikzin Mingyur Dorjé Drakpo Nüden Tsel (mi 'gyur rdo rje drag po nus ldan rtsal). A "treasure revealer" (terton) and master of the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was a student the Tenth Karmapa Chöying Dorje, and Surmang Trungpa Kunga Namgyal (Wyl. zur mang drung pa kun dga' rnam rgyal), the Fourth Surmang Trungpa. He was also a student of Karma Chakmé[?]. His students included the Eleventh Karmapa, Yeshe Dorje, the Eighth Tai Situ, Kunkhyen Chökyi Jungné, and Tertön Könchok Dorje.
His three main collections of "treasure teachings" (terma) were the cycles of Guru Dorje Drolö, Shitro Padma Vajra, and the longevity sadhana Tsedrup Tabshé Khajor.
He was the first incarnation of the Mingyur Dorje Incarnation Line. His current incarnation is Mingyur Rinpoche.
- Sources and further reading
Yongé Mingyur Dorje, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Yonge Mingyur Dorje, Rinchen Terdzö: A Tsadra Foundation Project
Yonge Mingyur Dorje, Tsadra Commons- Mingyur Dorje's Incarnation Line, tergarsangha.org
