Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, Wyl. smin gling gter chen 'gyur med rdo rje) aka Terdak Lingpa (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, Wyl. gter bdag gling pa) (1646-1714) — a great tertön and the founder of Mindroling Monastery.
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His father was Sangdak Trinlé Lhundrup (1611-1662) and his mother was Yangchen Drolma. He was born on the tenth day of the second month of the Fire Template:Wiki year. Together with his brother Lochen Dharmashri, he played an important role in the transmission of the Nyingma Kama, bringing together the Rong lineage of Template:Wiki and the Kham lineage of Eastern Tibet. The two brothers also compiled the terma collection known as the Döjo Bumzang, which was a precursor of the Rinchen Terdzö. Terdak Lingpa established Mindroling Monastery in 1676.
Final Words[edit | edit source]
His final words (Tib. Template:BigTibetan, Wyl. 'da' ka'i zhal chems), which were quoted by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at the moment of his own parinirvana were:
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- nang drak rik sum lha ngak chökü ngang
- May appearance, sound and awareness in the state of deity, mantra and dharmakāya
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- ku dang yeshe rolpar jamlepé
- Merge boundlessly as the display of kāyas and wisdoms,
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- zabsang naljor chenpö nyamlen la
- In the profound and secret practice of the Great Yoga,
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- yermé tuk kyi tikler ro chik shok
- And may they be of one Template:Wiki, indivisible with the tiklé of the wisdom mind.
Students[edit | edit source]
His students included the Fifth Dalai Lama, Rigdzin Pema Trinlé of Dorje Drak, Sakya Trizin Kunga Tashi, his own younger brother Lochen Dharmashri and his own daughter Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön.
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), vol.1, pp.825-834
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, Padma Publications, 2005
- Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorjee, The Jewel Ladder: A Preliminary Nyingma Lamrim, Template:Wiki, 1990
