Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (T. smin gling gter chen 'gyur med rdo rje སྨིན་གླིང་གཏེར་ཆེན་འགྱུར་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་), aka Terdak Lingpa (T. gter bdag gling pa གཏེར་བདག་གླིང་པ་) (1646-1714). A great tertön and the founder of Mindroling Monastery.
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 Dog 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 Central Tibet 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.[1]
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo received the transmission of his entire treasure cycle at the age of twenty-one at Mindroling Monastery.[2]
Writings
- Gyalsé Lamzang, The Perfect Path of the Bodhisattvas
Students
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.
Notes
- ↑
Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑ An Offering Prayer to the Terma Protectors: Māras, Tsen, and Nāgas, Khyentse Vision Project
Further reading
- 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, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 1990
External links
Gter_bdag_gling_pa_'gyur_med_rdo_rje, Tsadra Commons- Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Terdag Lingpa Gyurme Dorje Page, Himalayan Art Resources
The Secret Vajra Knot: An Aspiration Prayer of the Three Yogas by Minling Terchen Rigdzin Gyurmé Dorje, Lotsawa House- Longer biography at Mindrolling International
TBRC profile
