Nyakla Pema Dudul

Nyakla Pema Dudul (T. nyag bla pad+ma bdud 'dul) (1816-1872). A famous Dzogchen master and tertön (treasure revealer) from the Nyarong region of Tibet. He is known for having attained rainbow body at his death in 1872.

His teachers included Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, Lama Sonam Tsultrim, Namgyal Dongak Tenzin, Trosur Kalzang Deutsen and Chöying Rangdrol.

The lineage of Nyala Pema Dündul’s teachings passed to his two main disciples, Tertön Rangrik Dorje and Lama Sönam Thayé, and these were known respectively as the ‘sun’ and ‘moon’ lineages. The ‘sun’ lineage passed down eventually to Minling Trichen Rinpoche, while Lama Sönam Thayé transmitted the ‘moon’ lineage to Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, and to Sempa Dorje, the reincarnation of one of Nyala Pema’s first masters. The latter transmitted the teachings to Anyé Tulku Pema Tashi. Sempa Dorje’s reincarnation was born in 1922. This was Sherab Özer Rinpoche, who received the transmission of the Khakhyap Rangdrol and Nyala Pema Dündul’s other revelations from Anyé Tulku when he was twenty four years old, in 1946.

Further reading

• Nyakla Pema Dudul, Treasury of Lives

• Nyala Pema Dündul, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
• Nyala Pema Dündul Series on Lotsawa House, Lotsawa House
• TBRC Profile