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'''Dangma Lhundrup Gyaltsen''' ([[Wyl.]] ''ldang ma lhun grub rgyal mtshan'') (10th-11th centuries) — one of the early masters of the [[Vima Nyingtik]] lineage of transmission in Tibet. 

One hundred years after [[Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo]] attained the [[rainbow body]] of great transference<ref>This is according to Nyoshul Khenpo's ''History''. According to Dudjom Rinpoche's ''History'', "Eight years after [Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo] had dissolved into light, and in the time of Nyangmi Tarma, Uru Zholma Gecok had a son, called the elder, Dangma Lhundrup Gyaltsen."</ref>, Dangma Lhundrup Gyaltsen, received a prophecy from the deity [[Dorje Lekpa]] and so revealed the Vima Nyingtik manuscripts which Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo had hidden in the temple of Zhai Lhakhang in [[Central Tibet]], in the ninth century. He also received from [[Drom Rinchen Bar]]<ref>This is according to Nyoshul Khenpo's ''History''. According to Dudjom Rinpoche's ''History'', he received the oral lineage from [[Bé Lodrö Wangchuk]]."</ref> the complete transmission of the oral lineage of [[pith instructions]] of secret Nyingtik teachings. Dangma Lhundrup Gyaltsen then passed down to [[Chetsün Sengé Wangchuk]] the complete transmission of these teachings<ref>According to Dudjom Rinpoche's ''History'', he also entrusted the teachings to Kharak Gomchung and Nyang Kadampa.</ref>. As Dangma passed away, the entire sky was filled with rainbow light, and after his passing, countless marvelous remains and relics appeared.<ref>Reference for this complete paragraph: Nyoshul Khenpo, ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'', page 84-85.</ref>

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==Further Reading==
*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom, 1991), pages 556-557.
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'' (Junction City: Padma Publications, 2005), page 84-85.

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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]