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'''Gyarong Khandro Dechen Wangmo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''rgya rong mkha’ ‘gro bde chen dbang mo'') — a female master and [[tertön]] who was with [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] and [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] when they revealed the two-armed [[Vajrakilaya]] practice, ''Phurba Meyi Pudri'' as an [[earth terma]]. [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] remembers that she was an extraordinary [[dakini]] who never slept and had a gift for foretelling when people would die. Every 10th and 25th day of the lunar calendar, it is said, she would disappear and travel to the heaven of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. | '''Gyarong Khandro Dechen Wangmo''' (Tib. རྒྱ་རོང་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བདེ་ཆེན་དབང་མོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rgya rong mkha’ ‘gro bde chen dbang mo'') (1868 - ?) — a female master and [[tertön]] who was with [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] and [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] when they revealed the two-armed [[Vajrakilaya]] practice, ''Phurba Meyi Pudri'' as an [[earth terma]]. [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] remembers that she was an extraordinary [[dakini]] who never slept and had a gift for foretelling when people would die. Every 10th and 25th day of the lunar calendar, it is said, she would disappear and travel to the heaven of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. | ||
According to [[Ngari Tulku|Dzongsar Ngari Tulku]] (Tenzin Khedrup Gyatso), on one occasion [c.1952], when Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was opening the sacred place of Khyungchen Paldzong (Wyl. ''khyung chen dpal rdzong''), known locally as Gyalgen Khyungtak (Wyl. ''rgya rgan khyung ltag''), above [[Dzongsar Monastery]], Jamyang Khyentse, Gyarong Khandro, Khandro Tsering Chödrön and Sogyal Rinpoche all left their handprints in the solid rock. | According to [[Ngari Tulku|Dzongsar Ngari Tulku]] (Tenzin Khedrup Gyatso), on one occasion [c.1952], when Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was opening the sacred place of Khyungchen Paldzong (Wyl. ''khyung chen dpal rdzong''), known locally as Gyalgen Khyungtak (Wyl. ''rgya rgan khyung ltag''), above [[Dzongsar Monastery]], Jamyang Khyentse, Gyarong Khandro, Khandro Tsering Chödrön and Sogyal Rinpoche all left their handprints in the solid rock. | ||
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed a prayer to Gyarong Khandro at Khandro Tsering Chödrön's request. | Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed a prayer to Gyarong Khandro at Khandro Tsering Chödrön's request. | ||
She was the sister of [[Gyarong Namtrul Rinpoche]]. | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche|Dilgo Khyentse]], ''Brilliant Moon'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008), pages 137-138. | *[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche|Dilgo Khyentse]], ''Brilliant Moon'' (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008), pages 137-138. | ||
==External Links== | |||
*{{TBRC|P1659|TBRC Profile}} | |||
*[http://rigpavihara.blogspot.fr/2014/07/prayer-to-gyarong-khandro-dechen-wangmo.html Prayer to Gyarong Khandro Dechen Wangmo by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö] | |||
[[Category:Historical Masters]] | [[Category:Historical Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Female Masters]] | [[Category:Female Masters]] | ||
[[Category:Tertöns]] | [[Category:Tertöns]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:52, 29 March 2018
Gyarong Khandro Dechen Wangmo (Tib. རྒྱ་རོང་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བདེ་ཆེན་དབང་མོ་, Wyl. rgya rong mkha’ ‘gro bde chen dbang mo) (1868 - ?) — a female master and tertön who was with Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and Khandro Tsering Chödrön when they revealed the two-armed Vajrakilaya practice, Phurba Meyi Pudri as an earth terma. Sogyal Rinpoche remembers that she was an extraordinary dakini who never slept and had a gift for foretelling when people would die. Every 10th and 25th day of the lunar calendar, it is said, she would disappear and travel to the heaven of Guru Rinpoche.
According to Dzongsar Ngari Tulku (Tenzin Khedrup Gyatso), on one occasion [c.1952], when Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was opening the sacred place of Khyungchen Paldzong (Wyl. khyung chen dpal rdzong), known locally as Gyalgen Khyungtak (Wyl. rgya rgan khyung ltag), above Dzongsar Monastery, Jamyang Khyentse, Gyarong Khandro, Khandro Tsering Chödrön and Sogyal Rinpoche all left their handprints in the solid rock.
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed a prayer to Gyarong Khandro at Khandro Tsering Chödrön's request.
She was the sister of Gyarong Namtrul Rinpoche.
Further Reading
- Dilgo Khyentse, Brilliant Moon (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008), pages 137-138.
