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'''Khandro Sangdü''', or '''Khandro Sangwa Düpa''', the ‘Secret Gathering of the Dakinis’, is a rediscovered [[terma]] (Tib. ''[[yang ter]]'') of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. The cycle contains practices of the enlightened body, speech and mind of [[Vajravarahi]], as well as a sadhana of all the [[daka]]s and [[dakini]]s of the [[twenty-four great sacred places]] and [[thirty-two hallowed lands]]. 

This practice is one of the most sacred practices for purifying [[samaya]]s. When samayas are purified, we can attain the [[Siddhi|ordinary and supreme accomplishments]] immediately.  

==History==
The original teachings and practices were given by [[Guru Rinpoche]] to [[Yeshe Tsogyal]]. Yeshe Tsogyal practised them and then hid them as a terma for future generations. 

[[Jomo Menmo]] Tsokye (1248-1283), an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal, revealed the Khandro Sangdü as an [[earth terma]] and reached [[rainbow body]] based on this practice. Before reaching enlightenment, she again hid the volumes as terma. 

The terma was then rediscovered by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo as ''yangter'' when [[Ekazati]] offered him the actual volumes of the terma. The sadhana was made widely known by [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye]] and other great lamas, and is now practised often.

A year after Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo passed away, a [[drupchö]] of Khandro Sangdü was held by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye at Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's seat, and the tradition of holding a Khandro Sangdü drupchö on the anniversary of Khyentse Wangpo's passing has been maintained every year since.

==Khandro Tsering Chödrön==
Vajravarahi was the [[yidam]] deity of [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]], the [[spiritual consort]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. That is one of the reasons the practice of Khandro Sangdü was chosen to consecrate her memorial [[stupa]] in [[Lerab Ling]], in July 2014.

==Main Sources==
*The information on this page has mainly been provided by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], orally in July 2014.

==External Links==
*{{TBRC|W23175|mkha' 'gro gsang ba kun 'dus kyi chos skor cycle}} 

[[Category: Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category: Sadhanas]]
[[Category: Termas]]