Tertön Sogyal

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Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa courtesy of Shechen Monastery
Tertön Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa

Tertön Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa (Wyl. gter ston bsod rgyal las rab gling pa) (1856-1927) - the incarnation of Nanam Dorje Dudjom, a disciple of Padmasambhava who attained siddhis through his practice of Vajrakilaya, and was able to move, unhindered, through space like the wind, and to pass through solid rock.

In his previous incarnations he had appeared as numerous great bodhisattvas and vidyadharas, including the bodhisattva Vajragarbha who compiled the Dzogchen teachings given by the Buddha Samantabhadra in Akanishtha. Later he appeared as Buddha Shakyamuni’s aunt and stepmother, Prajapati Gotami, the founder of the order of nuns, and in Tibet he appeared as Nanam Dorje Dudjom, Trophu Lotsawa and the great Rigdzin Gödemchen (1337-1408), founder of the Northern Treasures (Changter) tradition.

He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon of the fourteenth calendrical cycle (1856) in Upper Nyarong in Kham. His father was Dargye from the Shyipa family and his mother was Orgyen Drolma.

His main teachers were Dzatrul Kunzang Namgyal, and Jikmé Yönten Gönpo, the third Trimé Shyingkyong of Katok Monastery. He was also a close student of Nyoshul Lungtok, Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo, Mipham and Jamgön Kongtrul, and also received teachings from Nyala Pema Dudul and Patrul Rinpoche.

Students

His numerous lineage holders, many of whom were also his own teachers, included the Thirteenth Dalai Lama Thubten Gyatso, Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche, the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Dzogchen Khenpo Pema Vajra, Mipham Rinpoche, Nyoshul Lungtok, Dzahka Choktrul Rinpoche, Tertön Drimé, Kathok Situ, Minyak Khenpo Kunzang Sonam, Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, Demo Rinpoche, Dorje Drak Rigdzin Nyamnyi Dorje (1886-1932/5), Minling Trichen Rinpoche, Sakya Trichen, the Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and Tsultrim Zangpo.

Incarnations

Major Revelations

Tertön Sogyal was a prolific tertön, whose collected revelations fill twenty volumes.

Writings

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