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'''Nanam Dorje Dudjom''' - one of King [[Trisong Detsen]]’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite [[Padmasambhava]] to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main [[twenty-five disciples]]. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of [[Vajrakilaya]]. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’  
'''Nanam Dorje Dudjom''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms'') — one of King [[Trisong Detsen]]’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite [[Padmasambhava]] to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main [[twenty-five disciples]]. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of [[Vajrakilaya]]. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’  


==Incarnations==
==Incarnations==

Revision as of 21:33, 16 September 2008

Nanam Dorje Dudjom

Nanam Dorje Dudjom (Wyl. sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms) — one of King Trisong Detsen’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’

Incarnations

Rigdzin Gödem (1337-1408) and Pema Trinlé (1641-1718), the great vidyadhara of Dorje Drak monastery in central Tibet, are both considered reincarnations of Dorje Dudjom. He is also the root incarnation of Tertön Sogyal and Sogyal Rinpoche.