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'''Dorje Lekpa''' (''rdo rje legs pa''; Skt. ''vajrasadhu'') - a protector of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings who was bound under oath by [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. He is depicted riding upon a goat and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
[[Image:FSB03-GR_-_Dorje_Lekpa.jpg‎|300px|thumb|Dorje Lekpa from a tangka of ''[[Guru Rinpoche]], [[Nangsi Zilnön]]'']]
'''Dorje Lekpa''' (Skt. ''Vajrasādhu''; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་ལེགས་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rdo rje legs pa'') is a protector of the [[Dzogchen]] teachings. Before being bound under oath by [[Guru Padmasambhava]], he was the god of gambling and war. He is depicted riding upon a snow lion and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.


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[[Category:Dharma Protectors]]

Latest revision as of 19:24, 28 March 2018

Dorje Lekpa from a tangka of Guru Rinpoche, Nangsi Zilnön

Dorje Lekpa (Skt. Vajrasādhu; Tib. རྡོ་རྗེ་ལེགས་པ་, Wyl. rdo rje legs pa) is a protector of the Dzogchen teachings. Before being bound under oath by Guru Padmasambhava, he was the god of gambling and war. He is depicted riding upon a snow lion and wearing a wide-brimmed hat.