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[[Image:SeraKhandro.jpg.png|thumb|500px|'''Sera Khandro''' Courtesy of jnanasukha.org]]
[[Image:SeraKhandro.jpg.png|thumb|350px|Sera Khandro, courtesy of Jnanasukha.org]]
'''Sera Khandro Dewé Dorje''' (Tib. སེ་ར་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བདེ་བའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''se ra mkha' 'gro bde ba'i rdo rje'') aka '''Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo''' (ཀུན་བཟང་བདེ་སྐྱོང་དབང་མོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''kun bzang bde skyong dbang mo'') (1892-1940) — a great female [[tertön]] whose treasure texts are revered by many great [[Nyingma]] masters. She was the consort of [[Tulku Trimé Özer]], one of the sons of the illustrious Tertön [[Dudjom Lingpa]]. She was also one of the [[root guru]]s of [[Chatral Rinpoche]] and was reborn as his daughter, Saraswati.
'''Sera Khandro Dewé Dorje''' (Tib. སེ་ར་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བདེ་བའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, [[Wyl.]] ''se ra mkha' 'gro bde ba'i rdo rje'') aka '''Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo''' (ཀུན་བཟང་བདེ་སྐྱོང་དབང་མོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''kun bzang bde skyong dbang mo'') (1892-1940) — a great female [[tertön]] whose treasure texts are revered by many great [[Nyingma]] masters. She was the consort of [[Tulku Trimé Özer]], one of the sons of the illustrious Tertön [[Dudjom Lingpa]]. She was also one of the [[root guru]]s of [[Chatral Rinpoche]] and was reborn as his daughter, [[Saraswati]] (recognised by [[Karmapa Rangjung Rigpé Dorje]]).
 
Another incarnation, recognised by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]], was [[Tare Lhamo]].


==Revelations==
==Revelations==
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==Writings==
==Writings==
* [http://www.shambhala.com/refining-our-perception-of-reality.html ''Refining Our Perception of Reality''] Sera Khandro's Commentary on [[Dudjom Lingpa|Dudjom Lingpa's]] Account of His Visionary Journey. The book includes a short autobiography of Sera Khandro, translated by [[Chatral Rinpoche|Chatral Rinpoche’s]] disciple-translator Christina Monson. Shambala Publications, 2014.
*[http://www.shambhala.com/refining-our-perception-of-reality.html ''Refining Our Perception of Reality''] Sera Khandro's Commentary on [[Dudjom Lingpa|Dudjom Lingpa's]] Account of His Visionary Journey. The book includes a short autobiography of Sera Khandro, translated by [[Chatral Rinpoche|Chatral Rinpoche’s]] disciple-translator Christina Monson. Shambala Publications, 2014.
 
==Students==
Among her students are:
*[[Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje]]
*[[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]]
*[[Chatral Sangye Dorje]]
*Choying Dronma (chos dbyings sgron ma), daughter of Sera Khandro
*Chime Wangmo (''chi med dbang mo''), a daughter of Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje
*[[Delog Dawa Drolma]], Tromge Khandro Dawa Dromma (khrom dge mkha' 'gro zla ba sgron ma)
*Dzogchen Khenpo Norbu Wangyal (rdzogs chen mkhan po nor bu dbang rgyal)
*Jikga Tulku ('jigs dga' sprul sku) from Sera Monastery in Serta
*Kunzang Pema Trinlé, The Fourth Chaktsa Tulku, in the [[Katok Chaktsa Incarnation Line]]
*[[Lingtsang Gyalpo]], the king of Ling (gling)
*The queen of Ling
*Palyul Gochen Tulku Jigdral Chokyi Lodrö (dpal yul sgo chen sprul sku 'jigs bral chos kyi blo gros)
*Riwoche Zhabdrung Tulku Tsewang Drakpa (ri bo che zhabs drung sprul sku tshe dbang grags pa)
*[[Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol]], (a bob sod dge sprul sku sna tshogs rang grol)
*Tokden [[Lama Tsewang Lhagyal]]
*Trakya Lama Sherab Ozer (khra skya bla ma shes rab 'od zer)
*[[Tulku Trimé Özer]]
*[[Tulku Dorje Dradül]]
 
==Notes==
<small><references/></small>


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
*Sarah H. Jacoby, “Consorts and Revelations in Eastern Tibet: The Auto/biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940)” (unpublished PhD thesis)
*Sarah H. Jacoby, “Consorts and Revelations in Eastern Tibet: The Auto/biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940)” (unpublished PhD thesis)
*Sarah H. Jacoby, “Love and Liberation, Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro”, Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 2014.


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tibetanlineages.org/biographies/view/148/10083 Biography by Sarah Jacoby]
*[http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Sera-Khandro-Kunzang-Dekyong-Wangmo/10083 Biography by Sarah Jacoby]
*{{TBRC|P742|TBRC profile}}
*{{TBRC|P742|TBRC profile}}
*{{LH|tibetan-masters/sera-khandro|Sera Khandro Series on Lotsawa House}}


==Notes==
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[[Category:Tertöns]]
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[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Dudjom Tersar Masters]]
[[Category:Female Masters]]
[[Category:Female Masters]]

Revision as of 16:24, 22 December 2018

Sera Khandro, courtesy of Jnanasukha.org

Sera Khandro Dewé Dorje (Tib. སེ་ར་མཁའ་འགྲོ་བདེ་བའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. se ra mkha' 'gro bde ba'i rdo rje) aka Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo (ཀུན་བཟང་བདེ་སྐྱོང་དབང་མོ་, Wyl. kun bzang bde skyong dbang mo) (1892-1940) — a great female tertön whose treasure texts are revered by many great Nyingma masters. She was the consort of Tulku Trimé Özer, one of the sons of the illustrious Tertön Dudjom Lingpa. She was also one of the root gurus of Chatral Rinpoche and was reborn as his daughter, Saraswati (recognised by Karmapa Rangjung Rigpé Dorje).

Another incarnation, recognised by Dudjom Rinpoche, was Tare Lhamo.

Revelations

Writings

Students

Among her students are:

Notes

  1. Translated by Ngawang Zangpo in Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002

Further Reading

  • Sarah H. Jacoby, “Consorts and Revelations in Eastern Tibet: The Auto/biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940)” (unpublished PhD thesis)
  • Sarah H. Jacoby, “Love and Liberation, Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro”, Columbia University Press, New York, USA, 2014.

External Links