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#Akyabza Kalzang Drönma<Ref> '''Akyabza Kalzang Drönma''' was the third consort of Dudjom Lingpa and  the mother of [[Tulku Dorje Dradül]], [[Tulku Lhatop]] and of [[Patrul Namkha Jikmé]].</Ref>
#Akyabza Kalzang Drönma<Ref> '''Akyabza Kalzang Drönma''' was the third consort of Dudjom Lingpa and  the mother of [[Tulku Dorje Dradül]], [[Tulku Lhatop]] and of [[Patrul Namkha Jikmé]].</Ref>
#[[Apang Tertön]]
#[[Apang Tertön]]
#[[Anam Wangchen]]
#[[Chönyön Drakpa]]
#Dampa<Ref>'''Dampa''' (d.1891) was a direct disciple of Dudjom Lingpa who recounts in his outer biography that ''In 1891, on the twenty-first day of the first month, my disciple Dampa passed away'' This passing was foretold to Dudjom Lingpa by Dakini Sangwa Yeshe, Secret Wisdom, who told him in 1890 ''Your disciple Dampa will be born in the dakini country of Orgyen on the twenty-first night of the Rabbit Month'' (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p174).</Ref>
#[[Degyal Rinpoche]]
#[[Degyal Rinpoche]]
#[[Dharmapa]]
#[[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]]
#[[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]]
#Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden<Ref>'''Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden''', a direct close student of [[Patrul Rinpoche]], received the transmissions of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] directly from Dudjom Lingpa (Source Tulku Thondup, "Masters of Meditation and Miracles", Shamble, 1996, page 259).</Ref>
#[[Dönsem]]
#[[Dorje Zangpo]]
#Dorje<Ref>'''Dorje''' was a student of Dudjom lingpa. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts when he met him: “In the year I turned thirty-nine, at night on the ninth day of the middle summer month, a dakini appeared saying, “Here is something you need.” She gave me an extremely beautiful and fascinating iron ritual dagger wrapped in black silk; attached to the silk was an unsightly stone ritual dagger. “My child, I’m giving this to you. As a sign that this has come through the hands of a foolish lama, it has a black silk wrapping. The stone dagger connected to it will be of scant help to anyone else: It will likely accomplish its own purpose.” Early the next morning on the tenth day, Dorjé Zangpo, Excellent Vajra, from Chutsang and a sculptor name Dorje, Vajra, arrived together. We offered a vajra feast celebration. [...] The diking said:  'As for Dorje, his companion, he won’t be of service to others, but he will accomplish his own purpose [by attaining realization]. They must both stay in mountain hermitages, wandering to unfixed locales. This is of utmost importance!” Then she vanished without a trace.(Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 134-135.)</Ref>
#[[Drol]]
#Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden<Ref>'''Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden''', a direct close student of [[Patrul Rinpoche]], received the transmissions of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] directly from Dudjom Lingpa (Source Tulku Thondup, "Masters of Meditation and Miracles", Shambala, 1996, page 259).</Ref>
#[[Gili Wangli]]
#[[Golok Serta Rinpoche]]
#[[Golok Serta Rinpoche]]
#[[Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche]]
#[[Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche]]
#Horla Püntsok Tashi
#Horla Püntsok Tashi
#Karma Konchok<Ref>'''Karma Kunchok''' was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a [[Guru Dorje Drolö]] practice revealed by [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]]. Among his four retreat companions were [[Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche]], Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).</Ref>
#[[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]]
#[[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]]
#[[Katok Situ Chökyi Lodrö]]
#[[Katok Situ Chökyi Lodrö]]
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#Kéza Sangye Tso<Ref>'''Kéza Sangye Tso''' was the second consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of [[Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal]], [[Namtrul Mipham Dorje]] and [[Tulku Trimé Özer]].</Ref>
#Kéza Sangye Tso<Ref>'''Kéza Sangye Tso''' was the second consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of [[Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal]], [[Namtrul Mipham Dorje]] and [[Tulku Trimé Özer]].</Ref>
#[[Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal]]
#[[Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal]]
#[[Kunzang Dechen Dorje (Pema Kunzang)]]
#[[Kyechok Lingpa]] <Ref>'''Kyechok Lingpa''' was a famous tertön and doctor from Golok, Serta, a student of Dudjom Lingpa, and the father of [[Tulshuk Lingpa]]. His granddaughter is Sangyum Kamala, wife of [[Chatral Rinpoche]] (source: presentation of empowerments granted by Sangyum Kamala in the USA in 2003.</Ref>
#[[Kyechok Lingpa]] <Ref>'''Kyechok Lingpa''' was a famous tertön and doctor from Golok, Serta, a student of Dudjom Lingpa, and the father of [[Tulshuk Lingpa]]. His granddaughter is Sangyum Kamala, wife of [[Chatral Rinpoche]] (source: presentation of empowerments granted by Sangyum Kamala in the USA in 2003.</Ref>
#Khyungpo Rinpoche
#[[Lama Gyurga Rinpoche]]
#[[Lama Gyurga Rinpoche]]
#[[Lama Khedrup]]
#[[Lama Khedrup]]
#Lama Kyenrab<Ref>'''Lama Kyenrab''' was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: “In the past, while staying at the Hor family’s homestead, Lama Kyenrab, Omniscience, from Nuzok [Monastery] requested me to transcribe a Jampal, Gentle Splendor, tantra. Accordingly, when I began that task on the tenth day of the middle winter month, thunder roared from the heavens and small hailstones fell erratically. I considered that to be indicative of a favorable coincidence, the thought of which made me quite delighted and happy, so I told the lama about it. He said, “During the winter, isn’t the sound of thunder something disastrous?” He made this and other pessimistic comments; I saw that there wasn’t going to be much of a good connection. I ceased writing after five pages and se it aside without transcribing anything more.” Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.134).</Ref><Ref>In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts how he received a prophecy from Dakini Kuntu Gyuma who sang to him, ‘[In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superlative individual whose name ends with '''Rab''', Highest, will accomplish the supreme illusory rainbow body if he isn’t fooled by circumstances involving the eight wordly concerns.’(Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).</Ref><Ref>In his outer autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts being told that '''Lama Kyenrab''' is an emanation of [[Rechungpa]]: ‘Rechung Dorje Drak [has taken rebirth] as Dong-rik Kyenrab Gyatso, Ocean of Omniscience of the Dong Clan. If he doesn’t keep to unfixed mountain locales, he won’t have the fortune to live very long.’ and ‘Let Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé, Victors’ Heir of Infinite Benefit to Others, and Rechungpa, Young Cotton-Clad One of Vajra Renown, correct any faults in your writing.’ (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p192.)</Ref>
#[[Lama Pema Samphel]]
#[[Lama Pema Samphel]]
#Lama Phuntsok Tashi<Ref>Cited in the colophon of the [[Neluk Rangjung]].</Ref>  
#Lama Phuntsok Tashi<Ref>Cited in the colophon of the [[Neluk Rangjung]].</Ref><Ref>According to Dudjom Lingpa himelf, [Lama] Puntsok Tashi — and Ngawang Gyatso— was “a custodian of his teachings”. Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Biography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 72.</Ref><Ref>'''Gyatso''' can refers to several students of Dudjom Lingpa whose future accomplishments were revealed by the Dakini Kuntu Gyuma to him in 1882. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: ''[In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superb person named Gyatso, Ocean, should apply himself to the essential practices. If he has practiced his whole life long, he will attain true and perfect enlightenment.’ ''(Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).</Ref>
#Lama Ten <Ref> '''Lama Ten''' was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a [[Guru Dorje Drolö]] practice revealed by [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]]. Among his four retreat companions were [[Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche]], Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).</Ref>
#Lama Thadral Dorje <Ref> '''Lama Thadral Dorje''', a close disciple of Dudjom Lingpa, accomplished the rainbow body, according to www.shedup-kunsang-choling.com </Ref>
#Lama Thadral Dorje <Ref> '''Lama Thadral Dorje''', a close disciple of Dudjom Lingpa, accomplished the rainbow body, according to www.shedup-kunsang-choling.com </Ref>
#Lhajé Rikdzin Zangpo<Ref>Cited in the colophon of the [[Neluk Rangjung]].</Ref>
#Lhajé Rikdzin Zangpo<Ref>Cited in the colophon of the [[Neluk Rangjung]].</Ref>
#Lodrö Wangmo <Ref>Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the [[Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü]]. Check if he is no the same as Gyurme Ngedön Wangpo</Ref>
#Lodrö Wangmo <Ref>Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the [[Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü]]. Check if he is no the same as Gyurme Ngedön Wangpo</Ref>
#[[Ling Lama Chöjor Gyatso]]
#[[Ling Lama Chöjor Gyatso]]<Ref>'''Gyatso''' can refers to several students of Dudjom Lingpa whose future accomplishments were revealed by the Dakini Kuntu Gyuma to him in 1882. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: ''[In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superb person named Gyatso, Ocean, should apply himself to the essential practices. If he has practiced his whole life long, he will attain true and perfect enlightenment.’ ''(Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).</Ref>
#[[Namtrul Mipham Dorje]]
#[[Namtrul Mipham Dorje]]
#[[Ngawang Gyatso]]
#[[Ngawang Gyatso]]
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#Pur Tokpa Dorje Namgyal
#Pur Tokpa Dorje Namgyal
#Rebkong Wa Gendün Rinpoche
#Rebkong Wa Gendün Rinpoche
#Rikchok <Ref>'''Rikchok''' was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a [[Guru Dorje Drolö]] practice revealed by [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]]. Among his four retreat companions were [[Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche]], Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).</Ref>
#Rikpe Nyugu<Ref>Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the [[Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü]].</Ref>
#Rikpe Nyugu<Ref>Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the [[Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü]].</Ref>
#[[Sera Khandro]]
#[[Sera Khandro]]
#[[Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol]]
#[[Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol]]
#Traza Sönam Tso<Ref>'''Traza Sönam Tso''' was the first consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]] and of [[Tulku Pema Dorje]].</Ref>
#Traza Sönam Tso<Ref>'''Traza Sönam Tso''' was the first consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]] and of [[Tulku Pema Dorje]].</Ref>
#Tsé-chu<Ref>'''Tsé-chu''' was a major student of Dudjom Lingpa and unlike many other students who met Dudjom Lingpa after he gained renown, Tsé-chu was with him at least since Dudjom Lingpa was 37 years old. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: '[In 1872], compelled by joy, my student Tsé-chu, Tenth Day, asked me for something to practice. When I transcribed a text for him, a rainbow stretched out like five silk ribbons sone above my house, a portent of his impeding liberation in the illusory rainbow body. At the end of his life in Lhasa, when he passed away, exceptional canopies of rainbow light and other signs and indications appeared. Everyone in Central and Western Tibet was amazed. During the middle winter month [of 1872] I practiced Dakini Tröma Nakmo during a month-long retreat. On that occasion I was accompanied by my supreme disciples Tsé-chu, Pema Tashi, and Orgyen. There was no one else apart from this trio. I cam to the firm conclusion that they upheld their tantric commitments. At that time, a rain of small feathers from vultures, the king of birds, fell; the house was infused with a sweet aromas; and others fantastic signs and omens appeared.' (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.133).</Ref>
#Tsewang Rigdzin
#Tsewang Rigdzin
#[[Tsogkhang Rinpoche]]
#[[Tsogkhang Rinpoche]]
#[[Tulku Dorje Dradül]]
#[[Tulku Dorje Dradül]]
#[[Tulku Jawa Alak]]
#[[Tulku Lhatop]]
#[[Tulku Lhatop]]
#[[Tulku Pema Dorje]]
#[[Tulku Pema Dorje]]
#[[Tulku Trimé Özer]] Rigdzin Pema Drodul Sang-ngak Lingpa
#[[Tulku Trimé Özer]] Rigdzin Pema Drodul Sang-ngak Lingpa
#[[Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol]]<Ref>'''Yukhok Chatralwa Shying Rangdrol''' went to see Dudjom Lingpa after the death of Lhatse Kyabgön, and received from him Nangjang and other teachings for many months. Following Dudjom Lingpa's prophecy, he went to see his karmic teacher, Adzom Drukpa (Source Tulku Thondup, 'Masters of Meditation and Miracles', Shambala, 1996, page 261)</Ref>
#[[Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol]]<Ref>'''Yukhok Chatralwa Shying Rangdrol''' went to see Dudjom Lingpa after the death of Lhatse Kyabgön, and received from him [[Nang Jang]] and other teachings for many months. Following Dudjom Lingpa's prophecy, he went to see his karmic teacher, Adzom Drukpa (Source Tulku Thondup, 'Masters of Meditation and Miracles', Shambala, 1996, page 261)</Ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

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Dudjom Lingpa

The following are among the most important students of Dudjom Lingpa (in alphabetical order):

  1. Akyabza Kalzang Drönma[1]
  2. Apang Tertön
  3. Anam Wangchen
  4. Chönyön Drakpa
  5. Dampa[2]
  6. Degyal Rinpoche
  7. Dharmapa
  8. Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima
  9. Dönsem
  10. Dorje Zangpo
  11. Dorje[3]
  12. Drol
  13. Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden[4]
  14. Gili Wangli
  15. Golok Serta Rinpoche
  16. Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche
  17. Horla Püntsok Tashi
  18. Karma Konchok[5]
  19. Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso
  20. Katok Situ Chökyi Lodrö
  21. Khenpo Kunzang Palden[6]
  22. Kéza Sangye Tso[7]
  23. Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal
  24. Kunzang Dechen Dorje (Pema Kunzang)
  25. Kyechok Lingpa [8]
  26. Khyungpo Rinpoche
  27. Lama Gyurga Rinpoche
  28. Lama Khedrup
  29. Lama Kyenrab[9][10][11]
  30. Lama Pema Samphel
  31. Lama Phuntsok Tashi[12][13][14]
  32. Lama Ten [15]
  33. Lama Thadral Dorje [16]
  34. Lhajé Rikdzin Zangpo[17]
  35. Lodrö Wangmo [18]
  36. Ling Lama Chöjor Gyatso[19]
  37. Namtrul Mipham Dorje
  38. Ngawang Gyatso
  39. Nyala Sherab Özer
  40. Orgyen Dorje
  41. Rikpe Nyugu
  42. Lodrö Wangmo [20]
  43. Patrul Namkha Jikmé
  44. Pema Lungtok Gyatso
  45. Pema Tashi
  46. Phugtrul Gyurme Ngedön Wangpo
  47. Pur Tokpa Dorje Namgyal
  48. Rebkong Wa Gendün Rinpoche
  49. Rikchok [21]
  50. Rikpe Nyugu[22]
  51. Sera Khandro
  52. Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol
  53. Traza Sönam Tso[23]
  54. Tsé-chu[24]
  55. Tsewang Rigdzin
  56. Tsogkhang Rinpoche
  57. Tulku Dorje Dradül
  58. Tulku Jawa Alak
  59. Tulku Lhatop
  60. Tulku Pema Dorje
  61. Tulku Trimé Özer Rigdzin Pema Drodul Sang-ngak Lingpa
  62. Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol[25]

Notes

  1. Akyabza Kalzang Drönma was the third consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of Tulku Dorje Dradül, Tulku Lhatop and of Patrul Namkha Jikmé.
  2. Dampa (d.1891) was a direct disciple of Dudjom Lingpa who recounts in his outer biography that In 1891, on the twenty-first day of the first month, my disciple Dampa passed away This passing was foretold to Dudjom Lingpa by Dakini Sangwa Yeshe, Secret Wisdom, who told him in 1890 Your disciple Dampa will be born in the dakini country of Orgyen on the twenty-first night of the Rabbit Month (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p174).
  3. Dorje was a student of Dudjom lingpa. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts when he met him: “In the year I turned thirty-nine, at night on the ninth day of the middle summer month, a dakini appeared saying, “Here is something you need.” She gave me an extremely beautiful and fascinating iron ritual dagger wrapped in black silk; attached to the silk was an unsightly stone ritual dagger. “My child, I’m giving this to you. As a sign that this has come through the hands of a foolish lama, it has a black silk wrapping. The stone dagger connected to it will be of scant help to anyone else: It will likely accomplish its own purpose.” Early the next morning on the tenth day, Dorjé Zangpo, Excellent Vajra, from Chutsang and a sculptor name Dorje, Vajra, arrived together. We offered a vajra feast celebration. [...] The diking said: 'As for Dorje, his companion, he won’t be of service to others, but he will accomplish his own purpose [by attaining realization]. They must both stay in mountain hermitages, wandering to unfixed locales. This is of utmost importance!” Then she vanished without a trace.(Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 134-135.)
  4. Gegong Khenpo Kunzang Palden, a direct close student of Patrul Rinpoche, received the transmissions of the Dudjom Tersar directly from Dudjom Lingpa (Source Tulku Thondup, "Masters of Meditation and Miracles", Shambala, 1996, page 259).
  5. Karma Kunchok was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a Guru Dorje Drolö practice revealed by Rigdzin Düddul Dorje. Among his four retreat companions were Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche, Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).
  6. Khenpo Kunzang Palden received in Ser Valley the transmissions of the new ter teachings discovered by Dudjom Lingpa (Source Tulku Thondup, 'Masters of Meditation and Miracles', Shamble, 1996, page 258.).
  7. Kéza Sangye Tso was the second consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal, Namtrul Mipham Dorje and Tulku Trimé Özer.
  8. Kyechok Lingpa was a famous tertön and doctor from Golok, Serta, a student of Dudjom Lingpa, and the father of Tulshuk Lingpa. His granddaughter is Sangyum Kamala, wife of Chatral Rinpoche (source: presentation of empowerments granted by Sangyum Kamala in the USA in 2003.
  9. Lama Kyenrab was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: “In the past, while staying at the Hor family’s homestead, Lama Kyenrab, Omniscience, from Nuzok [Monastery] requested me to transcribe a Jampal, Gentle Splendor, tantra. Accordingly, when I began that task on the tenth day of the middle winter month, thunder roared from the heavens and small hailstones fell erratically. I considered that to be indicative of a favorable coincidence, the thought of which made me quite delighted and happy, so I told the lama about it. He said, “During the winter, isn’t the sound of thunder something disastrous?” He made this and other pessimistic comments; I saw that there wasn’t going to be much of a good connection. I ceased writing after five pages and se it aside without transcribing anything more.” Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.134).
  10. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts how he received a prophecy from Dakini Kuntu Gyuma who sang to him, ‘[In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superlative individual whose name ends with Rab, Highest, will accomplish the supreme illusory rainbow body if he isn’t fooled by circumstances involving the eight wordly concerns.’(Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).
  11. In his outer autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts being told that Lama Kyenrab is an emanation of Rechungpa: ‘Rechung Dorje Drak [has taken rebirth] as Dong-rik Kyenrab Gyatso, Ocean of Omniscience of the Dong Clan. If he doesn’t keep to unfixed mountain locales, he won’t have the fortune to live very long.’ and ‘Let Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé, Victors’ Heir of Infinite Benefit to Others, and Rechungpa, Young Cotton-Clad One of Vajra Renown, correct any faults in your writing.’ (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p192.)
  12. Cited in the colophon of the Neluk Rangjung.
  13. According to Dudjom Lingpa himelf, [Lama] Puntsok Tashi — and Ngawang Gyatso— was “a custodian of his teachings”. Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Biography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 72.
  14. Gyatso can refers to several students of Dudjom Lingpa whose future accomplishments were revealed by the Dakini Kuntu Gyuma to him in 1882. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: [In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superb person named Gyatso, Ocean, should apply himself to the essential practices. If he has practiced his whole life long, he will attain true and perfect enlightenment.’ (Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).
  15. Lama Ten was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a Guru Dorje Drolö practice revealed by Rigdzin Düddul Dorje. Among his four retreat companions were Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche, Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).
  16. Lama Thadral Dorje, a close disciple of Dudjom Lingpa, accomplished the rainbow body, according to www.shedup-kunsang-choling.com
  17. Cited in the colophon of the Neluk Rangjung.
  18. Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü. Check if he is no the same as Gyurme Ngedön Wangpo
  19. Gyatso can refers to several students of Dudjom Lingpa whose future accomplishments were revealed by the Dakini Kuntu Gyuma to him in 1882. In his autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: [In 1882], on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was Dakini Kuntu Gyuma Saljéma, Wandering All-Illuminator, and sang to me, ‘A superb person named Gyatso, Ocean, should apply himself to the essential practices. If he has practiced his whole life long, he will attain true and perfect enlightenment.’ (Traktung Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 158).
  20. Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü.
  21. Rikchok was a student of Dudjom Lingpa. In 1863, when Dudjom Lingpa was 28, he returned to his homeland with four retreat companions to do a retreat based on a Guru Dorje Drolö practice revealed by Rigdzin Düddul Dorje. Among his four retreat companions were Goser Onpo Khyenrab Gyasto Rinpoche, Karma Konchok, Lama Ten, Rikchok. (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, page 87).
  22. Cited, in the colophon of text, as having requested the writing of the Sherik Dorje Nӧnpo Gyü.
  23. Traza Sönam Tso was the first consort of Dudjom Lingpa and the mother of Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima and of Tulku Pema Dorje.
  24. Tsé-chu was a major student of Dudjom Lingpa and unlike many other students who met Dudjom Lingpa after he gained renown, Tsé-chu was with him at least since Dudjom Lingpa was 37 years old. In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts: '[In 1872], compelled by joy, my student Tsé-chu, Tenth Day, asked me for something to practice. When I transcribed a text for him, a rainbow stretched out like five silk ribbons sone above my house, a portent of his impeding liberation in the illusory rainbow body. At the end of his life in Lhasa, when he passed away, exceptional canopies of rainbow light and other signs and indications appeared. Everyone in Central and Western Tibet was amazed. During the middle winter month [of 1872] I practiced Dakini Tröma Nakmo during a month-long retreat. On that occasion I was accompanied by my supreme disciples Tsé-chu, Pema Tashi, and Orgyen. There was no one else apart from this trio. I cam to the firm conclusion that they upheld their tantric commitments. At that time, a rain of small feathers from vultures, the king of birds, fell; the house was infused with a sweet aromas; and others fantastic signs and omens appeared.' (Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.133).
  25. Yukhok Chatralwa Shying Rangdrol went to see Dudjom Lingpa after the death of Lhatse Kyabgön, and received from him Nang Jang and other teachings for many months. Following Dudjom Lingpa's prophecy, he went to see his karmic teacher, Adzom Drukpa (Source Tulku Thondup, 'Masters of Meditation and Miracles', Shambala, 1996, page 261)

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