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'''The twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche''' are his twenty-five greatest Tibetan disciples. All of them attained supreme accomplishment. They are: [[King Trisong Detsen]], [[Namkhé Nyingpo]], Sangyé Yeshé, Gyalwa Chöyang, [[Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal]], Palgyi Sengé, [[Vairochana]], [[Nyak Jñanakumara]], Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo, [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], Yeshé Yang, Sokpo Lhapal, Nanam Zhang Yeshé De, Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk, Denma Tsémang, [[Kawa Paltsek]], Shüpu Palgyi Sengé, Dré Gyalwé Lodrö, Drokben Kyenchung Lotsawa, Otren Palgyi Wangchuk, Ma Rinchen Chok, Lhalung Palgyi Dorje, [[Langdro Könchok Jungné]], Lasum Gyalwa Changchup.
[[Image:Rigdzin Dupa.jpg|frame|[[Guru Rinpoche]] surrounded by the [[eight vidyadharas]] and twenty-five disciples from a [[thangka]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]]]]
The '''twenty-five disciples of [[Guru Rinpoche]]''' (Tib. [[རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rje 'bangs nyer lnga'') are his twenty-five greatest Tibetan disciples. All of them attained supreme accomplishment. There are several lists, some adding up to twenty-six by counting the King Trisong Detsen separately, as in the following list:  
 
#[[King Trisong Detsen]]
#[[Namkhé Nyingpo]]
#[[Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé]]
#[[Gyalwa Chokyang]]
#[[Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal]]
#[[Palgyi Yeshé]]
#[[Langchen Palgyi Sengé]]
#[[Vairotsana]]
#[[Nyak Jñanakumara]]
#[[Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo]]
#[[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]]
#[[Yeshé Yang]]
#[[Sokpo Lhapal]]
#[[Shyang Yeshé Dé|Nanam Shyang Yeshé Dé]]
#[[Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk]]
#[[Denma Tsémang]]
#[[Kawa Paltsek]]
#[[Shüpu Palgyi Sengé]]
#[[Dré Gyalwé Lodrö]]
#[[Drokben Khye'u Chung Lotsawa]]
#[[Otren Palgyi Wangchuk]]
#[[Ma Rinchen Chok]]
#[[Lhalung Palgyi Dorje]]
#[[Langdro Könchok Jungné]]
#[[Lasum Gyalwa Changchup]]
#[[Drenpa Namkha]]<ref>The sequence of names follows that given by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]] in his History of the Nyingma School, but note that his list does not include Drenpa Namkha</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1996)
*[[Yeshe Tsogyal]], ''Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet: 25 Disciples - Vajra Guru Mantra - Prayers'', Dharma Publishing, 2008.


[[Category: enumerations]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Historical Masters]]
[[Category:Guru Rinpoche]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Twenty-five Disciples]]
[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:20s-Twenties]]

Revision as of 10:50, 29 March 2011

Guru Rinpoche surrounded by the eight vidyadharas and twenty-five disciples from a thangka of Rigdzin Düpa

The twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche (Tib. རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ་, Wyl. rje 'bangs nyer lnga) are his twenty-five greatest Tibetan disciples. All of them attained supreme accomplishment. There are several lists, some adding up to twenty-six by counting the King Trisong Detsen separately, as in the following list:

  1. King Trisong Detsen
  2. Namkhé Nyingpo
  3. Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé
  4. Gyalwa Chokyang
  5. Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal
  6. Palgyi Yeshé
  7. Langchen Palgyi Sengé
  8. Vairotsana
  9. Nyak Jñanakumara
  10. Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo
  11. Nanam Dorje Dudjom
  12. Yeshé Yang
  13. Sokpo Lhapal
  14. Nanam Shyang Yeshé Dé
  15. Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk
  16. Denma Tsémang
  17. Kawa Paltsek
  18. Shüpu Palgyi Sengé
  19. Dré Gyalwé Lodrö
  20. Drokben Khye'u Chung Lotsawa
  21. Otren Palgyi Wangchuk
  22. Ma Rinchen Chok
  23. Lhalung Palgyi Dorje
  24. Langdro Könchok Jungné
  25. Lasum Gyalwa Changchup
  26. Drenpa Namkha[1]

Notes

  1. The sequence of names follows that given by Dudjom Rinpoche in his History of the Nyingma School, but note that his list does not include Drenpa Namkha

Further Reading

  • Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles (Boston: Shambhala, 1996)
  • Yeshe Tsogyal, Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet: 25 Disciples - Vajra Guru Mantra - Prayers, Dharma Publishing, 2008.