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'''Shanglön Dosher Trelchung''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mdo gzher sprel chung'') was one of [[King Trisong Detsen]]’s | '''[[Shanglön]] Dosher Trelchung''' (Tib. མདོ་གཞེར་སྤྲེལ་ཆུང་, [[Wyl.]] ''mdo gzher sprel chung'') was one of [[King Trisong Detsen]]’s ministers. He was one of the [[shanglön|king’s maternal uncles]], but he hadn’t been favoured much by nature and was penniless, so he was constantly persecuted. [[Guru Rinpoche]] decided to give him the transmission of the magnetizing deity [[Kurukulla]] from the ''[[Seven Profound Cycles]]'', and as a result of doing this practice he became the most powerful man in Tibet. | ||
[[Category: Historical Figures]] | [[Category: Historical Figures]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:33, 15 May 2021
Shanglön Dosher Trelchung (Tib. མདོ་གཞེར་སྤྲེལ་ཆུང་, Wyl. mdo gzher sprel chung) was one of King Trisong Detsen’s ministers. He was one of the king’s maternal uncles, but he hadn’t been favoured much by nature and was penniless, so he was constantly persecuted. Guru Rinpoche decided to give him the transmission of the magnetizing deity Kurukulla from the Seven Profound Cycles, and as a result of doing this practice he became the most powerful man in Tibet.