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'''Nanam Dorje Dudjom''' ([[Wyl.]] ''sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms'') — one of King [[Trisong Detsen]]’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite [[Padmasambhava]] to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main [[twenty-five disciples]]. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of [[Vajrakilaya]]. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’ | '''Nanam Dorje Dudjom''' (Tib. སྣ་ནམ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བདུད་འཇོམས་, [[Wyl.]] ''sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms'') — one of King [[Trisong Detsen]]’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite [[Padmasambhava]] to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main [[twenty-five disciples]]. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of [[Vajrakilaya]]. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’ | ||
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Nanam Dorje Dudjom (Tib. སྣ་ནམ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བདུད་འཇོམས་, Wyl. sna nam rdo rje bdud 'joms) — one of King Trisong Detsen’s ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means ‘Indestructible Subduer of Mara.’
Incarnations
Rigdzin Gödem (1337-1408) and Pema Trinlé (1641-1718), the great vidyadhara of Dorje Drak Monastery in Central Tibet, are both considered reincarnations of Dorje Dudjom. He is also the root incarnation of Tertön Sogyal and Sogyal Rinpoche.
Oral Accounts of the Life of Nanam Dorje Dudjom
- Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok, Lerab Ling, Summer 1993
- Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, Summer 1996