Sera Khandro

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

• Immaculate White Lotus, a biography of Padmasambhava

Writings

• Refining Our Perception of Reality Sera Khandro's Commentary on Dudjom Lingpa's Account of His Visionary Journey. The book includes a short autobiography of Sera Khandro, translated by Chatral Rinpoche’s disciple-translator Christina Monson. Shambala Publications, 2014.

Students

Among her students are:

• Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje
• Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
• Adzom Semo Chime Wangmo (Wyl. chi med dbang mo), a daughter of Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje
• Chatral Sangye Dorje
• Chogtrul Döndrup Dorje
• Choying Drönma (Wyl.chos dbyings sgron ma), daughter of Sera Khandro
• Delog Dawa Drolma, Tromge Khandro Dawa Dromma (Wyl. khrom dge mkha' 'gro zla ba sgron ma)
• Donli, a sky-like yogi
• Dzogchen Khenpo Norbu Wangyal (Wyl. rdzogs chen mkhan po nor bu dbang rgyal)
• Dzongter Kunzang Nyima
• Gar Lama Gelek Gyatso
• Golok Rangjung
• Gyawa Namdak
• Hashul Chödrak
• Jonangpa Tsangpa’i Sé Tulku
• Jongshul Chopel
• Kunzang Pema Trinlé, The Fourth Chaktsa Tulku, in the Katok Chaktsa Incarnation Line
• Lingtsang Gyalpo, the king of Ling
• Lingsang Gyalpo's Queen
• Lingtshog Gyama
• Nyagtrul Guru Özer Yabsé
• Padkar Tulku
• Palyul Gochen Tulku Jigdral Chokyi Lodrö (Wyl.dpal yul sgo chen sprul sku 'jigs bral chos kyi blo gros), aka Gotrul Rinpoche
• Pedgor Tulku
• Rangjung, a sky-like yogi
• Riwoche Zhabdrung Tulku Tsewang Drakpa (Wyl. ri bo che zhabs drung sprul sku tshe dbang grags pa)
• Sera Jikga Tulku (Wyl.se ra 'jigs dga' sprul sku) from Awo Sera Monastery in Serta
• Sera Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol from Awo Sera Monastery in Serta
• Sera Yangsi (Wyl. se ra yang srid rnal ‘byor pa tshul khrims rgya mtsho lam gter ston rig ‘dzin gsang sngags gling pa) (1925-1988), aka Sera Yangtrul
• Tokden Lama Tsewang Lhagyal
• Trakya Lama Sherab Ozer (Wyl. khra skya bla ma shes rab 'od zer)
• Trehor Dongthog Tulku, aka Dongtok Tenpé Gyaltsen, aka Dhongthog Rinpoche
• Tsashul Donli
• Tsultrim Dorje
• Tsultrim Norbu. He was a lama from Nyarong who arrived and requested the complete empowerments and reading transmission from Sera Khandro Déwé Dorjé’s teachings. He later copied her entire manuscript collection and taught their contents, which totaled six volumes, according to Chatral Rinpoche.
• Tulku Trimé Özer
• Tulku Dorje Dradül
• Tulku Kunzang Rigpa Dorje
• Tulku Ngakchung from Dzaten Phelyar Monastery
• Tulku Chime Namgyal from Mar Monastery
• Yangchen Drönma, aka Choying Dronma (Wyl. chos dbyings sgron ma), aka Rigsey Choying Drönma, a daughter of Sera Khandro.
• Yangsi Gara Lama

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.

Internal Links

• Adzom Gar
• Awo Sera Monastery
• Dartsang Kalzang Gompa
• Dergé
• Gétsé Tralek Monastery
• Khandro Yangdzong
• Palyul Dartang Monastery
• Riwoche Monastery
• Sanglung Monastery
• Tsang Gar
• Tsangwa Monastery of Dzamtang

External Links

• Goodman Lecture: “The Relatable and Extraordinary Life of Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé” by Prof. Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University
• Biography by Sarah Jacoby
• TBRC profile
• Sera Khandro Series on Lotsawa House