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
• Chatral Sangye Dorje
• Choying Dronma (chos dbyings sgron ma), daughter of Sera Khandro
• Chime Wangmo (chi med dbang mo), a daughter of Adzom Drukpa Drodul Pawo Dorje
• Delog Dawa Drolma, Tromge Khandro Dawa Dromma (khrom dge mkha' 'gro zla ba sgron ma)
• Dzogchen Khenpo Norbu Wangyal (rdzogs chen mkhan po nor bu dbang rgyal)
• Jikga Tulku ('jigs dga' sprul sku) from Sera Monastery in Serta
• Kunzang Pema Trinlé, The Fourth Chaktsa Tulku, in the Katok Chaktsa Incarnation Line
• Lingtsang Gyalpo, the king of Ling (gling)
• The queen of Ling
• Palyul Gochen Tulku Jigdral Chokyi Lodrö (dpal yul sgo chen sprul sku 'jigs bral chos kyi blo gros)
• Riwoche Zhabdrung Tulku Tsewang Drakpa (ri bo che zhabs drung sprul sku tshe dbang grags pa)
• Sogan Rinpoche Natsok Rangdrol, (a bob sod dge sprul sku sna tshogs rang grol)
• Tokden Lama Tsewang Lhagyal
• Trakya Lama Sherab Ozer (khra skya bla ma shes rab 'od zer)
• Tulku Trimé Özer
• Tulku Dorje Dradül

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and Revelations in Eastern Tibet: The Auto/biographical Writings of the Treasure Revealer Sera Khandro (1892-1940)” (unpublished PhD thesis)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.

External Links

• [The Goodman Lectures: The Relatable and Extraordinary Life of Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé 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