Dudjom Lingpa

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Dudjom Lingpa (wyl. bdud 'joms gling pa) (1835-1904) - A great adept and tertön whose terma revelations fill twenty volumes. He was considered to be the emanation of Khye'u Chung Lotsawa, one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. His immediate incarnation, born even before he himself passed away, was Dudjom Rinpoche.

His Sons

He was the father of eight important tulkus:

1. Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima
2. Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal (1868-1907)
3. Tertön Trimé Özer (1881-1924)
4. Tulku of Cheyö Rigdzin Chenmo (died young)
5. Tulku Pema Dorje
6. Tulku Lhatop (1885-?)
7. Tulku Namkha Jikmé (1888-?)
8. Tulku Dorje Dradül (1892-1959)

His Writings

• Neluk Rangjung

Further Reading

• Dudjom Lingpa, Buddhahood Without Meditation, translated by Richard Barron, Padma Publishing, 1994, revised edition 2002