https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&feed=atom&action=historyTertön Sogyal Biography - Revision history2024-03-29T07:33:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.1https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=81320&oldid=prevSébastien: internal link2017-11-30T15:12:04Z<p>internal link</p>
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</table>Yeshedorjehttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=75303&oldid=prevYeshedorje at 21:34, 13 February 20162016-02-13T21:34:45Z<p></p>
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</table>Yeshedorjehttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=71742&oldid=prevSébastien at 21:32, 14 June 20142014-06-14T21:32:18Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He went to a remote hermitage where he discovered a mind treasure ([[mind terma|gong ter]]) for the practice of the lion-faced dakini [[Senge Dongma]] and wrote it down. He received instruction from Lama Sönam Thayé and undertook the preliminary practices of Longsal Dorje Nyingpo under his guidance, practising with great diligence.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He went to a remote hermitage where he discovered a mind treasure (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>[[mind terma|gong ter]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>) for the practice of the lion-faced dakini [[Senge Dongma]] and wrote it down. He received instruction from Lama Sönam Thayé and undertook the preliminary practices of Longsal Dorje Nyingpo under his guidance, practising with great diligence.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From the age of 13 to 18, he stayed in retreat. During this time he saw many things directly through the power of his clairvoyance. For example, on one occasion he clearly saw a traveller on horseback at a great distance from his hermitage who was riding towards him. At one point the traveller stopped in order to relieve himself and, as he dismounted, his cup fell from his pocket. Much later, when the traveller arrived at Tertön Sogyal’s place and went to take out his cup for tea he realized it was missing. Tertön Sogyal told him how and where he had lost it and the man later found it in exactly that place. Whilst in retreat, he deciphered a terma in the coded script of [[Yeshe Tsogyal]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From the age of 13 to 18, he stayed in retreat. During this time he saw many things directly through the power of his clairvoyance. For example, on one occasion he clearly saw a traveller on horseback at a great distance from his hermitage who was riding towards him. At one point the traveller stopped in order to relieve himself and, as he dismounted, his cup fell from his pocket. Much later, when the traveller arrived at Tertön Sogyal’s place and went to take out his cup for tea he realized it was missing. Tertön Sogyal told him how and where he had lost it and the man later found it in exactly that place. Whilst in retreat, he deciphered a terma in the coded script of [[Yeshe Tsogyal]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He revealed and decoded the [[Vajrakilaya]] ter of Yang Sang Tröpa and then spent five years practising it as indicated in the [[prophetic guide]] (''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">khabjang</del>''). Finally, he offered the terma to [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] on the 21st day of the eighth month of the Wood Monkey Year (1884) as prophesied in the terma text. Jamyang Khyentse declared Tertön Sogyal to be an authentic tertön and gave him empowerments. When they performed tsok practice together a treasure casket appeared in the centre of the [[mandala]]. Later Tertön Sogyal received many teachings from Jamyang Khyentse, including instructions on the practice of [[Chetsun Nyingtik]] which he wrote down.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He revealed and decoded the [[Vajrakilaya]] ter of Yang Sang Tröpa and then spent five years practising it as indicated in the [[prophetic guide]] (''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">khajang</ins>''). Finally, he offered the terma to [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] on the 21st day of the eighth month of the Wood Monkey Year (1884) as prophesied in the terma text. Jamyang Khyentse declared Tertön Sogyal to be an authentic tertön and gave him empowerments. When they performed tsok practice together a treasure casket appeared in the centre of the [[mandala]]. Later Tertön Sogyal received many teachings from Jamyang Khyentse, including instructions on the practice of [[Chetsun Nyingtik]] which he wrote down.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema Dündul and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema Dündul and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=71739&oldid=prevSébastien at 14:34, 14 June 20142014-06-14T14:34:44Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He revealed and decoded the [[Vajrakilaya]] ter of Yang Sang Tröpa and then spent five years practising it as indicated in the prophetic guide (khabjang). Finally, he offered the terma to [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] on the 21st day of the eighth month of the Wood Monkey Year (1884) as prophesied in the terma text. Jamyang Khyentse declared Tertön Sogyal to be an authentic tertön and gave him empowerments. When they performed tsok practice together a treasure casket appeared in the centre of the [[mandala]]. Later Tertön Sogyal received many teachings from Jamyang Khyentse, including instructions on the practice of [[Chetsun Nyingtik]] which he wrote down.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He revealed and decoded the [[Vajrakilaya]] ter of Yang Sang Tröpa and then spent five years practising it as indicated in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>prophetic guide<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>(<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>khabjang<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>). Finally, he offered the terma to [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] on the 21st day of the eighth month of the Wood Monkey Year (1884) as prophesied in the terma text. Jamyang Khyentse declared Tertön Sogyal to be an authentic tertön and gave him empowerments. When they performed tsok practice together a treasure casket appeared in the centre of the [[mandala]]. Later Tertön Sogyal received many teachings from Jamyang Khyentse, including instructions on the practice of [[Chetsun Nyingtik]] which he wrote down.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema Dündul and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema Dündul and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=69997&oldid=prevDomschl at 10:45, 19 May 20132013-05-19T10:45:41Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon of the fourteenth calendrical cycle (1856) in Upper Nyarong in [[Kham]]. His father was Dargye from the Shyipa family and his mother was Orgyen Drolma.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon of the fourteenth calendrical cycle (1856) in Upper Nyarong in [[Kham]]. His father was Dargye from the Shyipa family and his mother was Orgyen Drolma.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He quickly learned to read and write, and because he felt revulsion for the ways of the world, he sought teachings from [[Nyala Pema <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Düddul</del>]] and from [[Patrul Rinpoche]] and [[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] at [[Dzogchen Monastery]]. When he first went to see Nyala Pema <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Düddul</del>, while he was still very young, the great master showed him some writing in the Lantsa script and he recognized the letter ‘sa’ straightaway. Nyala Pema <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Düddul </del>interpreted this as a sign that there would be no one greater than him on Earth.<ref>The Tibetan letter ‘sa’ is also the word for Earth. The Lantsa script is often used to write Sanskrit, especially on the covers of books and in temple inscriptions.</ref> These masters recognized the child as an incarnation of exceptional ability and requested that he be sent to a monastery, but his father would not allow his only son to leave home and insisted that he take up worldly pursuits instead. Shortly thereafter, while he was out hunting one day, he saw [[dakini script]] through the sights of his rifle, and quickly fell ill. When he was cured of his sickness, he felt overwhelmed by a weariness for all worldly activity. His father again instructed him to go hunting again, but he had a dream in which the mantra protectress [[Ekazati]] appeared to him and pierced his heart with her single white fang. After he had fallen sick once more, a divination was performed indicating that he should practise the [[Dharma]], so his father finally relented.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He quickly learned to read and write, and because he felt revulsion for the ways of the world, he sought teachings from [[Nyala Pema <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dündul</ins>]] and from [[Patrul Rinpoche]] and [[Khenpo Pema Vajra]] at [[Dzogchen Monastery]]. When he first went to see Nyala Pema <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dündul</ins>, while he was still very young, the great master showed him some writing in the Lantsa script and he recognized the letter ‘sa’ straightaway. Nyala Pema <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dündul </ins>interpreted this as a sign that there would be no one greater than him on Earth.<ref>The Tibetan letter ‘sa’ is also the word for Earth. The Lantsa script is often used to write Sanskrit, especially on the covers of books and in temple inscriptions.</ref> These masters recognized the child as an incarnation of exceptional ability and requested that he be sent to a monastery, but his father would not allow his only son to leave home and insisted that he take up worldly pursuits instead. Shortly thereafter, while he was out hunting one day, he saw [[dakini script]] through the sights of his rifle, and quickly fell ill. When he was cured of his sickness, he felt overwhelmed by a weariness for all worldly activity. His father again instructed him to go hunting again, but he had a dream in which the mantra protectress [[Ekazati]] appeared to him and pierced his heart with her single white fang. After he had fallen sick once more, a divination was performed indicating that he should practise the [[Dharma]], so his father finally relented.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Düddul </del>and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later he went to Dzahka Sangak Rabten Ling and received instructions on the preliminaries and main practice of Longsal Nyingpo from Choktrul Rinpoche Kunzang Namgyal.<ref>Kunzang Namgyal, also known as Dzahka Choktrul, was one of Tertön Sogyal’s main teachers. He was a student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Nyala Pema <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dündul </ins>and many other great nineteenth century teachers.</ref> Whilst there he deciphered a cycle of termas related to Yangdak Heruka.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He then went to receive instruction on the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] from Patrul Rinpoche’s disciple, [[Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima]]. After receiving instruction on the ngöndro practice he memorized the texts of retreat instructions and put them into practice. He gradually received all the instructions of the Dzogchen Nyingtik and took them all to heart. He achieved such success in the Dzogchen preliminary practice of purifying the environment through the syllable HUNG that he was able to shatter pots simply through the power of his visualization. Throughout this time, he had no possessions except for the white robes of a yogi and lived alone in the forest, practising day and night.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He then went to receive instruction on the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] from Patrul Rinpoche’s disciple, [[Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpé Nyima]]. After receiving instruction on the ngöndro practice he memorized the texts of retreat instructions and put them into practice. He gradually received all the instructions of the Dzogchen Nyingtik and took them all to heart. He achieved such success in the Dzogchen preliminary practice of purifying the environment through the syllable HUNG that he was able to shatter pots simply through the power of his visualization. Throughout this time, he had no possessions except for the white robes of a yogi and lived alone in the forest, practising day and night.</div></td></tr>
</table>Domschlhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=62054&oldid=prevSébastien at 23:48, 24 March 20112011-03-24T23:48:46Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In his previous incarnations he had appeared as numerous great [[bodhisattva]]s and [[vidyadhara]]s, including the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bodhisattva</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vajragarbha </del>who compiled the [[Dzogchen]] teachings given by the Buddha [[Samantabhadra]] in [[Akanishtha]]. Later he appeared as [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]’s aunt and stepmother, [[Prajapati Gotami]], the founder of the order of nuns, and in Tibet he appeared as [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], Trophu Lotsawa<ref>Trophu Lotsawa Jampa Pal born in the 12th century.</ref> and the great [[Rigdzin Gödemchen]] (1337-1408),<ref>Both Rigdzin Gödem and Tertön Sogyal lived into their seventies. It is unusual for a tertön to live so long.</ref> founder of the [[Northern Treasures]] (Changter) tradition.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In his previous incarnations he had appeared as numerous great [[bodhisattva]]s and [[vidyadhara]]s, including the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bodhisattva </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vajragarbha</ins>]] who compiled the [[Dzogchen]] teachings given by the Buddha [[Samantabhadra]] in [[Akanishtha]]. Later he appeared as [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]’s aunt and stepmother, [[Prajapati Gotami]], the founder of the order of nuns, and in Tibet he appeared as [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Trophu Lotsawa<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins><ref>Trophu Lotsawa Jampa Pal born in the 12th century.</ref> and the great [[Rigdzin Gödemchen]] (1337-1408),<ref>Both Rigdzin Gödem and Tertön Sogyal lived into their seventies. It is unusual for a tertön to live so long.</ref> founder of the [[Northern Treasures]] (Changter) tradition.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon of the fourteenth calendrical cycle (1856) in Upper Nyarong in [[Kham]]. His father was Dargye from the Shyipa family and his mother was Orgyen Drolma.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was born in the year of the Fire Dragon of the fourteenth calendrical cycle (1856) in Upper Nyarong in [[Kham]]. His father was Dargye from the Shyipa family and his mother was Orgyen Drolma.</div></td></tr>
</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=17576&oldid=prevSébastien at 18:40, 8 June 20092009-06-08T18:40:32Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On one occasion, Tertön Sogyal became very sick. [[Tertön Rangrik Dorje]] and Dzahka Choktrul visited him and performed long life empowerments and offered medicines. Due to their kindness and the long life empowerments which were given by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at [[Dzongsar]] in the year of the Dog (1886) he recovered and remained in Garjé Hermitage for several months.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On one occasion, Tertön Sogyal became very sick. [[Tertön Rangrik Dorje]] and Dzahka Choktrul visited him and performed long life empowerments and offered medicines. Due to their kindness and the long life empowerments which were given by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at [[Dzongsar]] in the year of the Dog (1886) he recovered and remained in Garjé Hermitage for several months.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the age of thirty-three, he travelled to Konjo with Atrin Demchok and there, on the twenty-fifth day of the second month of the Male Earth Mouse year (1888), he revealed several termas including a cycle of [[Avalokiteshvara]] teachings and a small statue (kutsab) of Avalokiteshvara in the form known as Khasarpani.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the age of thirty-three, he travelled to Konjo with Atrin Demchok and there, on the twenty-fifth day of the second month of the Male Earth Mouse year (1888), he revealed several termas including a cycle of [[Avalokiteshvara]] teachings and a small statue (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''[[</ins>kutsab<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]''</ins>) of Avalokiteshvara in the form known as Khasarpani.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, His Holiness Gyalwa Thubten Gyatso, the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]], issued several requests for Tertön Sogyal to come to Lhasa for the benefit of Tibet in general, and the teachings in particular; and predicted that if he came and made copies of the terma scrolls of his recently discovered Avalokiteshvara terma cycle in Lhasa’s great Temple and in the [[Potala]], it would bring great benefit to the teachings and to living beings everywhere. Added to this, Tertön Sogyal knew that the time had come to reveal several new termas in the treasure sites along the way to Lhasa and in Central Tibet; and so, he set off for Lhasa together with Tharchin and a few others. As predicted, he discovered several termas in the course of the journey.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>That same year, His Holiness Gyalwa Thubten Gyatso, the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]], issued several requests for Tertön Sogyal to come to Lhasa for the benefit of Tibet in general, and the teachings in particular; and predicted that if he came and made copies of the terma scrolls of his recently discovered Avalokiteshvara terma cycle in Lhasa’s great Temple and in the [[Potala]], it would bring great benefit to the teachings and to living beings everywhere. Added to this, Tertön Sogyal knew that the time had come to reveal several new termas in the treasure sites along the way to Lhasa and in Central Tibet; and so, he set off for Lhasa together with Tharchin and a few others. As predicted, he discovered several termas in the course of the journey.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=16104&oldid=prevSébastien: /* His Disciples */2009-05-01T12:21:42Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">His Disciples</span></span></p>
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</table>Sébastienhttps://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Tert%C3%B6n_Sogyal_Biography&diff=16054&oldid=prevSébastien at 20:25, 28 April 20092009-04-28T20:25:21Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was one of the most prolific tertöns in history, his collected terma revelations filling almost twenty volumes. Several of his original written works, most notably his commentary on the [[Chetsun Nyingtik]], have also survived.<ref>This biography is based primarily on the secret biography of Lerab Lingpa composed in 1942 by [[Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo]]. This biography is an initial attempt to compile some of the available material on Tertön Sogyal. It is hoped that this will help open the door to further research in the future. There is no shortage of material: the biography by Tsultrim Zangpo alone is more than 700 pages long, and there are also several lengthy passages in the official biography of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama which refer to Tertön Sogyal, as well as numerous other written sources, including the colophons to his termas and the biographies of his contemporaries. There are also the oral accounts of lamas such as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche and Khamtrul Rinpoche, many of which have fortunately been preserved.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>He was one of the most prolific tertöns in history, his collected terma revelations filling almost twenty volumes. Several of his original written works, most notably his commentary on the [[Chetsun Nyingtik]], have also survived.<ref>This biography is based primarily on the secret biography of Lerab Lingpa composed in 1942 by [[Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo]]. This biography is an initial attempt to compile some of the available material on Tertön Sogyal. It is hoped that this will help open the door to further research in the future. There is no shortage of material: the biography by Tsultrim Zangpo alone is more than 700 pages long, and there are also several lengthy passages in the official biography of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama which refer to Tertön Sogyal, as well as numerous other written sources, including the colophons to his termas and the biographies of his contemporaries. There are also the oral accounts of lamas such as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok|</ins>Khenpo Jikme Phuntsok Rinpoche<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Garje </ins>Khamtrul Rinpoche<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, many of which have fortunately been preserved.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===His Disciples===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===His Disciples===</div></td></tr>
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