Karma Lingpa | |
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Born | 1326 |
Died | 1386 |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Profession | Tertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol. |
Order | Nyingma |
Senior posting | |
Reincarnation | Chokro Lü Gyeltsen |
Profession | Tertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol. |
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Karma Lingpa (1326–1386) was the tertön (revealer) of the Bardo Thodol, the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead. [1] Tradition holds that he was a reincarnation of Chokro Lü Gyeltsen, [note 1] [2] a disciple of Padmasambhava.
Karma Lingpa was born in southeast Tibet as the eldest son of Nyida Sanggyé, [note 2] a great Vajrayana practitioner. At an early age, Karma Lingpa engaged in esoteric practices and achieved many siddhi.
When he was fifteen years old, [3] he discovered several terma texts on top of Mount Gampodar, including a collection of teachings entitled "Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones" [4] (zab-chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol, also known as kar-gling zhi-khro [3]), which includes the two texts of bar-do thos-grol, the so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead". [1]
According to Chogyam Trungpa, Karma Lingpa was a Nyingma teacher, but all of his students belonged to the Kagyu school. His teachings were transmitted in the Surmang monasteries of the Trungpa-lineage, and from there also spread to the Nyingma school. [5]
The bar-do thos-grol was translated into English by Kazi Dawa Samdup (1868-1922), and edited and published by W.Y. Evans-Wenz. This translation became widely known and popular as "the Tibetan Book of the Dead", but contains many mistakes in translation and interpretation. [1] [6]
Another text from the "Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation" is "Self-Liberation through seeing with naked awareness" (rigpa ngo-sprod [note 3]), which gives an introduction, or pointing-out instruction (ngo-spro), into rigpa, the state of presence and awareness. [7]
Karma Lingpa | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1326 |
Died | 1386 |
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Profession | Tertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol. |
Order | Nyingma |
Senior posting | |
Reincarnation | Chokro Lü Gyeltsen |
Profession | Tertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol. |
Part of a series on |
Tibetan Buddhism |
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Karma Lingpa (1326–1386) was the tertön (revealer) of the Bardo Thodol, the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead. [1] Tradition holds that he was a reincarnation of Chokro Lü Gyeltsen, [note 1] [2] a disciple of Padmasambhava.
Karma Lingpa was born in southeast Tibet as the eldest son of Nyida Sanggyé, [note 2] a great Vajrayana practitioner. At an early age, Karma Lingpa engaged in esoteric practices and achieved many siddhi.
When he was fifteen years old, [3] he discovered several terma texts on top of Mount Gampodar, including a collection of teachings entitled "Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones" [4] (zab-chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol, also known as kar-gling zhi-khro [3]), which includes the two texts of bar-do thos-grol, the so-called "Tibetan Book of the Dead". [1]
According to Chogyam Trungpa, Karma Lingpa was a Nyingma teacher, but all of his students belonged to the Kagyu school. His teachings were transmitted in the Surmang monasteries of the Trungpa-lineage, and from there also spread to the Nyingma school. [5]
The bar-do thos-grol was translated into English by Kazi Dawa Samdup (1868-1922), and edited and published by W.Y. Evans-Wenz. This translation became widely known and popular as "the Tibetan Book of the Dead", but contains many mistakes in translation and interpretation. [1] [6]
Another text from the "Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation" is "Self-Liberation through seeing with naked awareness" (rigpa ngo-sprod [note 3]), which gives an introduction, or pointing-out instruction (ngo-spro), into rigpa, the state of presence and awareness. [7]