Terdak Lingpa

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Terdak Lingpa (gter bdag gling pa) (1646 - 1714)

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• One of the greatest Tertons of the Nyingma School and founder of Mindrolling Monastery, one of the six main Nyingma Gompas.

• Minling Terchen Terdak Lingpa, Gyurme Dorje (smin gling gter chen gter bdag gling pa 'gyur med rdo rje, 1646-1714).

• A disciple as well as a teacher of the fifth Dalai Lama, Terdak Lingpa revealed major termas, compiled the canonical scriptures of the Nyingma tradition (rnying ma bka' ma), and, with his brother Minling Lochen Dharma Shri (smin gling lo chen dharma sri, 1654-1718), played a major role in ensuring the continuity of the exegetical tradition of the Guhyagarbha Tantra (Tantra of the Secret Quintessence, NGB, vol. 14, no. 187). [MR-ShabkarNotes]

Contents 1 Literary Works 2 Main Teachers 3 Main Students 4 Main Lineages 5 Alternate Names & Spellings 6 Other Reference Sources 7 External Links

Literary Works

• rdzogs pa chen po mkha' 'gro snying thig gi khrid yig zab lam gsal byed

Main Teachers

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Main Students

• Mingyur Paldron
  
• Lochen Dharmashri
  
• 5th Dalai Lama
  

Main Lineages

• Mindrolling
  

Alternate Names & Spellings

• 'gyur med rdor rje
  
• Orgyen Terdag Lingpa
• Terchen Terdag Lingpa
• Minling Terdag Lingpa

Other Reference Sources

External Links

• Mindrolling Monastery Website
  
• TBRC Page