View source for chap.10, pg. 272, note 59

[[Drakmar Yamalung]] (''[[brag dmar g.ya' ma lung]]''), the eighth among the sacred places in [[Tibet]] and [[Bhutan]] blessed by [[Guru Padmasambhava]] for the practice of the [[Eight Herukas]].

::These eight places are:

1) [[Drak Yangdzong]] ([[sgrags yang rdzong]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Body Family]], [[Jampel Shinje]], where [[Nup Sangye Yeshe]] achieved [[realization]],

2) [[Samye Chimphu]] ([[bsam yas mchims phu]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Lotus, Speech Family]], [[Tamdrin]], where [[Gyalwa Choyang]] attained [[realization]];

3) [[Lodrak Karchu]] ([[lho brag mkhar chu]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Mind Family]], [[Yandak]], where [[Gelong Namkhai Nyingpo]] revealed [[realization]];

4) [[Yarlung Shardrak]] ([[yar lung shel brag]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Enlightened Qualities Family]], [[Dudtsi Yonten]], where [[Karchen Yeshe Shonnu]] attained [[realization]];

5) [[Monkha Senge Dzong]] ([[ mon kha seng ge rdzong]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Activities Family]], [[Dorje Phurba]], where [[Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal]] attained [[realization]];

6) [[Yarto Shambo Khyangkyi Rawa]] ([[yar stod sham po gangs kyi ra ba]]), the place related to the [[Mamo Botong]], where [[Drokmi Palkyi Yeshe]] attained [[realization]];

7) [[Paro Taktsang]] ([[spa gro stag tshang bsam grub ke'u tshang]]), the place related to [[Jigten Choto]], where [[Langchen Palgyi Senge]] attained [[realization]];

8) [[Samye Yamalung]] ([[bsam yas g.ya' ma lung]]), the place related to the [[Mopa Trak ngak]], where the Great Translator, [[Vairocana]] revealed [[realization]]. ([[MR-SgabkarNotes]])

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