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: "Kunga Drolchok (1507–1566) was one of the greatest masters of 16th century Tibet. He studied, practiced, and taught many different teachings from various lineages, but especially those of the [[Sakya]], [[Shangpa]], and [[Jonang]] traditions. Kunga Drolchok’s exemplary life of nonsectarian study and practice, and his many written works, were later an inspiring example for the great Jamgon Kongtrul (1813–1899).
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===Short biography===
[[Terton Yonge Mingyur Dorje Drakpo Nuden Tsal]] (1628/1641-1708), was foretold by [[Guru Rinpoche]] who predicted that he would have the potential to find 108 termas and that if all were found, Tibet would be safe and happy for all time. He was recognized as the lama in Guru Rinpoche's predictions and given his name by the [[10th Karmapa]]. However because he lived in such difficult times he was not able to uncover all of his foretold Dharma Treasures and found only three root cycles of terma: a series of [[Dorje Drollo]] teaching, a longevity-practice terma, and one series for Guru Rinpoche. These are the source termas from which many auspicious texts have sprung.<br>
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Born in the Lhatok region of Kham, in his early years he had visions of [[Guru Padmasambhava]],  [[Karmapa Karma Pakshi]], [[Hayagriva]], [[Vajravarahi]], and [[Mahakala]]. He composed a [[Guru Yoga]] [[Sadhana]] for [[Karma Pakshi]] as a "[[mind treasure]]" (gongter) that he received in a pure vision. Yonge Mingyur Dorje also became a highly learned and accomplished master through studying and practice the sutras, tantras, and general sciences. <br>
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He traveled extensively throughout Tibet and bound, seven of eight great demons, to the Dharma. But the eighth he was unable to tame... a demon that was the spreader of the Hon plague that decimated Yak herds in Tibet. Contemplating the problem alone on a mountain, Yonge Mingyur Dorje suddenly leapt up and grabbing a sling, killing a wild mountain goat and mixing it's stomach contents with it's blood, he produced a cure for the hon plague. Sitting back down on the mountain he was just wondering what to do with the remedy when along came a man. Mingyur Dorje asked him his name and finding it highly auspicious handed him the cure saying that it was now his responsibility to spread the remedy. It was found that although the mixture at first made the yaks and dzi (a female yak) very sick, they quickly recovered and from then on had immunity to the hon sickness. Furthermore the blood from a treated animal could be used on the rest of the herd. <br>
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On another occasion, the [[Kagyu]] lineage was threatened by an imminent invasion of Tibet, as well as by other obstacles on several levels. In accordance with Guru Rinpoche's prophecies, Yonge Mingyur Dorje at that time revealed a complete cycle of teachings focusing on [[Guru Dorje Drollo]]. He then offered these teachings in secrecy to the 10th Gyalwang [[Karmapa Choying Dorje]], who himself practiced the stages of approach, accomplishment, and enactment focusing on this [[Dorje Drollo]] practice for nine months. By doing so, the Karmapa overcame the unfavorable circumstances and obstacles, and turned back the invading Mongolian army which was at the gates of [[Tsurphu Monastery]]. He thus caused the [[Karma Kagyu]] teachings to shine like the rising sun.<br>
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He spent much of his life in retreat, studying and practicing, and there are many other examples of his clairvoyance and great accomplishments. In the later part of his life, Mingyur Dorje adopted the free and liberated yogic lifestyle of a [[mahasiddha]]. He was supported by the Bachen Tsang family of Lhatok, and although they repeatedly requested him to visit their home, and though he proclaimed that he would visit repeatedly until the very door steps that led into the house were worn away, in that incarnation he never found the time. However his next two incarnations were born into their family.<br>


: "Kunga Drolchok was born in Lo Montang, the capital of the Mustang region of present-day Nepal. His main teacher as a youth was his uncle, the Sakya master [[Drungpa Chojé Kunga Chokdrup]] (d. 1526), who was a disciple of the great [[Dakchen Lodro Gyaltsen]] (1444−1495). Kunga Drolchok received ordination as a novice monk from [[Drungpa Chojé]] when he was ten years old, and stayed with him constantly for the next four years, receiving many initiations and teachings of the [[Sakya]] tradition, including the [[Path with the Result]] three times."
===Literary Works===
*"Longevity Sadhana: Union Of Upaya And Prajna" ([[sthe sgrub thabs shes kha sbyor]])<br>
===Main Teachers===
*[[Karma Chagme Raga Asey]]
*[[Zurmang Trungpa Kunga Namgyal]]<br>
===Main Students===
*[[Karmapa Choying Dorje]]
*[[Karmapa Yeshe Dorje]]
*[[Tulku Karma Gyurme]]
*[[Zurmang Tentrul]] ([[zur mang bstan sprul]])<br>
===Main Lineages===
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===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*[[Yonge Terton Mingyur Dorje]] ([[yongs ge gter ston mi 'gyur rdo rje]])
*[[Terton Yonge Mingyur Dorje]]  
*Karma Samdrub<br>
===Other Resources===
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===Internal Links===
*[[Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche]]<br>
*[[Biography of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche]]


: "In 1534, when he was twenty-seven years old, Kunga Drolchok again traveled northeast into Tibet, visiting Lhasa and then the great Karma Kagyu monastery of Tsurpu where he received the complete transmission of the [[Kagyu]] teachings. He would later travel several more times back and forth between Mustang and Central Tibet."
===External Links===
 
*[http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail.xq;jsessionid=ABD801AE72B74C2D8609335F4C8B243A?RID=P654 The TBRC Link]<br>
: "Kunga Drolchok was especially devoted to the practices of the [[Shangpa Kagyu]] tradition which he received from the master [[Gyagom Lekpa Gyaltsen]] and other teachers. He met the [[dakini Niguma]] in a vision and taught the Shangpa transmission of the [[Six Dharmas of Niguma]] more than one hundred times to many masters from different traditions. He also frequently taught the [[Path with the Result]] and other precious instructions of the Sakya tradition throughout his career. Kunga Drolchok was a master of the [[Jonang tradition’s sixfold yoga of Kalachakra]] which he received from [[Lochen Ratnabhadra]] (1489−1563), who seems to have been the most important of his many teachers."
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: "For about the last twenty years of his life Kunga Drolchok was the twenty-fourth holder of the monastic seat at Jonang, retaining this position until his death in 1566. "
<ref>[http://www.jonangfoundation.org/node/1359  Kunga Drolchok | JonangFoundation.org]</ref>
 
 
===References===
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see [[108_Instructions_of_the_Jonang|The 108 Instructions of the Jonang]] ([[Jo nang khrid brgya]])

Latest revision as of 04:16, 22 February 2009

[[Image:|frame|]] ཡོངས་གེ་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེ།
yongs ge mi 'gyur rdo rje

Short biography

Terton Yonge Mingyur Dorje Drakpo Nuden Tsal (1628/1641-1708), was foretold by Guru Rinpoche who predicted that he would have the potential to find 108 termas and that if all were found, Tibet would be safe and happy for all time. He was recognized as the lama in Guru Rinpoche's predictions and given his name by the 10th Karmapa. However because he lived in such difficult times he was not able to uncover all of his foretold Dharma Treasures and found only three root cycles of terma: a series of Dorje Drollo teaching, a longevity-practice terma, and one series for Guru Rinpoche. These are the source termas from which many auspicious texts have sprung.

Born in the Lhatok region of Kham, in his early years he had visions of Guru Padmasambhava, Karmapa Karma Pakshi, Hayagriva, Vajravarahi, and Mahakala. He composed a Guru Yoga Sadhana for Karma Pakshi as a "mind treasure" (gongter) that he received in a pure vision. Yonge Mingyur Dorje also became a highly learned and accomplished master through studying and practice the sutras, tantras, and general sciences.

He traveled extensively throughout Tibet and bound, seven of eight great demons, to the Dharma. But the eighth he was unable to tame... a demon that was the spreader of the Hon plague that decimated Yak herds in Tibet. Contemplating the problem alone on a mountain, Yonge Mingyur Dorje suddenly leapt up and grabbing a sling, killing a wild mountain goat and mixing it's stomach contents with it's blood, he produced a cure for the hon plague. Sitting back down on the mountain he was just wondering what to do with the remedy when along came a man. Mingyur Dorje asked him his name and finding it highly auspicious handed him the cure saying that it was now his responsibility to spread the remedy. It was found that although the mixture at first made the yaks and dzi (a female yak) very sick, they quickly recovered and from then on had immunity to the hon sickness. Furthermore the blood from a treated animal could be used on the rest of the herd.

On another occasion, the Kagyu lineage was threatened by an imminent invasion of Tibet, as well as by other obstacles on several levels. In accordance with Guru Rinpoche's prophecies, Yonge Mingyur Dorje at that time revealed a complete cycle of teachings focusing on Guru Dorje Drollo. He then offered these teachings in secrecy to the 10th Gyalwang Karmapa Choying Dorje, who himself practiced the stages of approach, accomplishment, and enactment focusing on this Dorje Drollo practice for nine months. By doing so, the Karmapa overcame the unfavorable circumstances and obstacles, and turned back the invading Mongolian army which was at the gates of Tsurphu Monastery. He thus caused the Karma Kagyu teachings to shine like the rising sun.

He spent much of his life in retreat, studying and practicing, and there are many other examples of his clairvoyance and great accomplishments. In the later part of his life, Mingyur Dorje adopted the free and liberated yogic lifestyle of a mahasiddha. He was supported by the Bachen Tsang family of Lhatok, and although they repeatedly requested him to visit their home, and though he proclaimed that he would visit repeatedly until the very door steps that led into the house were worn away, in that incarnation he never found the time. However his next two incarnations were born into their family.

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Alternate Names & Spellings

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