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'''Guru Vidyadhara''' ([[bla ma rig 'dzin]]).  
[[Drogon Chogyal Phagpa]] was the son of Zhbantsha, and was the nephew of [[Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen|Sakya Pandita]]. He gave his first [[Hevajra]] teaching when he was eight. Due to this event he was called the Noble one [[phags pa]]. He mastered the inner and outer teachings, [[Kalachakra]] and majority of the teachings knowin in Tibet at that time.


*A deity and set of scriptures belonging to the [[Nine Sadhana Sections]]. Often the Guru Vidyadhara and the [[eight herukas]] in the [[Eight Sadhana Teachings]] form a single mandala with nine groups of deities. The chief existing scripture for the teachings on Guru Vidyadhara is called the ''[[Root Tantra of the Assemblage of Vidyadharas]]'' ([[rig 'dzin 'dus pa rtsa ba'i rgyud]]) and is the fifteenth tantra within the [[Assemblage of Sugatas]], an immensely detailed collection of teachings on the Eight Sadhana Teachings and associated Vajrayana material brought to Tibet by Padmasambhava and taught to his main disciple. The Assemblage of Sugatas was concealed as a terma and later revealed by [[Nyang Ral Nyima Oser]]. The practice of Guru Vidyadhara is expressed through the principle known as the [[four aspects of approach and accomplishment]]. The most detailed terma on this principle was revealed by [[Sangye Lingpa]] (1340-1396) and is still renowned as [[Lama Gongdu]] ([[bla ma dgongs 'dus]]) in 18 volumes of approximately 700 pages each. The Guru Vidyadhara is also the basis for innumerable sadhanas propagated by other tertons, for instance the [[Rigdzin Dupa]] cycle within the termas of [[Longchen Nyingtig]] as well as the [[Lamey Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel]] cycle revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa[[Link title]] and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] that are both widely practiced to this day.
The great Mongol emperor Sechen invited him to China  where he carried out great works. He ordained  thousands of monks each year in China, while also giving many teachings. He also compiled the first Mongol alphabet in response to the king who requested the teachings to be translated and recorded.


[[Category:Nyingma]]
[[Drogon Chogyal Phagpa]] became by decree of the Mongol emperor the first religious and temporal ruler of Tibet.

Revision as of 20:56, 25 December 2005

Drogon Chogyal Phagpa was the son of Zhbantsha, and was the nephew of Sakya Pandita. He gave his first Hevajra teaching when he was eight. Due to this event he was called the Noble one phags pa. He mastered the inner and outer teachings, Kalachakra and majority of the teachings knowin in Tibet at that time.

The great Mongol emperor Sechen invited him to China where he carried out great works. He ordained thousands of monks each year in China, while also giving many teachings. He also compiled the first Mongol alphabet in response to the king who requested the teachings to be translated and recorded.

Drogon Chogyal Phagpa became by decree of the Mongol emperor the first religious and temporal ruler of Tibet.

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