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'''Thekchen Lingpa''' Karma Drodön Tarchin ([[theg chen gling pa]], [[karma 'gro don mthar phyin]], 1700-75/6 see GC, vol. Ga, p. 218), also known as [[Tertön Drime Lingpa]] ([[gter ston dri med gling pa]]), born in [[Zurkar]] ([[zur mkhar]]) as a descendant of [[Tertön Dechen Lingpa]] ([[bde chen gling pa]]). He was the incarnation of Guru Padmasambhava's disciple [[Gyalwa Chöyang]] ([[rgyal ba mchog dbyangs]]) and the immediate incarnation of [[Rongpa Tertön Dudul Lingpa]] ([[rong pa gter ston bdud 'dul gling pa]]).
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He became a disciple of [[Rigdzin Thukchog Dorje]] ([[rig 'dzin thugs mchog rdo rje]]) from whom he received the transmission of the [[Kunzang Nyingthig]] ([[kun bzang snying thig]]) of [[Tennyi Lingpa]] ([[bstan gnyis gling pa]], 1480-1535). He was gifted with clairvoyance and had visions in which he remembered his former births as [[Melong Dorje]] ([[me long rdo rje]], 1243-1303), [[Dechen Lingpa]] ([[bde chen gling pa]]), [[Dudul Lingpa]] ([[bdud 'dul gling pa]]) and others. He lived a contemplative life in solitary places and revealed several termas in [[Trak Yangdzong]] ([[sgrags yang rdzong]]) and other places.
 
*His main disciples were [[Jigme Lingpa]] ([[rig 'dzin 'jigs med gling pa]]),
*[[Kunzang Dechen Gyalpo]] ([[kun bzang bde chen rgyal po]]),
*[[Trati Ngakchang]] ([[bkra ti sngags 'chang]]),
*[[Chaksampa Tendzin Yeshe Lhundrup]] ([[lcags zam pa bstan 'dzin ye shes lhun grub]]) and
*the [[Seventh Dalai Lama]] ([[skal bzang rgya mtsho]]). His descendants are still found at [[Zurkar Lhadeng]] ([[zur mkhar lha sdeng]]). [MRKT-ShabkarNotes]
 
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