Twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche 蓮師二十五大弟子
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Guru Rinpoche surrounded by the eight vidyadharas and twenty-five disciples from a thangka of Rigdzin Düpa
The twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche (Tib. རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ་, Wyl. rje 'bangs nyer lnga) are his twenty-five greatest Tibetan disciples. All of them attained supreme accomplishment. There are several lists, some adding up to twenty-six by counting the King Trisong Detsen separately, as in the following list:
- King Trisong Detsen
- Namkhé Nyingpo
- Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé
- Gyalwa Chokyang
- Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal
- Palgyi Yeshé
- Langchen Palgyi Sengé
- Vairotsana
- Nyak Jñanakumara
- Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo
- Nanam Dorje Dudjom
- Yeshé Yang
- Sokpo Lhapal
- Nanam Shyang Yeshé Dé
- Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk
- Denma Tsémang
- Kawa Paltsek
- Shüpu Palgyi Sengé
- Dré Gyalwé Lodrö
- Drokben Khye'u Chung Lotsawa
- Otren Palgyi Wangchuk
- Ma Rinchen Chok
- Lhalung Palgyi Dorje
- Langdro Könchok Jungné
- Lasum Gyalwa Changchup
- Drenpa Namkha[1]
Notes
- ↑ The sequence of names follows that given by Dudjom Rinpoche in his History of the Nyingma School, but note that his list does not include Drenpa Namkha
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles (Boston: Shambhala, 1996)
- Yeshe Tsogyal, Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet: 25 Disciples - Vajra Guru Mantra - Prayers, Dharma Publishing, 2008.
