Namchö Mingyur Dorje
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Namchö Mingyur Dorje (Tibetan: གནམ་ཆོས་མི་འགྱུར་རྡོ་རྗེ།, Wylie: gnam chos mi 'gyur rdo rje; 1645–1667) was a Tibetan tertön or "treasure revealer" in Tibetan Buddhism. His extraordinary "pure vision" revelations, which mostly occurred around the age of 16, are known as the Namchö (Wylie: gnam-chos "Sky Dharma" terma. He first transmitted these to his teacher Karma Chagmé (Wylie: karma chags med, 1613-1678), the illustrious Buddhist scholar of the Kagyu school, who wrote them down.
Namchö Mingyur Dorje | |
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gNam-chos Mi-'gyur rdo-rje | |
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Born | 1645 |
Died | 1667 |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Tibetan |
Sect | Nyingma |
Notable work(s) | “Hundred Thousand Names of the Buddhas” prayer, and other texts on fire-puja rituals, grammar, poetry, spiritual poems, collected in three small volumes, in addition to 13 volumes of revealed treasures |
Dharma names | Tertön Sherab Mebar (gter ston shes rab me 'bar) ("Treasure Revealer with Blazing Wisdom") |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Karma Chagme (ka+rma chags med 1610/1613-1678) |
Successor | Namcho Rigdzin Namkha Chowang (gnam chos rig 'dzin nam mkha' chos dbang, died 1784) |
Reincarnation | Trulzhik Chenpo Wangdrak Gyatso ('khrul zhig chen po dbang drag rgya mtsho, died c. 1640) |
He showed signs of illness at age 23, which progressed to his mind stream dissolving in to the great sphere of empty truth with full eight Heruka vision and mandalas.
He was also known as Drakpo Nuden Tsel, Mingyur Dorje, Terton Mingyur Dorje, and Terton Sherab Mebar.[1]