Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima

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Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (1836–1896) was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher and vajramaster.[1][2][3] She was taught by her father Kunga Richen, her brother Dorje Rinchen, and her paternal uncle, Pema Dudul Wangchuk.[2] She received the three vows (prātimokṣa, bodhisattva and tantric) from the abbot of Sakya's Lhakhang Chenmo, Tashi Chopel.[2] Later she was taught by the Fifty-third Ngor Khenchen, Jampa Kunga Tenpai Lodro, who gave her the complete Lamdre Lobshe as well as the major empowerment of the forty-five deities in Vajramāla, Hevajra, Vajrayoginī of the Nāropa tradition, Vajrakīlaya, Mahākāla Daṇḍa, Vajrapāṇi Bhūtaḍāmara, and Kurukulle.[2]

She taught her brother and other disciples.[2]

Upon her death she was given similar honors as the male lineage holders of the Khon family, as she had been in life, and a life-size silver Nāropa Vajrayoginī with gilded gold and inlaid with precious gems was made as her reliquary.[2]

She is considered by the Sakya tradition as an emanation of Vajra Nairātmyā and Vajravārahī.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barron, Richard (10 February 2003). The Autobiography of Jamgon Kongtrul. ISBN 9781559399708.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Tamdrin Wangmo". The Treasury of Lives.
  3. ^ "Yahoo! Groups". Archived from the original on February 12, 2014.