One of the foremost Nyingma masters of the twentieth century. The teacher of teachers.
Bhutan-Tibetan Nyingma master who became, in his last decades, the foremost teacher of the Tibetan diaspora's lineage holders, and head of the Nyingma school for much of the 1980s.
The Diamond Vehicle — the tantric path that uses mantra, visualization, deity yoga, and direct transmission to make buddhahood possible in a single lifetime, in this very body, provided one has the right empowerment from a qualified lineage holder.
Eighth-century tantric master from Uddiyana who brought Vajrayana to Tibet at the invitation of King Trisong Detsen, founded Samye monastery in 779 CE, subdued the protector spirits of the Himalayan land, and concealed teachings — the terma — for retrieval by future generations. The founding figure of the Nyingma school and, in the Tibetan imagination, a second Buddha.
The Great Stupa.
