Terton Ratna Lingpa Bio


Terton
Ratna
Lingpa
Langdro Lotsawa returned to Trushul in Lhodrak,
You revealed the profound treasury of the four Kharchu Communions
Amongst your twenty‐five treasures, your activity touching us all:
Homage to Chogyel Ratna Lingpa.
Ratna
Lingpa
1403‐1478/79.
A
reincarnation
of
Könchok
Jungney
of
Langdro,
he
was
born
August
2nd
1403
to
Dode
Tar
and
his
mother
Sitar
Men.
At
a
very
young
age
this
great
emanated
master
began
having
visions
of
Guru
Pedma
Jungnay
and
at
the
age
of
27
received
his
first
inventory
cache
directly
from
the
great
Guru
himself.
By
30
he
extracted
his
first
treasure
cache
and
went
on
to
discover
25
cycles
of
hidden
treasures.
Of
the
many
writings
attributed
to
Terton
Ratna
Lingpa,
the
most
well‐known
is
the
Nyingma
Gyüdbum
‐
A
collection
of
scriptures
belonging
to
the
Three
Inner
Tantras,
gathered
by
Ratna
Lingpa
and
re‐edited
by
Jigme
Lingpa.
Others
include
Dzepa
Chuchig
‐
The
Eleven
Deeds
of
Padmasambhava,
and
Sangye
Lakchang
‐
Placing
Enlightenment
in
the
Palm
of
the
Hand.
Within
Palyul,
Terton
Ratna
Lingpa’s
most
practiced
terma
is
that
of
Phurpa
Yangsang
Lame
‐The
Most
Secret
and
Unsurpassable
Dagger.
This
is
more
commonly
known
as
Ratna
Lingpa
Phurba
(Vajrakilaya).
Others
include:
Tukdrub
Yangdü;
Tukdrub
Yangnying
Dupa;
Tsasum
Drebu
Dontri
‐
Essential
Instructions
for
the
Accomplishment
of
the
Three
Roots;
Yidam
Tsasum
Drildrub;
Tsedrub
Sangwa
Dupa,
and
others.
Reference: Wikipedia