Karma Lingpa

Karma Lingpa
Tibetan: ཀརྨ་གླིང་པ་, Wylie: kar ma gling pa
Personal
Born1326
Died1386
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
ProfessionTertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol.
Organization
OrderNyingma
Senior posting
ReincarnationChokro Lü Gyeltsen
ProfessionTertön, revealer of the Bardo Thodol.

Karma Lingpa (1326–1386) was the tertön (revealer) of the Bardo Thodol, the so-called Tibetan Book of the Dead.[1] Tradition holds that he was a reincarnation of Chokro Lü Gyeltsen,[note 1][2] a disciple of Padmasambhava.

  1. ^ Norbu 1989, p. xii.
  2. ^ "Chokro Lui Gyaltsen". Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary. Retrieved 2013-11-03.


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