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The Treasury of Lives - Biographies of Himalayan Religious Masters

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Denma Tsemang  b.750?

Denma Tsemang was one of the 25 disciples of Padmasambhava, and the only one from Kham. He was a great translator and scribe, with the ability to perfectly comprehend and remember all that he heard and read.

Drenpa Namkha  b.750?

Drenpa Namka was a translator during the early propagation of Buddhism to Tibet. A disciple of Padmasambhava, he was also a master of the Bon tradition.

Drogmi Palgyi Yeshe  b.750?

Drogmi Palgyi Yeshe was one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava. An able translator, he is also credited with subjugating the mamo deities of Tibet.

Name Variants: Palgyi Yeshe

Gyalwa Choyang  b.750?

Gyalwa Choyang was one of the 25 disciples of Padmasambhava, and one of first seven Tibetans to ordain. He mastered the practice of Hayagriva, gaining the ability to manifest the horse-headed deity from his own head.

Gyalwai Lodro  b.800?

Gyalwai Lodro was one of the 25 disciples of Padmasambhava. Originally a government minister, he ordained in India and received the Yangdak teachings from Humkara, one of the 84 Mahasiddhas.

Kawa Peltseg  b.750?

Kawa Peltseg was one of the first Tibetans to take Buddhist ordination. He later became a disciple of Padmasambhava, who identified him as an incarnation of an Indian mahapandita. A famed translator, he was instrumental in designing forms of Tibetan calligraphy.

Name Variants: Peltseg

Khyeuchung Lotsawa  b.750?

One of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava (rje ’bangs gnyer lnga), Khyeuchung Lotsawa was said to have had the ability to tame birds and teach them the dharma.

Lang Palgyi Sengge  b.750?

Lang Palgyi Sengge was one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava. He served as a translator, and was sent to India by King Trison Detsen.

Name Variants: Palgyi Sengge

Lasum Gyalwa Jangchub  b.800?

Lasum Gyalwa Jangchub was one of the first seven Tibetans to be ordained. He was a translator and a practitioner, and is credited with writing and concealing the autobiography of Yeshe Tsogyal that was revealed by Tasham Nuden Dorje in the 17th century.

 

Lhalung Palgyi Dorje  b.750?

Lhalung Palgyi Dorje, one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava, is best remembered for the assassination of King Langdarma in 842.

Name Variants: Palgyi Dorje

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