Terton Pema Lingpa
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Pema Lingpa -The treasurer
The life of Pema Lingpa
Pema Lingpa was born in Chel Baridrang, in the Tang valley in the district of Bumtang. His father was Dondrub Zangpo of Sumtrang and his mother was Pema Dronma. His birth was on the fifteenth day of the second month of the male iron-horse year of the eighth sexagenary cycle, corresponding to 1450. His parents named him Dondrub Gyelpo and his maternal aunt Peldro named him Peljor. Another aunt of his was Ashe Drubtob Zangmo was a consort of Tangtong Gyelpo (1361-1485).
While still young, the boy was sent to live with his maternal grandfather Yonten Jangchub a blacksmith. His grandfather brought the boy to Lama Choyingpa, son of the famous terton, or treasure revealer, Dorje Lingpa, (1346-1405), who gave him the name Orgyen Pema Lingpa.
At the age of nine, the young Pema Lingpa began to apprentice as a blacksmith. It is said that he would often pretend to be seated on a throne, giving initiations and teachings, and performing ritual dance (cham). As he grew up, he crafted many works in various materials, making millstones and objects from iron. He frequently crafted iron pans, and buried them throughout the Bumtang region (one of which is now in the collection of the National Museum of Bhutan, Paro). Other objects credited to Pema Lingpa include chain mail, swords and knives.
The history of the lineage
Pema Lingpa was born into the Nyo lineage, said to have emerged in Tibet from divine ancestry before arriving in Bhutan via the son of Jikten Gonpo (1217), the founder of the Drigung Kagyu tradition. Jikten Gonpo is said to have experienced a vision that compelled him to send his son Ziji Pel to the south, where the young man would establish a monastery. The prophecy was fulfilled when Ziji Pel founded the Chalkha Gonpa in Paro. This lineage continued through Tenpai Nyima, who was the grandfather of Pema Lingpa and father of
Pema Lingpa -The treasurer
The life of Pema Lingpa
Pema Lingpa was born in Chel Baridrang, in the Tang valley in the district of Bumtang. His father was Dondrub Zangpo of Sumtrang and his mother was Pema Dronma. His birth was on the fifteenth day of the second month of the male iron-horse year of the eighth sexagenary cycle, corresponding to 1450. His parents named him Dondrub Gyelpo and his maternal aunt Peldro named him Peljor. Another aunt of his was Ashe Drubtob Zangmo was a consort of Tangtong Gyelpo (1361-1485).
While still young, the boy was sent to live with his maternal grandfather Yonten Jangchub a blacksmith. His grandfather brought the boy to Lama Choyingpa, son of the famous terton, or treasure revealer, Dorje Lingpa, (1346-1405), who gave him the name Orgyen Pema Lingpa.
At the age of nine, the young Pema Lingpa began to apprentice as a blacksmith. It is said that he would often pretend to be seated on a throne, giving initiations and teachings, and performing ritual dance (cham). As he grew up, he crafted many works in various materials, making millstones and objects from iron. He frequently crafted iron pans, and buried them throughout the Bumtang region (one of which is now in the collection of the National Museum of Bhutan, Paro). Other objects credited to Pema Lingpa include chain mail, swords and knives.
The history of the lineage
Pema Lingpa was born into the Nyo lineage, said to have emerged in Tibet from divine ancestry before arriving in Bhutan via the son of Jikten Gonpo (1217), the founder of the Drigung Kagyu tradition. Jikten Gonpo is said to have experienced a vision that compelled him to send his son Ziji Pel to the south, where the young man would establish a monastery. The prophecy was fulfilled when Ziji Pel founded the Chalkha Gonpa in Paro. This lineage continued through Tenpai Nyima, who was the grandfather of Pema Lingpa and father of