Ayu Khandro
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Ayu Khandro (Tibetan: ཨ་ཡུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་, Wylie: A-yu Mkha'-'gro, "Long Life Dakini", 1839 – 1953[1]), also known as Dorje Paldrön, was a Tibetan yogini, practitioner and terton of Tantric Buddhism in Eastern Tibet. An accomplished Dzogchen meditator, she is known for her extensive pilgrimages throughout Tibet, long periods of dark retreat[lower-alpha 1] practice, the gongter[lower-alpha 2] of the practice of the yidam Senge Dongma (the Lion-Faced Dakini), various forms of Chöd,[lower-alpha 3] and her lifelong dedication to spiritual practice.
Ayu Khandro | |
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ཨ་ཡུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་ | |
Personal | |
Born | 1839 (1839) |
Died | 1953 (aged 113–114) |
Religion | Buddhism |
Nationality | Tibetan |
School | Dzogchen |
Senior posting | |
Teacher | Togden Rangrig |
Much of the information we have about Ayu Khandro comes from the oral commentary that she gave in person to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu in Dzongsa in 1951.[1] He wrote her namthar, or spiritual biography, which was later published in Women of Wisdom[2] by Tsultrim Allione.
Ayu Khandro met, and was taught by, many great masters of her day: Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo,[3] Jamgon Kongtrul the First, Chokgyur Lingpa,[4] Nyala Pema Dündul, Adzom Drukpa,[5] Togden Rangrig and the ninth Tai Situpa, Pema Nyingche Wangpo.
She led the life of a hidden yogini, spending a significant amount of her life in retreat or as a wandering chodma.[lower-alpha 4] She was recognised as an emanation of Vajrayogini. She is reported to have lived to the age of 115.[1]