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The Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen

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The Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen cycle of Teachings is an oral uninterrupted Lineage which was never broken untill today.

All terma teachings are seen as broken.

Here below Lopon Tenzin Namdak's explanation about the Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen, as the Rigdzin of this Lineage.

By the Bon Yongdzin Rinpoche:


Zhang Zhung Nyen Gyud Dzogchen stems from the Lineage of 9 Dersheg Buddhas. All of them are Buddhas, but they don’t have the same teaching.

The 9 Dersheg Buddhas are:



- Kuntu Zangpo

- Thugjei Tonpa

- Trulpai Tonpa

- Rigpai Tonpa

- Trulshen Nangden

- Barnang Khujyug

- Zangza Ringtsun

- Chimey Tsugphu

- Sangwa Dupa


One Buddha doesn't need to teach another Buddha, but there is this system of Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya and Nirmanakaya and they have emanated a different form of Buddha and altogether there are 9 Buddhas in the Lineage.

After this Buddha lineage, the teachings come to the humans namely the 24 Masters in Zhang Zhung . Zhang Zhung is the country of origin and those people had the opportunity to receive this single lineage of Dzogchen teachings, real Dzogchen, directly from the Buddha until the 25th Master.

Maybe you are aware about Tapihritsa. He was the 25th Master and he was a man, not just white and in the Dharmakaya posture. From the beginning, he was just a boy and a servant.

Nowadays, Zhang Zhung looks as if it is a country which has disappeared, a mythological country. But it wasn't at all a mythological place, it was a real country and until the 8th century it was a kingdom.

The Tibetan civilization didn't yet exist but Zhang Zhung already existed and was a civilized country. At that time, they had practitioners who practiced, and there are still traces of who practised and where in our tradition; no other school recognize anything. They think it disappeared or is just some ancient tradition or some story. But there are traces. You can still see the caves and places where they practised. Even I myself saw some or the caves where they practised. So those are really holy places for Bonpos.

After the 24 Masters came Tapihritsa. He was contemporary of the 8th century and during that time the Tibetan king was powerful and invited Buddhism from India. At that time persecution (of Bon) was going on, so Tapihritsa was a very important figure for preserving and keeping this Teaching.

He taught his pupil Nangzher Lodpo who was from the same country. At that time Nangzher Lodpo was very great scholar and he was also respected by the Tibetan King. These two, Tapihritsa and Nangzher Lodpo - started to wrote this Teaching down on paper. So that's why we particularly respect their kindness in preserving this Teaching.

Before, this Teaching wasn't a public teaching, it was only a Single Lineage and writing anything down on paper or anything else wasn't allowed.So we think that both Tapihritsa and Nangzher Lodpo were very important in preserving the Teaching and we show special respect to them.

After these 2 Masters, the Lineage didn't disappear. Nangzher Lodpo taught successively and there were 6 more Masters in Zhang Zhung and then it started to be transmitted to Tibetans.

The first Tibetan was Shengyal Lhatse and he received Teachings from the last Zhang Zhung Master, Bon Tsenpo. Shengyal Lhatse and successively the Lineage remained in Tibet. That was around the 10th century; that was when it came to Tibet.




Source

https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=19696