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The '''[[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་མཚན་བརྒྱད་]]}}, ''[[guru tsen gyé]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''gu ru [[mtshan brgyad]]'') are the eight principal [[forms]] assumed by [[Guru Rinpoche]] at different points in his [[life]]:
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painted by Salga. ©[[Tertön Sogyal Trust]]]]
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The '''[[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་མཚན་བརྒྱད་]]}}, ''[[guru tsen gyé]]''; Wyl. ''[[gu ru mtshan brgyad]]'') are the eight principal [[forms]] assumed by [[Guru Rinpoche]] at different points in his [[life]]:
  
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#[[Guru Tsokyé Dorje]] ([[birth]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་མཚོ་སྐྱེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje''
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#[[Guru Tsokyé Dorje]] ([[birth]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་མཚོ་སྐྱེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje]]''
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#[[Guru Shakya Sengé]] ([[ordination]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་ཤཱཀྱ་སེང་གེ་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru shAkya [[seng ge]]''  
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#[[Guru Shakya Sengé]] ([[ordination]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་ཤཱཀྱ་སེང་གེ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru shAkya seng ge]]''  
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#[[Guru Nyima Özer]] ([[subjugating demonic spirits]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་ཉི་མ་འོད་ཟེར་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru [[nyi ma]] 'od zer''
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#[[Guru Nyima Özer]] ([[subjugating demonic spirits]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་ཉི་མ་འོད་ཟེར་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru nyi ma 'od zer]]''
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#[[Guru Padmasambhava]] ([[establishing Buddhism in Tibet]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་]]}}, ''[[Guru]] [[Pema]] Jungné'', Wyl. ''gu ru pad+ma 'byung [[gnas]]''
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#[[Guru Padmasambhava]] ([[establishing Buddhism in Tibet]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་]]}}, ''[[Guru]] [[Pema]] Jungné'', Wyl. ''[[gu ru pad+ma 'byung gnas]]''
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#[[Guru Loden Choksé]] ([[mastery of the teachings]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་བློ་ལྡན་མཆོག་སྲེད་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru blo ldan mchog sred''
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#[[Guru Loden Choksé]] ([[mastery of the teachings]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་བློ་ལྡན་མཆོག་སྲེད་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru blo ldan mchog sred]]''
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#[[Guru Pema Gyalpo]] ([[kingship]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་པདྨ་རྒྱལ་པོ་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru [[padma]] [[rgyal po]]''
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#[[Guru Pema Gyalpo]] ([[kingship]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་པདྨ་རྒྱལ་པོ་]]}}, Wyl. ''{{BigTibetan|[[gu ru padma rgyal}} po]]''
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#[[Guru Sengé Dradrok]] ([[subjugation of non-buddhists]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་སེང་གེ་སྒྲ་སྒྲོག་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru [[seng ge]] sgra sgrog''  
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#[[Guru Sengé Dradrok]] ([[subjugation of non-buddhists]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་སེང་གེ་སྒྲ་སྒྲོག་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru seng ge sgra sgrog]]''  
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#[[Guru Dorje Drolö]] (concealing [[terma]], [[binding spirits under oath]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་]]}}, Wyl. ''gu ru rdo rje gro lod''  
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#[[Guru Dorje Drolö]] (concealing [[terma]], [[binding spirits under oath]]), Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru rdo rje gro lod]]''  
  
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The [[Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava]] do not depict different [[Padmasambhavas]], but reflect his ability to appear according to different needs and demands. In fact, they are called in [[Tibetan]] ''[[Guru Tsen Gyé]]'', the [[eight ‘names’ of the Guru]]; each [[manifestation]] demonstrates a different [[principle]] that unveils the innermost [[nature of mind]]. As [[Guru Rinpoche]] said: “[[Mind]] itself is [[Padmasambhava]]; there is no practice or [[meditation]] apart from that.”<ref>Adapted from [[Dzogchen & Padmasambhava]]</ref>
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The [[Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava]] do not depict different [[Padmasambhavas]], but reflect his ability to appear according to different needs and demands. In fact, they are called in [[Tibetan]] ''[[Guru Tsen Gyé]]'', the [[eight ‘names’ of the Guru]]; each [[manifestation]] demonstrates a different [[principle]] that unveils the innermost [[nature of mind]]. As [[Guru Rinpoche]] said: “[[Mind]] itself is [[Padmasambhava]]; there is no practice or [[meditation]] apart from that.”<ref>Adapted from [[Dzogchen]] & [[Padmasambhava]]</ref>
  
 
==Alternative Names & Lists==
 
==Alternative Names & Lists==
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===[[Pema Kathang]]===
 
===[[Pema Kathang]]===
 
In the ''[[Pema Kathang]]'' revealed by [[Orgyen Lingpa]] the eight [[manifestations]] are mentioned in chapter 19:
 
In the ''[[Pema Kathang]]'' revealed by [[Orgyen Lingpa]] the eight [[manifestations]] are mentioned in chapter 19:
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#[[Guru]] [[Shakya Sengé]] ([[east]])
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#[[Guru Pema Gyalpo]] ([[south]])
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#[[Guru]] [[Pema Gyalpo]] ([[south]])
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#[[Guru Padmasambhava]] ([[west]])
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#[[Guru]] [[Padmasambhava]] ([[west]])
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#[[Guru Dorje Drolö]] ([[north]])
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#[[Guru]]]] [[Dorje Drolö]] ([[north]])
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#[[Guru Nyima Özer]] ([[southeast]])
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#[[Guru]]]] [[Nyima Özer]] ([[southeast]])
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#[[Guru Padmakara]] ([[southwest]])
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#[[Guru]]]] [[Padmakara]] ([[southwest]])
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#[[Guru Sengé Dradrok]] ([[northwest]])
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#[[Guru]]]] [[Sengé Dradrok]] ([[northwest]])
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#[[Guru Loden Choksé]] ([[northeast]])
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#[[Guru]]]] [[Loden Choksé]] ([[northeast]])
  
 
===[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]===
 
===[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]===
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In his praise of the eight [[manifestations]] entitled ''A Garland of Youthful Utpalas'' (''ut+pal gzhon nu'i do shal'')<ref>Collected Works, Vol. ka, pages 132-4</ref>, [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] lists the eight as:
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In his praise of the eight [[manifestations]] entitled ''A [[Garland of Youthful Utpalas]]'' (''[[ut+pal gzhon nu'i do shal]]'')<ref>Collected Works, Vol. ka, pages 132-4</ref>, [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] lists the eight as:
  
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#[[Guru Tsokyé Dorje]]
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#[[Guru]][[Tsokyé Dorje]]
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#[[Guru Loden Choksé]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Loden Choksé]]
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#[[Guru Pema Gyalpo]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Pema Gyalpo]]
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#[[Guru Shakya Sengé]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Shakya Sengé]]
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#[[Guru Nyima Özer]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Nyima Özer]]
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#[[Guru Sengé Dradrok]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Sengé Dradrok]]
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#[[Guru Dorje Drolö]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Dorje Drolö]]
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#[[Guru Padmakara]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Padmakara]]
  
 
===Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé===
 
===Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé===
 
In his ''Great {{Wiki|Dictionary}}'' (p.500), [[Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé]] lists them as follows:
 
In his ''Great {{Wiki|Dictionary}}'' (p.500), [[Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé]] lists them as follows:
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#[[Guru Tsokyé Dorje]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Tsokyé Dorje]]
 
#[[Guru]] [[Dorje Drakpo Tsal]]
 
#[[Guru]] [[Dorje Drakpo Tsal]]
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#[[Guru Shakya Sengé]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Shakya Sengé]]
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#[[Guru Loden Choksé]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Loden Choksé]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Pema]] Tötreng [[Tsal]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Pema Tötreng Tsal]]
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#[[Guru Pema Gyalpo]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Pema Gyalpo]]
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#[[Guru Nyima Özer]]
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#[[Guru]] [[Nyima Özer]]
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#[[Guru Sengé Dradrok]]
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#[[Guru]][[ Sengé Dradrok]]
  
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===Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü===
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===[[Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü]]===
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In the [[empowerment]] of [[Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü]], [[Guru Rinpoche]] and his Eight [[Manifestations]] appear as:  
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In the [[empowerment]] of [[Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü]], [[Guru Rinpoche]] and his [[Eight Manifestations]] appear as:  
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*the [[master]] [[Padma]] Thötreng,  
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*the [[master]] [[Padma Thötreng]],  
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*the [[vidyadhara]] Padmajungné,  
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*the [[vidyadhara]] [[Padmajungné]],  
 
*the [[bhikshu]] [[Padmasambhava]],  
 
*the [[bhikshu]] [[Padmasambhava]],  
 
*the [[scholar]] [[Loden Choksé]],  
 
*the [[scholar]] [[Loden Choksé]],  
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*the majestic and overpowering [[Padma]] [[Gyalpo]],  
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*the majestic and overpowering [[Padma Gyalpo]],  
 
*the [[yogin]] [[Nyima Özer]],  
 
*the [[yogin]] [[Nyima Özer]],  
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*the [[bhagavan]] [[Shakya]] Sengé,  
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*the [[bhagavan]] [[Shakya Sengé]],  
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*the great [[wrathful]] [[Senge]] Dradok and  
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*the great [[wrathful]] [[Senge Dradok]] and  
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*the crazy [[Dorje]] Drolö.<ref>[[Dalai Lama]], ''[[Dzogchen]]'', page 230.</ref>
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*the crazy [[Dorje Drolö]].<ref>[[Dalai Lama]], ''[[Dzogchen]]'', page 230.</ref>
  
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
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Sets of [[thangka]]s of the Eight [[Manifestations]] include a central image of [[Guru]] [[Pema]] Jungné.
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Sets of [[thangka]]s of the [[Eight Manifestations]] include a central image of [[Guru]] [[Pema Jungné]].
  
 
<Gallery>
 
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Image:Dorje_Trollo.jpg|Dorje Drolö
 
Image:Dorje_Trollo.jpg|Dorje Drolö
 
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Guru Tsokyé Dorje encircled by the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche. Image part of the personal collection of Sogyal Rinpoche; painted by Salga. ©Tertön Sogyal Trust

The Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche (Tib. གུ་རུ་མཚན་བརྒྱད་, guru tsen gyé; Wyl. gu ru mtshan brgyad) are the eight principal forms assumed by Guru Rinpoche at different points in his life:

  1. Guru Tsokyé Dorje (birth), Tib. གུ་རུ་མཚོ་སྐྱེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. gu ru mtsho skyes rdo rje
  2. Guru Shakya Sengé (ordination), Tib. གུ་རུ་ཤཱཀྱ་སེང་གེ་, Wyl. gu ru shAkya seng ge
  3. Guru Nyima Özer (subjugating demonic spirits), Tib. གུ་རུ་ཉི་མ་འོད་ཟེར་, Wyl. gu ru nyi ma 'od zer
  4. Guru Padmasambhava (establishing Buddhism in Tibet), Tib. གུ་རུ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་, Guru Pema Jungné, Wyl. gu ru pad+ma 'byung gnas
  5. Guru Loden Choksé (mastery of the teachings), Tib. གུ་རུ་བློ་ལྡན་མཆོག་སྲེད་, Wyl. gu ru blo ldan mchog sred
  6. Guru Pema Gyalpo (kingship), Tib. གུ་རུ་པདྨ་རྒྱལ་པོ་, Wyl. {{BigTibetan|[[gu ru padma rgyal}} po]]
  7. Guru Sengé Dradrok (subjugation of non-buddhists), Tib. གུ་རུ་སེང་གེ་སྒྲ་སྒྲོག་, Wyl. gu ru seng ge sgra sgrog
  8. Guru Dorje Drolö (concealing terma, binding spirits under oath), Tib. གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་, Wyl. gu ru rdo rje gro lod


The Eight Manifestations of Padmasambhava do not depict different Padmasambhavas, but reflect his ability to appear according to different needs and demands. In fact, they are called in Tibetan Guru Tsen Gyé, the eight ‘names’ of the Guru; each manifestation demonstrates a different principle that unveils the innermost nature of mind. As Guru Rinpoche said: “Mind itself is Padmasambhava; there is no practice or meditation apart from that.”[1]

==Alternative Names & Lists==
Other lists include:


===Pema Kathang===
In the Pema Kathang revealed by Orgyen Lingpa the eight manifestations are mentioned in chapter 19:

  1. Guru Shakya Sengé (east)
  2. Guru Pema Gyalpo (south)
  3. Guru Padmasambhava (west)
  4. Guru]] Dorje Drolö (north)
  5. Guru]] Nyima Özer (southeast)
  6. Guru]] Padmakara (southwest)
  7. Guru]] Sengé Dradrok (northwest)
  8. Guru]] Loden Choksé (northeast)


===Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo===
In his praise of the eight manifestations entitled A Garland of Youthful Utpalas (ut+pal gzhon nu'i do shal)[2], Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo lists the eight as:

  1. GuruTsokyé Dorje
  2. Guru Loden Choksé
  3. Guru Pema Gyalpo
  4. Guru Shakya Sengé
  5. Guru Nyima Özer
  6. Guru Sengé Dradrok
  7. Guru Dorje Drolö
  8. Guru Padmakara


===Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé===
In his Great Dictionary (p.500), Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé lists them as follows:

  1. Guru Tsokyé Dorje
  2. Guru Dorje Drakpo Tsal
  3. Guru Shakya Sengé
  4. Guru Loden Choksé
  5. Guru Pema Tötreng Tsal
  6. Guru Pema Gyalpo
  7. Guru Nyima Özer
  8. GuruSengé Dradrok


===Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü===
In the empowerment of Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü, Guru Rinpoche and his Eight Manifestations appear as:


==Gallery==
Sets of thangkas of the Eight Manifestations include a central image of Guru Pema Jungné.

  • Guru Tsokyé Dorje

  • Shakya Sengé

  • Nyima Özer

  • Padmasambhava

  • Loden Choksé

  • Pema Gyalpo

  • Sengé Dradok

  • Dorje Drolö

Source

www.rigpawiki.org

  1. ↑ Adapted from Dzogchen & Padmasambhava
  2. ↑ Collected Works, Vol. ka, pages 132-4
  3. ↑ Dalai Lama, Dzogchen, page 230.
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