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'''[[Guru Dorje Drolö]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru rdo rje gro lod]]'') is one of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]—[[Guru Rinpoche]] in [[wrathful]] [[form]] riding upon a {{Wiki|pregnant}} tigress. He assumed this [[manifestation]] in [[Taktsang Monastery|Paro Taktsang]] in [[Bhutan]] in order to bring the [[local deities]] and [[guardians]] under his control. | '''[[Guru Dorje Drolö]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[gu ru rdo rje gro lod]]'') is one of the [[Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche]]—[[Guru Rinpoche]] in [[wrathful]] [[form]] riding upon a {{Wiki|pregnant}} tigress. He assumed this [[manifestation]] in [[Taktsang Monastery|Paro Taktsang]] in [[Bhutan]] in order to bring the [[local deities]] and [[guardians]] under his control. | ||
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:At thirteen different places called '[[Tiger's Lair]]', ''[[Taktsang]]'', [[Guru Rinpoche]] [[manifested]] in "the [[terrifying wrathful form of crazy wisdom]]", binding [[worldly]] [[spirits]] under oath to {{Wiki|protect}} the [[terma]] [[treasures]] and serve the [[Dharma]]. Then he is known as [[Dorje Drolö]], '[[Wild Wrathful Vajra]]'. | :At thirteen different places called '[[Tiger's Lair]]', ''[[Taktsang]]'', [[Guru Rinpoche]] [[manifested]] in "the [[terrifying wrathful form of crazy wisdom]]", binding [[worldly]] [[spirits]] under oath to {{Wiki|protect}} the [[terma]] [[treasures]] and serve the [[Dharma]]. Then he is known as [[Dorje Drolö]], '[[Wild Wrathful Vajra]]'. | ||
| − | {{ | + | ==Further Reading== |
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| − | [ | + | {{Nolinking|*[[Taksham Nüden Dorje]], ''bla ma rdo rje gro lod kyi rnam thar''}} |
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| + | ===In English=== | ||
| + | {{Nolinking|*[[Chögyam Trungpa]], ''Crazy Wisdom'', The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Five (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), Crazy Wisdom Seminar I: Jackson Hole, 1972, pages 49-52 & Crazy Wisdom Seminar II: Karmê Chöling, 1972, Ch 7. Dorje Trolö and The Three Styles Of Transmission, pages 134-146. | ||
| + | *[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], "The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom" (translated by Alan Wallace) in Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, ''Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002}} | ||
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| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[Dudjom Traktung Pema Sokdrub]] | ||
| + | *[[Düddul Wangdrak Dorje Drolö]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:36, 22 July 2014
Guru Dorje Drolö (Tib. གུ་རུ་རྡོ་རྗེ་གྲོ་ལོད་, Wyl. gu ru rdo rje gro lod) is one of the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche—Guru Rinpoche in wrathful form riding upon a pregnant tigress. He assumed this manifestation in Paro Taktsang in Bhutan in order to bring the local deities and guardians under his control.
From A Great Treasure of Blessings, page 34:
- At thirteen different places called 'Tiger's Lair', Taktsang, Guru Rinpoche manifested in "the terrifying wrathful form of crazy wisdom", binding worldly spirits under oath to protect the terma treasures and serve the Dharma. Then he is known as Dorje Drolö, 'Wild Wrathful Vajra'.
Further Reading
In Tibetan
- Taksham Nüden Dorje, bla ma rdo rje gro lod kyi rnam thar
In English
- Chögyam Trungpa, Crazy Wisdom, The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Five (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), Crazy Wisdom Seminar I: Jackson Hole, 1972, pages 49-52 & Crazy Wisdom Seminar II: Karmê Chöling, 1972, Ch 7. Dorje Trolö and The Three Styles Of Transmission, pages 134-146.
- Dudjom Rinpoche, "The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom" (translated by Alan Wallace) in Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2002
