- Ayu Khandro
Ayu Khandro, formally Ayu Khandro Dorje Paldrön (1838-1953) was a teacher of
Dzogchen andTantric Buddhism inEast Tibet .She was a student of bothJamyang Khyentse Wangpo andNyala Pema Dündul .By many, Ayu Khandro was held to be an
incarnation ofVajrayogini .She has spent many dozen years indark retreat and also practiced and taught a tantriclong-life practice and was an adept "chödpa".It is said that at least once Ayu Khandro has had a spontaneous involuntary experience of long-distance
teleportation . After the event she could not replicate the achievement at will and was forced to travel home for many days.In 1953 Ayu Khandro attained
rainbow body .She transmitted her knowledge and gave empowerments to
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche . [Allione, Tsultrim (2000). "Women of Wisdom". (Includes transcribed interview withNamkhai Norbu ) Source: [http://www.khandro.net/book-womenofwisdom.htm] (accessed: November 15, 2007)]Incarnations
In 2004
Khempo Yurmed Tinly Rinpoche (Abbot of bothGantay Monastery andZilnon Kagyeling Monastery -- as well as the Dalai Lama's choice to represent theNyingma school ofTibetan Buddhism at theUnited Nations Millennium World Peace Summit ) recognized one of his students as the reincarnation of Ayu Khandro. She was born in 1963, and lives in theUnited States .Fact|date=February 2007Notes
References
* Chögyal Namkhai Norbu "Dream Yoga And The Practice Of Natural Light". Edited and introduced by Michael Katz, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY, ISBN 1−55939−007−7, p. 67.
* Don Farber "Portraits of Tibetan Buddhist Masters". Foreword by Sogyal Rinpoche and text by Rebecca McClen Novick, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, ISBN 0-520-23973-3, p. 66.
External links
* [http://www.odn-usa.com www.odn-usa.com Osel Dorje Nyingpo]
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