Eight Lingpas

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Eight Lingpas (Tibetan: གླིང་པ་བརྒྱད་; Wylie: gling-pa brgyad). Sangye Lingpa (1340-1396), Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405), Rinchen Lingpa, Pema Lingpa (or Padma Lingpa) (1445/50-1521), Ratna Lingpa (1403-1471), Kunkyong Lingpa (or Khyungdrak Dorje), Do-ngag Lingpa and Tennyi Lingpa. Eight important revealers of hidden terma treasures in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

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• Trungpa, Chögyam (2005). Interview With Karma Senge About Kyere Gompa. Source: http://www.chronicleproject.com/stories_57.html (accessed: Tuesday, January 09, 2007)