Eight Lingpas

The Eight Great Lingpas (Tibetan: གླིང་པ་བརྒྱད་, Wylie: gling-pa brgyad) were eight important tertons or revealers of hidden religious treasures ("terma") in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

They are listed^[1] as:

• Rinchen Lingpa (1295-1375)
• Sangye Lingpa (1340-1396)
• Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405)
• Ratna Lingpa (1403-1471)
• Kunkyong Lingpa (1408-1489)
• Pema Lingpa (or Padma Lingpa) (1445/50-1521)
• Tennyi Lingpa Padma Tsewang Gyalpo (1480-1535)
• Do-ngak Lingpa (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo) (1820–1892)

Sources

• Trungpa, Chögyam (2005). Interview With Karma Senge About Kyere Gompa. Source: http://www.chronicleproject.com/stories_57.html (accessed: Tuesday, January 9, 2007)

References

1. ^ "gling pa brgyad". Rangjung Yeshe Wiki. Rangjung Yeshe. 2011-9-29. http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/gling_pa_brgyad.