Sera Khandro

Sera Khandro

Sera Khandro (1892-1940) was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher. [1] She taught, among others, the First Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje. [1] She was born into a rich family, but ran away to escape an unwanted engagement and follow the teacher Drime Ozer, who was then in Lhasa on pilgrimage from Golok. [2] She returned with him and his followers to Golok, where they lived in poverty; there she became partners with Garra Gyelse. [3] They had two children. [4] However, he disliked her revelations, and this caused her to become sick. [5] Her health returned when she went back to Drime Ozer, and her and Ozer revealed the treasure scriptures for which she is known. [6] From when she was young she had experienced visions of Vajravarahi and exhibited many indications of being a treasure revealer, meaning that she was destined to reveal scripture said to have been concealed by the eighth-century Indian mystic Padmasambhava. [7]

She was a teacher to many leading Nyingma lamas, including Dudjom Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje and Chadrel Sanggye Dorje. [8]

She is considered an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal. [9]

She is said to have been reincarnated as Chadral Rinpoche's daughter. [10]

Biography in translation

A short biography of Sera Khandro, translated by Sarah Jacoby, is included in the volume Himalayan Passages, ed. Andrew Quintman and Benjamin Bogin, Wisdom Publications 2014.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Biography: Sera Khandro Kunzang Dekyong Wangmo". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Alexander Gardner. "Treasury of Lives: Female Buddhist Masters". www.tricycle.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  4. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  5. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  6. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  7. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  8. ↑ http://www.tricycle.com/blog/treasury-lives-female-buddhist-masters
  9. ↑ Kurtis R. Schaeffer. "Sources of Tibetan Tradition". google.com.au (Google books). Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Ngawang Zangpo. "Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times". google.com.au (Google books). Retrieved 1 May 2015.