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Rigdzin Gödem ( Tib. རིག་འཛིན་རྒོད་ལྡེམ།, ''rig 'dzin rgod ldem,'' 1337–1409)''.'' also known as Rigdzin Gokyi Demtru Chen and Ngodrub Gyaltsen, was a major Nyingma tertön (a revealer of treasure texts in Tibetan Buddhism). He revealed an important cycle of termas called the "Northern Treasures" or ''byanggter'' (because they were found north of the Yarlung Valley).
His revelation include the important ''Pellucid Transcendent State of Samantabhadra'' (''Kun tu bzang po’i dgongs pa zang thal''), commonly known as the ''Gongpa Zangthal.''Katarina Turpeinen, ''“Luminous visions and liberatory amulets in Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s Great Perfection anthology”'', Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 50, June 2019, pp. 132-149 The ''Gongpa Zangthal'' was revealed in 1366 in the Tsang province and contains teachings on tantra and
Rigdzin Gödem ( Tib. རིག་འཛིན་རྒོད་ལྡེམ།, ''rig 'dzin rgod ldem,'' 1337–1409)''.'' also known as Rigdzin Gokyi Demtru Chen and Ngodrub Gyaltsen, was a major Nyingma tertön (a revealer of treasure texts in Tibetan Buddhism). He revealed an important cycle of termas called the "Northern Treasures" or ''byanggter'' (because they were found north of the Yarlung Valley).
His revelation include the important ''Pellucid Transcendent State of Samantabhadra'' (''Kun tu bzang po’i dgongs pa zang thal''), commonly known as the ''Gongpa Zangthal.''Katarina Turpeinen, ''“Luminous visions and liberatory amulets in Rig ’dzin rGod ldem’s Great Perfection anthology”'', Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 50, June 2019, pp. 132-149 The ''Gongpa Zangthal'' was revealed in 1366 in the Tsang province and contains teachings on tantra and Dzogchen
Dzogchen (, "Great Perfection" or "Great Completion"), also known as ''atiyoga'' ( utmost yoga), is a tradition of teachings in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Yungdrung Bon aimed at discovering and continuing in the ultimate ground of existence. ...
. Gödem's revelations also include the famous ''Prayer of Samantabhadra'' (''Kun bzang smon lam'').
According to Malcolm Smith, The ''Pellucid Transcendent State of Samantabhadra'' is one of the most important Menngagde collections.Smith, Malcolm (2016). ''Buddhahood in This Life: The Great Commentary by Vimalamitra,'' Simon and Schuster, Introduction. According to the Dalai Lama, "the main seat and source of this tradition is the monastery of Thubten Dorje Drak, built in 1632, by the third Rigdzin Chenmo Ngak gi Wangpo."The 4th
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Dalai Lama (2020). ''Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection'', p. 203. Shambhala Publications.
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