Trma Nakmo

Trma Nakmo, according to the Dudjom Tersar lineage

Trma Nakmo (Wyl. khro ma nag mo, Eng. 'The Black Wrathful Mother') a feminine embodiment
of wisdom. Trma Nakmo is the innermost secret aspect of the khandro practice in the Dudjom
Tersar lineage. The ch practice of Trma Nakmo provides us with an extremely powerful means to
cut through the dualistic clinging of mind, the root of suffering thus revealing our inherent wisdom
nature.

The Origins of the Terma

Foreseeing the difficulties of future times, Guru Rinpoche in his compassion revealed a rare teaching
of The Black Wrathful Dakini to his chief consort Yeshe Tsogyal, who later concealed this as a terma.
This treasure was to be discovered at an appropriate time by one of the reincarnations
of Padmasambhavas twenty-five disciples, Khye'u Chung Lotsawa. Khye'u Chung Lotsawa

reincarnated as Rigdzin Dddul Dorje, the great revitaliser of the Khatok lineage, and then later as
the meditation master and tertn Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904).
Dudjom Lingpa received the direct transmissions of the Trma Nakmo cycle through a series of
visions of Machik Labdrn,Saraha, Padampa Sangye and others. He kept the practice secret for
some time before teaching it.

The Actual Practice

In the Dudjom Tersar tradition, the practice of Trma Nakmo contains the complete path
of Vajrayana, from the Ngndro all the way through to the Dzogchen practices of Trekch and Tgal.
According to Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, "The Trma Nakmo based practice of Ch removes
obstacles, both for our short-term happiness and those hindering our ultimate enlightenment. It
carries extraordinary healing power and through its practice we can accumulate merit and wisdom in
a vast and rapid way. Merely making a connection to Trma Nakmo practice brings great benefit and
blessings".

The Signs
At least thirteen of Dudjom Lingpa's disciples attained rainbow body through the practice of Trma
Nakmo.

Further Reading

Pema Lungtok Gyatso, Dudjom Lingpa's ChdAn Ambrosia Ocean of Sublime

Explanations, translated by Lama Chnam & Sangye Khandro, Light of Berotsana, 2014.

Internal Links

Saraha Nyingtik Zabmo

Daknang Yeshe Drawa

http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Daknang_Yeshe_Drawa
Daknang Yeshe Drawa, The Wisdom Net of Pure Visions, is a terma cycle of Dudjom
Lingpa which contains some of his special ch practices based on Trma Nakmo. This
cycle was revealed as a pure vision by Dudjom Lingpa in 1867.

Revelation of the Terma

In his biography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts[1]:
In the past, I was twenty-three years old [1867]. For a while I stayed in retreat
relying on the meditation and recitation practice of Jampal Maw Senge, Gentle
Splendor Lion of Speech. One afternoon, my house filled with a delicious aroma.
At that time I actually saw the deity. He gave me a golden box the size of a small
birds egg and told me to eat it. Immediately I swallowed it, and he said, This is
called Daknang Yeshe Drawa, The Wisdom Net of Pure Visions. Then he
dissolved into me.
Texts of the Cycle
The Daknang Yeshe Drawa cycle includes many practices and texts. Among them
are:
Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy

Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy, The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra (Wyl. shes rig rdo rje rnon
po'i rgyud) is one of the five Dzogchen tantra termasrevealed by Dudjom Lingpa through
a pure vision.

Dudjom Tersar Ngndro, the 'Preliminary Practices of the New Treasures of

Dudjom'

The Laughter of Trma which Overcomes and Suppresses through

Splendor, which is is part of 'The Quintessential Accomplishment in Accordance
with the Lineage of the Vajra Essence', and is widely practiced among Dudjom
Tersar followers.

Lujin, also called 'A Rain of Accumulation of Merit and Spiritual Attainment', and
translated as 'Giving the Body' or Offering of the Body, is the
classical ch practice within the Dudjom Tersar lineage. It is a short practice
which is simple, easy to learn and perfect for a brief daily practice, and is usually
done during the evening session. According to Shenphen Dawa Rinpoche[2]The
Lujin text was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa. Its tunes were then directly
transmitted to Dudjom Lingpas daughter by Yeshe Tsogyal. Through this
practice, one learns to cut through the layers of fear and attachment related to
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the body and ego, thus freeing the innate buddha nature to blossom and
manifest. Through this practice alone, many have attained the highest levels of
spiritual realization.

A Clear Mirror, An Account of Supremely Secret Meditative Experiences,

which is the secret biography of Dudjom Lingpa [3].

Propagation
In a prophecy given to him by a dakini through a vision, Dudjom Lingpa was told
that[4]:
'Daknang Yeshe Drawa, Wisdoms Infinite Matrix of Pure Phenomena, will
appearA great many disciples will practise that.
Other information
The Zungdzin Trulpa Rangdrl (Wyl. gzung dzin khrul-pa rang drol ygud), the
most important text written by Degyal Rinpoche, is a tantra connected to the
Daknang Yeshe Drawa terma cycle of Dudjom Lingpa.

Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy

Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy, The Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra (Wyl. shes rig rdo rje rnon
po'i rgyud) is one of the five Dzogchen tantra termasrevealed by Dudjom Lingpa through
a pure vision.

Revelation of the terma

Being part of the Daknang Yeshe Drawa cycle, the Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gys full name is 'The
Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra, from the Matrix of Pure Appearances and Primordial
Consciousness, the Quintessence of the Great Mystery of the Mantrayana, The Primordialy Pure
Absolute Space of Samanthabadri, the Spontaneously Actualized Treasury of Liberation (Wyl. dag
snang ye shes drwa ba las/ ka dag kun tu bzang mo'i dbyings/ lhun grub rdzogs pa chen po'i mdzod/
shes rig rdo rje rnon po'i rgyud/ gsang chen snags kyi yang bcud).
The Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy recounts how Dudjom Lingpa experienced Kuntuzangpo directly in a
vision, giving teachings and answering questions to his own emanation's retinue ofbodhisattvas.
According to Alan Wallace[1]:
The Teacher, Kuntunzangpo appearing as the Lake-Born Vajra, explains to Dudjom Linpa
how all the wordly appearanes and mindsets we take to be real actually manifest like
apparitions reified by our graspingwithout even an atom of true existence. But the sharp
vajras power and blessings bring natural liberation, whereby all phenomena are recognized
as spontaneously actualized displays of primordial consciousness. To accomplish this level
of realization, we are instructed to focus on the essential points of practice, clearly
distinguished in succinct terms.

Outline
The text has eight chapters:
1. Taking the Impure Mind as the Path
2. Revealing Your Own Face as the Sharp Vajra of Vipassana
3. Revealing the Ground Dharmakaya
4. Determining the Characteristics and Qualities of the Ground
5. Determining Secret Dualistic Grasping and Revealing The Way of Natural Liberation
6. Teachings on the Essential Points of Practice and Their Key Distinctions

7. How to Follow the Path of the Great Clear Light, Direct Crossing Over
8. How to Dwell in the Ground of Being
According to Alan Wallace[2]:
A master piece of profundity and brevity, the Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra presents the
complete path to perfect enlightenment in a mere 250 lines in the original Tibetan.
Composed in crisply elegant verses to facilitate memorization and daily recitation, this tantra
is a poetic encapsulation of the Dzogchen view, meditation and conduct. The sharp vajra is
discerning wisdom that recognizes all phenomena to be empty of inherent existence,
demolishing the mountains of our concepts and collapsing the false shelters we erect out of
hope and fear. This consumption of pristine awareness is present in the ground of being,
which transcends all extremes of conceptual elaboration and is called the Great Perfection.
All spiritual vehicles and fruitions are subsumed within the primordial consciousness that
knows reality as it is and perceives the full range of phenomena

Propagation
Pema Tashi, a major student of Dudjom Lingpa, composed a 126-page commentary to the
Sherik Dorje Nnpo Gy which is called Drel Chung Dn Sal Nyingpo (Wyl. shes rig rdo rje
rnon po'i rgyud kyi 'grel chung don gsal snying po).
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche wrote: "Dudjom Rinpoche studied the tantra Sherik Dorje Nnpo
Gy, and the dynamic energy of his awareness welled up as the sublime knowing that
discerns the true nature of phenomena. He easily and very naturally understood the difficult
points of the vast classes of tantras of the Vajrayana path" [3].

Commentaries

Drel Chung Dn Sal Nyingpo, by Pema Tashi.

Translations

Alan Wallace, Dudjom Lingpas Visions of the Great Perfection, Wisdom Publications,
2015, volume 1, page 27-38.

Notes
1. Jump up Alan Wallace, Dudjom Lingpas Visions of the Great Perfection, Wisdom
Publications, 2015, volume 1, page 22.
2. Jump up Alan Wallace, Dudjom Lingpas Visions of the Great Perfection, Wisdom
Publications, 2015, volume 1, page 21.
3. Jump up Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of
Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage (Junction City: Padma Publications,
2005), p. 284.

Internal Links

Dudjom Tersar

Drel Chung Dn Sal Nyingpo

Dudjom Tersar Ngndro

The field of merit in the Dudjom Tersar Ngndro

The Dudjom Tersar Ngndro (Tib. , Wyl. bdud 'joms gter gsar sngon 'gro) or
'Preliminary Practices of the New Treasures of Dudjom (Dudjom Tersar) is an abbreviated title for
the ngndro practice entitled Concise Recitation of the Preliminary Practices of the New Treasures
of Dudjom (, bdud 'joms gter gsar sngon 'gro'i ngag 'don bsdus pa)[1]. A
longer ngndro text by Dudjom Rinpoche, The Chariot of the Path of Union (, zung 'jug
lam gyi shing rta)[2], is sometimes referred to as the 'medium-length' or 'extensive' Dudjom Tersar
Ngndro.
A terma practice composed and then concealed by Guru Rinpoche himself in the ninth century, the
Dudjom Tersar Ngndro was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904) as part of a pure vision cycle
known as Daknang Yeshe Drawa, The Wisdom Net of Pure Visions[3]. Dudjom Lingpa's incarnation,
Dudjom Jigdral Yesh Dorje (1904-1987), known to us as Dudjom Rinpoche, later expanded and
clarified the text and taught it widely.
Dudjom Rinpoche himself said of the Concise Recitation text:
This is a concise recitation of the preliminary practices that clearly elucidates the essential
meaning and is intended for those who do not understand or are unable to recite the
extensive preliminary practices.[4]