Sera Khandro

Background

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.

Career

She taught, among others, the First Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje. They had two children. However, he disliked her revelations, and this caused her to become sick.

Her health returned when she went back to Drime Ozer, and her and Ozer revealed the treasure scriptures for which she is known.

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. She is considered an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal.

She is said to have been reincarnated as Chadral Rinpoche"s daughter. A short biography of Sera Khandro, translated by Sarah Jacoby, is included in the volume Himalayan Passages, educated

Andrew Quintman and Benjamin Bogin, Wisdom Publications 2014.

Connections

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Garra Gyelse