Ayu Khandro
| Ayu Khandro | |||||
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| Tibetan | ཨ་ཡུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་ | ||||
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| Wylie | A-yu Mkha'-'gro |
Ayu Khandro (Long Life Dakini), also known as Dorje Paldrön, lived from 1839 to 1953. She was a practitioner, yogini, and terton of Tibetan Buddhism in Eastern Tibet. An accomplished Dzogchen meditator, she is renowned for her extensive pilgrimages throughout Tibet, long periods of dark retreat practice, the gongter of the practice of the yidam Senge Dongma (the Lion-Faced Dakini), various forms of Chöd, and her lifelong dedication to spiritual practice.
The information we have about Ayu Khandro comes from the oral commentary that she personally gave to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu in Dzongsa, 1951. He wrote her namthar, or spiritual biography, which was later published in Women of Wisdom by Tsultrim Allione.
Ayu Khandro met, and was taught by, many great masters of her day ; Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo,Jamgon Kongtrul the First, Chokgyur Lingpa,Nyala Pema Dündul, Adzom Drukpa, Togden Rangrig and the ninth Tai Situpa, Pema Nyingche Wangpo.
She led the life of a hidden yogini, spending a significant amount of her life in retreat or as a wandering chodma. She was recognised as an emanation of Vajrayogini.
Ayu Khandro was born in Kham, Eastern Tibet, in the village of Dzong Trang. Present at her birth, in the winter of 1839, was a local Togden, Togden Rangrig, with whose community she joined at the age of seven. He gave her the name Dechen Khandro (Great Bliss Dakini). Others reported auspicious signs at her birth and she was born on the day of the dakini, which is a significant day in the Tibetan Calendar. Her parents were Tsokyi (mother) and Tamdrin Gon (father).
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