Guru Chowang is known as one of the five great tertons (revealers of hidden teachings buried by Guru Rinpoche for the benefit of future beings). Guru Chowang himself was an emanation of Guru Rinpoche as well as an incarnation of Trisong Deutsen, the second Dharma king of Tibet who invited great masters such as Guru Rinpoche, Shantarakshita, Vimalamitra to Tibet.
Among the termas (or ‘treasure teachings’) Guru Chowang revealed were the Lama Sangdu (the embodiment of the master’s secrets), the thu je chen po yang nying du pa (a terma on Avalokiteshvara), the sang gye nyam jor cag nyug ma (liturgical arrangements and explanations of the ka ma teachings), the yang sang pu dri (Vajra Kilaya), the ka gye sang dzog (a cycle on the Eight Sadhana Teachings), and the dzog chen yang ti sang gye nyam jor (Dzogchen teachings).
Because he had accomplished the power of truth in speech, whatever he said brought swift blessings and ensured spiritual attainments for many of his students. In these and other ways, he was enormously kind in serving the dharma.
The descendants of Guru Chowang, down to Dungse Pema Rinpoche ’s father and now brother Lama Pasang Rinpoche, served as abbots for the Dhondupling monastery – also known as Nag Gompa (Nag in Tibetan means forest).
Founded by Guru Chowang, Nag monastery, which is located in Tsum, now has six branches.
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