About Terchen Dorje Lingpa

Terchen Dorje Lingpa (1346–1405), the third of the five sovereign terma revealers, was an emanation of King Trisong Detsen and of the great translator Vairotsana. He was born in Tranang Entsa, in central Tibet. In his thirteenth year, he had seven visions of Guru Rinpoche.
He found his first terma behind the Jomo statue of Tara in the Tradruk temple. In his fifteenth year in a cave at the Kar Rock, when Guru Padmasambhava came to him in person and granted him empowerment, he revealed many termas. Altogether, he discovered 43 great terma troves and met Guru Rinpoche, Yeshe Tsogyal, Vairotsana, and other such masters on numerous occasions.
The foremost of his termas is the Trilogy of Lama, Dzogchen, and Avalokiteshvara (Wyl. bla rdzogs thugs gsum). He also revealed wonderful images and blessed substances, as well as Bön treasures and texts on medical science and astrology.
The name under which he is best known is Dorje Lingpa, but he is also called Pema Lingpa, Kunkyong Lingpa, Yungdrung Lingpa, and Jampel Chökyi Shenyen.
At the age of 25, he had a vision of a youthful, obedient monk with a vajra and a shang (a ritual musical instrument of the Bon religion). The monk indicated the direction of the south, saying, “Your prosperity and the happiness of sentient people are better there. Follow the broad and specific directions to get there. He travelled to Lhomon, today known as Bhutan, as predicted. To protect the sentient beings of Lhomon from the agony of upcoming frontier battles, he performed the rites of shakong, tordhok, nyenpa (the same as sinon), and a hundred times of jinsek at Paro Taktshang.
Additionally, he found the treasures of the Bon, such as the secret mantra of Chipung, the Bon dzogchen teachings known as Serthur (the golden spoon), and others. He also found precious teachings, sacred pills, and other treasures from Lingmochu, Goen Tshephu, BaeLangdra, and Umteng Tsho. Additionally, he travelled to and constructed monasteries in locations like Khothang Rinchenling, Shar Dhangchu Choedzong Gang, Bumthang, and other places. His primary seat, which he called Dechen Phodrang, was Lingmokha. He spent a lot of time there engaging in spiritual pursuits, which helped Lhomon’s profound Buddhism thrive there. According to his biography, the Dorling lineage was thereafter maintained for a very long time by his lineage bearer, Dungse Choeying Jamtsho, and his hereditary sons.
After he passed away, his corpse remained for three years without decay, during which time it continued to benefit beings by speaking and reciting four-line dedications of merit.
When it was finally cremated, many sacred images and relics appeared. And with a roar of the flames, his right foot flew from the crematorium and went to his spiritual son, Tashi Jungne, and his left went to Tokmé Gyagarwa.
His lineage has persisted until today without decline, and some of his teachings have been preserved in a close lineage through Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo.