Khandro Yeshé Réma Explained

Jétsunma Khandro Yeshé Réma, also known as Kyungchen Aro Lingma (1886–1923) was the discoverer of the Aro gTér terma, a cycle of pure vision revelation teachings.[1] This is according to Aro gTér, which says Aro Lingma transmitted the lineage to her only son, named Aro Yeshe (1915-1951), a claim not supported by any other account, nor Aro Yeshe himself. She supposedly received these teachings in visions on a journey to Southern Tibet with her sang-yab (male consort) Khalden Lingpa, who had given up his monk's vows to become her sang-yab. These visions were visions of Yeshé Tsogyel in which Réma realized the cycles of teachings and practice that her mother had predicted she would.[2] She also received the name Kyungchen Aro Lingma from Yeshé Tsogyel.

She was the incarnation of Jomo Menmo.[3] She lived in the Himalayas with her son Aro Yeshe and a community of practitioners that formed around them.

The Aro lineage (also called the Mother Essence lineage) is based on her teachings within the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ngakpa Chogyam. Khandro Dechen. Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen. 12 November 2013. Shambhala Publications. 978-0-8348-2882-7. 50–.
  2. Web site: Mother Essence Lineage  - Part 4. aroencyclopaedia.org. 2014-02-12.
  3. Book: Rays of the Sun: Illustrating Reality: Certainty, Transcending Causality, Kindness, Confidence. 2010. BPR Publishers. 9781898185130.
  4. Book: The Buddhist Experience in America. Morgan, D.. 2004. Greenwood Press. 9780313062896.