Odren Pelgyi Wangchuk

Odren Pelgyi Wangchuk ('o brandpal gyi dbang phyug) was born in Oyugdar ('o yug mdar), a son of the Odren clan. He lived as a household tantrika and became a heart disciple of Padmasambhava. He mastered the tantric teachings and gained the ability to swim in wide rivers like a fish. His clan still preserves and practices the oral teachings of the spoken word (bka' ma) lineage of Nyingma teachings.

Sources

'Jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas. 2007. Gter ston brgya rtsa. In Rin chen gter mdzod chen mo. New Delhi: Shechen (v.1 p. 409).

Tarthang Tulku. 1975. Bringing the Teachings Alive. Cazadero, CA: Dharma Publishing.

Gu ru bkra shis. 1990. Gu bkra’i chos ’byung. Beijing: Krung go’i bod kyi shes rig dpe skrun khang, pp. 174-175.

Arthur Mandelbaum
August 2007