Eight Lingpas

Eight Lingpas

The Eight Great Lingpas (Tibetan: གླིང་པ་བརྒྱད་, Wylie: gling-pa brgyad) were eight important tertons or revealers of hidden religious treasures ("terma") in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

They are listed as:

  • Rinchen Lingpa (1295-1375)
  • Sangye Lingpa (1340-1396)
  • Dorje Lingpa (1346-1405)
  • Ratna Lingpa (1403-1471)
  • Kunkyong Lingpa (1408-1489)
  • Pema Lingpa (or Padma Lingpa) (1445/50-1521)
  • Tennyi Lingpa Padma Tsewang Gyalpo (1480-1535)
  • Do-ngak Lingpa (Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo) (1820–1892)

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