Vairotsana (Skt.). The
great translator who lived during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen.
Among the first seven Tibetan monks, he was sent to India to study
with Shri Singha. Along
with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra,
he was one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings
to Tibet.
The great and unequalled translator during the reign of King
Trisong Deutsen. Vairochana, (also pronounced vairo-tsa-na), was
recognized by Padmakara as a reincarnation of an Indian pandita.
He was among the first seven monks and was sent to India to study
with Shri Singha. Shri
Singha in turn entrusted Vairochana with the task of propagating
the Mind Section and Space Section of Dzogchen in Tibet. He is
one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings
to Tibet, the two others being Padmakara and Vimalamitra.
Vairochana’s chief disciples were Yudra Nyingpo, Sangton
Yeshe Lama, Pang Gen Sangye Gonpo, Jnana Kumara of Nyag, and Lady
Yeshe Dronma. An especially renowned disciple was the old Pang
Gen Mipham Gonpo whose disciples attained the rainbow body for
seven generations by means of the oral instructions entitled Dorje
Zampa, the Vajra Bridge. 
Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Terdag Lingpa Gyurmey Dorje, and Jamgon
Kongtrul Lodro Thaye are regarded as reincarnations of Vairochana. |
