Lalung Palgyi Dorjé
As one of the main twenty-five principal disciples of Guru Rinpoché, Lalung Palgyi Dorjé is celebrated in Tibetan Buddhist history for his assassination of the anti-Buddhist King Langdarma in 842 CE—an act understood not as murder but as a wrathful liberation that ended the systematic persecution of the Dharma in Tibet.
At the close of his life, he achieved the jalü, the rainbow body.
Since the early 8th century, Tibetans and Himalayan people have treasured "Namtars" as written or spoken narratives that demonstrate the realization of the Buddhist path by exceptional practitioners. These namtars, or spiritual biographies, serve as inspirational guides on the path to enlightenment.
Today, Namtars Foundation aims to record, preserve, and freely offer the world a written and electronic treasury of the oral wisdom of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhism.
