About Nanam Dorje Dudjom

Dorje Dudjom of Nanam was one of King Trisong Deutsen's ministers and was sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples and was known as a mantrika who had achieved perfection in the two stages of development and completion, being able to fly with the speed of the wind and traverse solid matter. Rigdzin Godem (1337-1408) and Pema Trinley (1641-1718), the great vidyadhara of Dorje Drak Monastery in central Tibet, are both believed to be reincarnations of Dorje Dudjom, whose name translates to 'Indestructible Subduer of Mara.'