Direct Introduction (tantra)

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Direct Introduction (Tibetan: ངོ་སྤྲོད་སྤྲས་པ, Wylie: ngo sprod spras pa) is one of the Seventeen tantras of Dzogchen Upadesha.

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ngo sprod rin po che spras pa'i zhing khams bstan pa'i rgyud @ Wikisource in Wylie
ངོ་སྤྲོད་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་སྤྲས་པའི་ཞིང་ཁམས་བསྟན་པའི་རྒྱུད @ Wikisource in Uchen (Tibetan Script), Unicode

Notes

Source: (accessed: Thursday March 25, 2010)

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Nyingma	Padmasambhava Yeshe Tsogyal Longchenpa Jigme Lingpa Patrul Rinpoche Dudjom Lingpa Mipham Dudjom Rinpoche
Sakya	Khön Könchok Gyalpo Sakya Trizin Sakya Pandita Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
Kagyu	Milarepa Karmapa Thang Tong Gyalpo
Gelug	Je Tsongkhapa Dalai Lama Panchen Lama
Other	Trisong Detsen Akong Rinpoche Anagarika Govinda Arija Rinpoche Atiśa Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Chatral Rinpoche Chetsang Rinpoche Chögyam Trungpa Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche Dampa Sangye Dezhung Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Drukpa Kunley Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Gampopa Ganden Tripa Gorampa Sonam Sengye Gyalwang Drukpa Jamgon Kongtrul Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kalu Rinpoche Karma Thinley Rinpoche Khamtrul Rinpoche Khandro Rinpoche Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche Lama Jampa Thaye Ling Rinpoche Marpa Lotsawa Mikyö Dorje, 8th Karmapa Lama Namkhai Norbu Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa Orgyen Tobgyal Phabongkha Pema Lingpa Penor Rinpoche Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo Rangjung Dorje, 3rd Karmapa Lama Ratna Vajra Sakya Rechung Dorje Drakpa Reting Rinpoche Sakya Chokden Second Beru Khyentse Shamarpa Sogyal Rinpoche Tai Situpa Taranatha Tarthang Tulku Tenga Rinpoche Tenzin Palmo Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Tenzin Ösel Hita Thinley Norbu Thrangu Rinpoche Thubten Yeshe Thubten Zopa Rinpoche Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche Trijang Rinpoche Trulshik Rinpoche Tsangnyön Heruka Tsele Natsok Rangdröl Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Vairotsana Vimalamitra Yudra Nyingpo Zong Rinpoche

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