Hevajra teachings
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Hevajra (kye rdo rje), also known as the ‘King of Tantras’, ranks among the most important Tantras of the highest Yoga Tantra class. It is a special transmission that in earlier times was primarily passed on through the translation by Drogmi Lotsawa (993–1050) in the Sakya lineage, where it is inseparably linked to the practice of Lamdre (lam 'bras, 'The Path and its Fruit'). In the Kagyu tradition it is was handed down by Marpa (1012–1097), the great translator. Marpa and his wife Dagmema (bdag med ma) are seen as the main aspects in the mandala of their Yidam Hevajra and his consort Dagmema.
The Hevajra Tantra was transmitted by Marpa as part of a series of Tantras that became known as the Seven Mandalas of Ngok to one of his four main disciples, Ngok Chöku Dorje (1036–1106). This tradition was primarily upheld by the Drikung Kagyu lineage. To save these teachings from oblivion, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813-1899) combined them with other teachings of Marpa to form the Kagyu Ngag Dzö (bka' brgyud sngags mdzod, 'The Kagyu Treasury of Oral Instructions'). His Holiness Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche holds the transmissions of the Hevajra Tantra of both the Sakyapa and the Kagyupa traditions, thus carrying on the great impartial Rime tradition of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892).