Wodren Pelgyi Wangchuk ('o bran dpal gyi dbang phyug) was born in Woyukdar ('o yug mdar), a son of the Wodren clan. He lived as a household tantrika and became a heart disciple of Padmasambhava.
He is said to have mastered the tantric teachings and gained the ability to swim in wide rivers like a fish. His clan still preserves and practices the oral teachings of the spoken word (bka' ma) lineage of Nyingma teachings.
དཔྱད་གཞིའི་ཡིག་ཆ་ཁག།
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'Jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas. 2007. Gter ston brgya rtsa. In Rin chen gter mdzod chen mo, vol. 1, p. 409. New Delhi: Shechen.
Tarthang Tulku. 1975. Bringing the Teachings Alive. Cazadero, CA: Dharma Publishing.