Ma Rinchen Chok (), is numbered as one of the twenty-five principal disciples of

Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ('Born from a Lotus'), also known as Guru Rinpoche ('Precious Guru'), was a legendary tantric Buddhist Vajracharya, Vajra master from Oddiyana. who fully revealed the Vajrayana in Tibet, circa 8th – 9th centuries... He is consi ...

. Rinchen Chok was also a senior disciple of

Vimalamitra Vimalamitra () was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk. His teachers were Buddhaguhya, Jnanasutra, Jñānasūtra and Sri Singha, Śrī Siṃha. He was supposed to have vowed to take rebirth every hundred years, with the most notable figures bein ...

. Rinchen Chok was an important

lotsawa Lotsawa () is a Tibetan title used to refer to the Nyingma's ''Ancient Translation School'' of 108 Tibetan translators, which include Vairotsana, Rinchen Zangpo, Marpa Lotsawa, Tropu Lotsawa Jampa Pel and many others. They worked alongside In ...

in the first wave of translations and was one of the first seven monks ever to be ordained in Tibet by Shantarakshita, known as the 'seven men who were tested' (). The ordination lineage was

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Iconography

In his

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Ma Rinchen Chok as a result of his empowerments is held to have gained the

siddhi In Indian religions, (Sanskrit: '; fulfillment, accomplishment) are material, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of Yoga, yogic advancement through sādhanās such as medit ...

of being able to crush and eat rocks and boulders for food and him doing so is a standard aspect of his iconography.

Translations

'Eight Sections of the Magical Net' () which form the cycle of

Mahayoga Mahāyoga (Sanskrit for "great yoga") is the designation of the first of the three Inner Tantras according to the ninefold division of practice used by the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Mahāyoga is held to emphasise the generation stage ...

texts associated with the 'Magical Net of Vajrasattva' (), the 'Secret Nucleus' () which is the root of the 'Eighteen Great Tantrapitaka' () were expounded by Vimalamitra to Ma Rinchen Chok and together they translated them.Dudjom Rinpoche and Jikdrel Yeshe Dorje (1991). ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism: its Fundamentals and History.'' Two Volumes. Translated and edited by Gyurme Dorje with Matthew Kapstein. Wisdom Publications, Boston. {{ISBN, 0-86171-087-8, p.248 Bibliography Rinchen Chok and Vimalamitra together translated the Guhyagarbha Tantra. Rinchen Chok also translated Vimalamitra's own commentary of the Guhyagarbha. Rinchen Chook translated the '' Cittabindu Upadesha'', a text by the three great siddhas Lilavajra,

Buddhaguhya Buddhaguhya (also known as Buddhagupta) (fl. c.700 CEHodge, Stephen (2003). ''The Maha-Vairocana-Abhisambodhi Tantra: With Buddhaguhya's Commentary''. Routledge. . P.22 Refer(accessed: 30 October 2007)) was a Vajrayana Buddhist scholar-monk. Thro ...

and

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