Dorje Tröllö
Dorje Tröllö according to the Khordong gTér
This vivid image of Dorje Tröllö (Ba Dzra Gu ru rDo rJe Gro lod) is unusual for various reasons. It is a rare image because it comes from the Khordong Cycle of gTérma which is held by Zilngön Lingpa. The main difference between the Khordong gTér Dorje Tröllö and the more commonly known form is that he is facing directly forward rather than staring to the left*. Another difference (which is shared with the Aro gTér form) is the five-skull crown.
Khandro Déchen comments:
Strangely, this form does not
show the ivory archer‘s ring on the thumb of the left hand, and neither does
Dorje Tröllö wear the ru rGyan
(human bone cemetery ornaments). In common with the Aro gTér form, he
does not wear the garland of 52 severed heads. In this presentation he wears golden
earrings rather than conch earrings, and also wears golden wrist ornaments. This
seems to be an unusually simplified version of the Khordong Tröllö, because
the phurba is shown in a ‘minimalist’ gTérma form and there is no
scorpion
emanating from the phurba. Whether there is a specific purpose in these omissions is
unclear, as is the reason for his white shirt. This is a beautifully painted thangka
with great attention given to the tiger and to the ocean of blood over which Dorje
Tröllö rides. In the many Nyingma gTérma traditions there exist many
different forms of the yidams. The enormous richness of these many manifestations
give a spectacular sense of the potential available to the Vajrayana yogi or
yogini.
* The Düd’jom gTér Dorje Tröllö stares to the left.
