Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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| Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེའི་ Wylie: 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po |
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892) was a renowned teacher, scholar and tertön of 19th century Tibet. He was a leading figure in the nonsectarian Rime movement.
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[edit] Biography
Jamyang Khyentse was born in 1820 in the region of Yaru Khyungchen Drak in Dilgo in Derge, East Tibet. His father was Rinchen Namgyal, a secretary in Derge belonging to the Nyö clan, and a descendant of Drikung Changchub Lingpa. His mother Sönam Tso was a daughter of Gerab Nyerchen Göntse of the Sogmo family.[1]
At twelve, he was recognized by Thartse Khenchen Jampa Kunga Tendzin as the incarnation of Jampa Namkha Chimé, and was given the name Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen Palzangpo. At twenty-one, he received full ordination from Minling Khenchen Rigdzin Zangpo at Mindroling. In all, he had more than one hundred and fifty teachers, who were masters from all four major Tibetan Buddhist schools — Sakya, Gelug, Kagyü and Nyingma — from the regions of Ü and Tsang, as well as eastern Tibet, including Minling Trichen Gyurme Sangye Kunga, Shechen Gyurme Thutob Namgyal, Sakyapa Dorje Rinchen and the khenpo brothers of Thartse, Ngorpa Thartsé Khenpo Jampa Kunga Tendzin (1776-1862) and Thartsé Pönlop Naljor Jampal Zangpo (b. 1789).[2]
In time, his fame spread throughout Tibet and he became known by the name of Pema Ösal Dongak Lingpa, and renowned as a holder of the seven special transmissions (ka bab dün).
[edit] Disciples
His many disciples included Jamgön Kongtrul, Mipham Namgyal Gyatso, Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, Chokgyur Lingpa, Tertön Sogyal and many other masters of the Nyingma school; the Sakya throneholder Tashi Rinchen, Zimok Rinpoche of Nalendra monastery, many of the khenpos of Ngor and many other masters of the Sakya tradition; the fourteenth and fifteenth Gyalwa Karmapas, the tenth and eleventh Situ Rinpoches, Taklungma Rinpoche and other holders of the Kagyü teachings; Könchok Tenpa Rabgyé, the Nomihan of Drakyab, Lithang Khenchen Jampa Phuntsok, Horkhang Sar Gyalwa and other geshes of the Gelugpa tradition, and also followers of the Bön tradition.[3]
[edit] Reincarnations
He had five main reincarnations, of body, speech, mind, qualities and activity.[4] Of these, the body incarnation was Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, who was originally enthroned at Kathok Monastery but took over Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's main seat at Dzongsar Monastery when the main incarnation died in an accident c. 1909 (Smith 2001, p. 268). The mind incarnation was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
[edit] References
- Smith, E.G. Among Tibetan Texts Wisdom Publications, 2001. ISBN 0-86171-179-3
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Shambhala Publications, 1999.
[edit] External Links
- Khyentse Foundation
- Lotsawa House - biographies and selected writings
- Rangjung Yeshe - brief biography
- Lineage History
- Life Story
Categories: 1820 births | 1892 deaths | Lamas | Tertons | Rimé
