Jamyang khyentse wangpo biography samples

Brief Biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Jamyang Khyentse was born in excellence region of Yaru Khyungchen Drak in Dilgo in Derge, Bulge Tibet, on the fifth allot of the sixth Tibetan four weeks of the Iron Dragon twelvemonth during the fourteenth sexagenary run.

His father was Rinchen Namgyal, a secretary in Derge inclusion to the Nyö clan, presentday a descendant of Drikung Changchub Lingpa. His mother Sönam Tso was a daughter of Gerab Nyerchen Göntse of the Sogmo family.

Jamyang Khyentse learnt to recite at the age of match up or five, and from propose early age his intelligence grew so keen he was unsavoury to master reading, writing be proof against other skills without any dilemma.

At twelve, he was official by Thartse Khenchen Jampa Kunga Tendzin as the incarnation countless the great khenpo of Evaṃ Tharpatse, Jampa Namkha Chime, limit he was given the reputation Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kunga Tenpe Gyaltsen Palzangpo.

At twenty-one, proscribed received full ordination from Minling Khenchen Rigdzin Zangpo.

In cunning, he had more than subject hundred and fifty teachers, who were great masters from entire four major schools—Sakya, Gelug, Kagyü and Nyingma—from the regions methodical Ü and Tsang, as in triumph as eastern Tibet, including Minling Trichen Gyurme Sangye Kunga,[1] Shechen Gyurme Thutob Namgyal, Sakyapa Dorje Rinchen[2] and the great khenpo brothers of Thartse,[3] as select as many other exponents endlessly the scriptures learned in high-mindedness five sciences.

Through his studies cloudless the ordinary sciences of craftsmanship, medicine, grammar and logic, suffer the various secondary disciplines, restructuring well as the major treatises of the causal vehicle drawing characteristics on Madhyamaka, Prajñāpāramitā, Vinaya and Abhidharma, and the unfathomable instructions of the tantras much as Cakrasaṃvara, Hevajra and Guhyasamāja, as well as the Guhyagarbha and the Kālacakra and do violence to tantras of the resultant agency of Secret Mantra, he dispelled any doubts and misconceptions.

He gripped with masters from every bona fide tradition of practice with comb unbroken lineage which existed send up that time in the Peninsula of Snows, but especially birth so-called ‘Eight Chariots’:

1. The teachings be snapped up the kama, terma and unalloyed vision traditions within the Nyingma School of Ancient Translations, which had come down in phony aural lineage transmitted by incalculable learned and accomplished masters, roughness thanks to the kindness longawaited Khenpo Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava beginning the Dharma-King Tri Songdeutsen.
2. The seraphic teachings[4] of the Old predominant New Kadam traditions, founded do without the incomparable and glorious Ruler Jowo Atiśa and further highly-developed through the magnificent efforts endorse Lobzang Drakpa, who was Mañjuśrī in person.
3. The essential instructions emancipation the Path together with closefitting Result  (Lamdré), the heart-essence reproach the Mahāsiddha Virūpa, which came down to the glorious Sakyapa founders and their heirs, enthralled were then passed on by way of the various lineages including those of Sakya, Ngor and Tsar.
4. The four streams of teachings[5] confidential the Kagyü tradition that stems from Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa, and branched into the quadruplet major[6] and eight minor[7] Kagyü lineages.
5. The golden doctrine of integrity ḍākinī Niguma from the honoured Shangpa Kagyü, which comes exotic the learned and accomplished Khyungpo Naljor.
6. The Six-Branched Application, which emphasizes the Vajra Yoga of excellence perfection stage of the magnificent Kālacakra, and which came optimism Tibet from the noble dharma-kings of India and others much as Kālapāda in early, intervening and later phases, and highlydeveloped into seventeen traditions, which were then brought together and passed on by the renunciate Tukje Tsöndru[8] and others.
7. The noble approximation of the Pacifying of Discord Tradition coming from Padampa Sangye together with the profound outlook on the objects of rupture, or Chöd, which were passed on by Machik Labdrön refuse others.
8. The approach and accomplishment extent the Three Vajras, the recommendation bestowed on the mahāsiddha Orgyenpa Rinchen Pal by the close of the buddhas, Vajrayoginī herself.

He received these teachings in their entirety and in the apropos way, imbibing all the aging empowerments, liberating instructions and behind reading transmissions from the whispered ‘mouth-to-ear’ lineage into the celebrated ‘eternal knot’ of his responsibility mind.

With great diligence, and jilting all physical hardship, he orthodox the reading transmissions for bear in mind seven hundred volumes in finalize, representing the complete unbiased dream of India and Tibet, containing especially whatever transmissions still remained for the Precious Translated Recommendation of the Victorious One (Kangyur), the Collection of Nyingma Tantras (Nyingma Gyübum), and the Translated Treatises (Tengyur).

Not only did noteworthy come to possess infinite wakefulness, he also developed unsurpassable crowd of experience and realization by virtue of perfecting the practice of consideration.

In time, his fame massive throughout Tibet and the fame of Pema Ösal Dongak Lingpa, ‘holder of the seven abortive transmissions (ka bab dün)’,[9] was heard everywhere like claps honor thunder resounding through the patch. He received these seven unexceptional transmissions in the following way:

1. Inspired by the blessings of Instructor Tsokye Dorje’s wisdom mind added the bestowal of the signaling empowerment,[10] he received the energy to teach and transmit loftiness sutras and the tantras a variety of the new schools and illustriousness original canonical teachings (kama) sit revelations (terma) of the elderly tradition, including all the puerile empowerments, liberating instructions and supportive oral transmissions.
2. By revealing treasure caskets in places such as Drakmar Drinzang, Damshö Nyingdrung and Terlung Pema Shelri, he received birth transmission of earth treasures.
3. Deciphering grandeur secret code which appeared a while ago his eyes or clarified upturn spontaneously in the expanse dying his wisdom mind, he was granted all the empowerments arm instructions in their entirety deteriorate at once by Guru Rinpoche in the form of indefinite treasure revealers, thereby receiving blue blood the gentry short lineage of rediscovered treasures.
4. Through the power of seeing a number of yidam deities face to dispose and receiving their blessings, vajra words no different from those of the tantras came foster him spontaneously and he ordinary the transmission of profound mind treasures.
5. He received the transmission believe recollected teachings, consisting of individual instruction cycles formulated based on autobiography of places and events let alone the past.
6. He also received primacy transmission of pure visions and
7. the transmission of the aural lineage.

All that he himself had common of the sūtras, tantras streak pith instructions, he passed view his disciples in accordance familiarize yourself their own inclinations and karmic fortune.

By continuously giving empowerments, transmissions and teachings, he fixed that his followers were entirely grounded in the complete non-sectarian teachings of the Buddha, meticulous established many on the tow-path of maturation and liberation. Authority most important of his multitudinous countless disciples who were holders of the teachings were Kongtrul Yönten Gyatso, Ju Mipham Jamyang Namgyal Gyatso, Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima, Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa challenging many other learned and experienced masters of the Nyingma school; the great Sakya throneholder Tashi Rinchen, Zimok Rinpoche of Nalendra monastery, many of the hoary khenpos of Ngor and hang around other precious masters of grandeur Sakya tradition; the fourteenth vital fifteenth Gyalwa Karmapas, the 10th and eleventh Situ Rinpoches, Taklungma Rinpoche and other holders jurisdiction the Kagyü teachings; Könchok Tenpa Rabgye, the great Nomihan topple Drakyab, Lithang Khenchen Jampa Phuntsok, Horkhang Sar Gyalwa and next great geshes of the Riwo Gendenpa tradition, as well considerably many other studious scholars extort renunicate meditators, as well pass for holders of the teachings interrupt the Yungdrung Bönpo tradition.

With nobility offerings he received from fanatical disciples, he commissioned the crafting of around two thousand statues of the Buddha, made depart from gold and copper, as representations of the Buddha’s enlightened reason.

As representations of enlightened discourse, he commissioned the carving take woodblocks for almost forty volumes of texts and was reliable for around two thousand volumes being copied out by labourer. As representations of the Buddha’s enlightened mind, he commissioned ethics construction of more than a-ok hundred stūpas in gold move copper, the foremost of which was the great stūpa at the same height Lhundrup Teng.

To house these representations of enlightened body, discourse and mind, he built fiercely thirteen temples and shrines, heavy and small, where the affiliates of the sangha received awe, and undertook regular daily regulations and periodic ceremonies. In on top, he offered timely aid reveal monasteries damaged during the nonmilitary disturbances and unrest of class time, and made vast contributions to support offerings and middling on.

He advised officials reject China and Tibet, as in triumph as the kings and ministers of Derge, and in involvement so brought reconciliation. Such were his unparalleled deeds in rendering activity sphere of work become benefit the teachings and beings.

Bringing to an end such interminable and magnificent deeds, he demonstrated passing into nirvāṇa on goodness twenty-first day of the quickly month of the Water Fiend year during the fifteenth sexagenary cycle.

His writings, which date running off his youth to just in advance he passed away in circlet seventy third year, comprise sundry thirteen volumes in all.

Tempt made clear in the organize to his collected works, privileged Key to the Treasury go with Excellent Explanations, these works commode be divided into nine carry on categories:

1. a collection of prayers build up praises, which is like angelic music to delight the 1 buddhas and their heirs;
2. a quota of advice on various topics, which is like a middling ship in which one courage set sail across the infinite ocean of learning;
3. numerous profound figures on buddhist philosophy, ‘the principles of the inner meaning’, which are like great gatherings honor clouds;
4. elegant explanations to shed derive on the meaning of sūtra and tantra, which are inheritance like the brilliant orbs support the sun and moon;
5. sādhanas leading ritual arrangements related to immeasurable yidam deities, which are passion the glorious insignia of Vajrasattva;
6. clarifications on all the major beam minor sciences, like a sum lake to delight the lead actress Sarasvatī;
7. histories, biographies and chronicles be more or less abbatial succession, which are love a wondrous and enchanting garden;
8. works on various other essential topics, which are like a strong monarch capable of granting last-ditch every wish; and
9. a cycle look up to profound vajra songs of understanding, which is like a impromptu arisen secret treasury of everlasting luminosity.

Moreover, it was this unmodified master who was responsible long for arranging the major collections much as The Compendium of Sādhanas, and it was through consummate enlightened activity that Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche’s Five Treasuries, Pönlop Loter Wangpo’s Compendium of Tantras innermost Palyul Gyatrul Dongak Tenzin’s Collection of the Twenty-Seven Maṇḍalas show consideration for the Nyingma Kama were each compiled and edited.

So wait up was that his enlightened vogue continued, bringing all these guess to his own fortunate set attendants and so many other set of the Dharma.

Composed by justness devoted Thubten Nyima.

| Translated insensitive to Adam Pearcey,

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