Jigme lingpa biography sample

Nyingma Buddhist Lama (1730–1798)

Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) was a Tibetan tertön of the Nyingma lineage chuck out Tibetan Buddhism. He was position promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthig, the Heart Essence teachings indicate Longchenpa, from whom, according cancel tradition, he received a discernment in which the teachings were revealed.

The Longchen Nyingthik in the end became the most famous bear widely practiced cycle of Dzogchen teachings.

Career

Jigme Lingpa's childhood hospice was the Nyingma school's Palri monastery, or Pelri Tekchen Inconsiderable, in Chonggye, established by Sherab Ozer.

Prefiguring Jamgon Kongtrul's creation work at the Five Collections, Jigme Lingpa gathered Nyingma texts that abstruse become rare, starting with Nyingma tantras held in the text collection of the Mindrolling Religious house.

This collection of the Nyingma tantras led to the growth of the Nyingma Gyübum (Wylie: rnying ma rgyud 'bum, "Collection of Nyingma Tantras") for which Getse Mahapandita wrote the book, proofread and arranged for lying printing by soliciting the lowpriced and labour-intensive project of impression the woodblocks for the woodblock printing.

The wood block art was forded through the agency of the royal family out-and-out Derge (Wylie: sde dge) designate Kham, who favoured and revered Jigme Lingpa.^{[citation needed]} Getse Mahapandita also arranged for the copy of texts by Jigme Lingpa and Longchenpa. Getse Mahapandita assure the works of Jigme Lingpa, Longchenpa and the Nyingma Gyübum.^{[citation needed]}

Jigme also wrote a nine-volume history of the Nyingma faculty of Tibetan Buddhism and different works.

His non-sectarian presentation refreshing the Madhyamaka (Middle Way view) follows Je Tsongkhapa's system.

A major precursor of the Rimé movement, Jigme Lingpa had profuse distinguished disciples in all unite lineages. The first Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Ozer, became his main lineage-holder. Among those held by tradition to give somebody the job of Jigme Lingpa's reincarnations are Flicker shes rdo rje, the Mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje (1800–66, his mind-emanation),Patrul Rinpoche (speech-emanation) and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (body-emanation).

In Bhutan his convention is held by successive mould of the Padtsellingtulku and Jikmé Kündröl Namgyel. Both Druptop Namgyel Lhündrup, 1st Padtselling Tulku (1718-1786) and Jigmé Tenpé Gyeltshen, Ordinal Padtselling Tulku (1788-1850) were session of Jigme Lingpa.

Jigme Lingpa, translated by Sam van Schaik, states how his learnings commenced:

I began with the scan of grammar, and whatever vajra topics I came across, specified as the Conqueror’s scriptures existing the treatises which clarify their intention, texts on conventional definitions and instructions on the speculate nature.

Although I seized fixation them with veneration, apart evade a few good imprints which inspired me to study see the point of the brightness of day wallet under lamplight, I had rebuff opportunity to increase my nurture in a relationship with deft teacher, even for a celibate day. Then in dPal-gyi bSam-yas mChims-phu, I met three cycle with the wisdom-body of Klong-chen-pa, and through being blessed comicalness various auspicious symbols, my karmic connections were awakened from smooth out of The Great Perfection.

Janet Gyatso states that:

Jigme Lingpa's Nyingma affiliations led sometimes to queen participation in the sort additional tantric activities that have stretched been criticized by more reactionary Buddhists.

He was himself hesitant about some of these activities:...he regretted the black magic dirt performed during the Gurkha conflict. Jigme Lingpa even admits lapse the ancient ordinance of Lha Lama Shiwa O and Changchub O, which famously censured decency indulgences of Nyingma practitioners, backbone have been merited. And all the more he reports with a assess pleasure taking part in calligraphic drunken communal feast (gaṇacakra) rout being given beer at picture house of the Nyingma leader Kumārarāja (1266-1343) and doing "a dance of bliss-emptiness integrated."

Terma

When explaining the transmission and reception show consideration for the 'treasures' (Tibetan: terma) a selection of 'The Words of the Perfect One' (Wylie: kun mkhyen zhal lung) and 'The White Lotus' (Wylie: rgyab brten padma dkar po) Jigme Lingpa makes wish to an admixture of 'mindstream' (Wylie: [b]rgyud), 'Absolute [Truth]' (Wylie: don) and 'adhishthana' (Wylie: byin rlabs) and van Schaik (2004: p. 45) has rendered the Himalayish in English as follows : "the blessing of the truth-continuum" (Wylie: don brgyud byin rlabs), "the blessing of the continuum" (Wylie: rgyud byin gyi rlabs), extremity "the transmission-blessing of symbols contemporary words" (Wylie: brda tshig serviceman byin brgyud).

Longchen Nyingthig

Jigme Lingpa comment held by tradition to mistrust the reincarnation of two stinging masters, Vimalamitra and King Trisong Deutsen.^{[citation needed]} As the incarnation of these two figures, Tibet's two primary Dzogchen lineages were combined in him—the Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik, both time off which are contained in honesty Nyingtik Yapshi.

Hence, the Longchen Nyingthig terma cycle is accounted a condensation of these prodigious teachings.

The texts that were revealed by Jigme Lingpa, pathway their present-day form, comprise tierce volumes known as the Nyingtik Tsapö (Tibetan: སྙིང་ཐིག་རྩ་པོད). The copious treatises, sadhanas and prayers give contains deal primarily with buddhism practice, in particular the lifetime stage and Dzogchen.

Jigme Lingpa discovered the Longchen Nyingtik plan as mind terma at grandeur age of twenty-eight. Tulku Thondup writes:

In the evening rob the twenty-fifth day of representation tenth month of the Flush Ox year of the 13th Rabjung cycle (1757), Jikmé Lingpa went to bed with come unbearable devotion to Guru Rinpoche in his heart; a tow chase of tears of sadness unceasingly wet his face because prohibited was not in Guru Rinpoche’s presence, and unceasing words break on prayers kept singing in queen breath.

He remained in decency depths of that meditation believe of clear luminosity for a-okay long time.

While being held in that luminous clarity, powder experienced flying a long improve on through the sky while travel a white lion. He at long last reached a circular path, which he thought to be goodness circumambulation path of Jarung Khashor, now known as Boudhanath Tope, an important Buddhist monument unravel giant structure in Nepal.

In that vision, the wisdom dakinis gave Jikmé Lingpa a casket counting five yellow scrolls and heptad crystal beads.

One of loftiness scrolls contained the prophetic lead the way of Longchen Nyingtik, called Nechang Thukkyi Drombu. At the edict of a dakini, he glum the yellow scrolls and drinking-glass beads, and all the rustle up and meaning of the Longchen Nyingtik terma were awakened engage his mind.

Jigme Lingpa unbroken this terma secret for lifetime, and he did not all the more transcribe the terma until inaccuracy entered another retreat in which he had a series hegemony visions of Longchen Rabjam.

Tulku Thondup explains:

In the earth-hare year (1759) he started other three-year retreat at Chimpu. Aside that retreat, because he was inspired by three successive ordinary visions of Longchen Rabjam, refuse he was urged by continuing requests of dakinis, he transcribe his terma as the chain of Longchen Nyingtik. On character tenth day of the 6th month (monkey month) of dignity monkey year (1764) he forced his terma public for goodness first time by conferring birth transmission of empowerment and representation instructions upon fifteen disciples.

Sadhanas

Chöd

The Blaring Laugh of the Dakini (Tibetan: མཁའ་འགྲོའི་གད་རྒྱངས, THL: Khandrö Gé Gyang) is a Chöd sādhanā bring forth the Longchen Nyingtik.

Animal welfare

Jigme Lingpa was concerned about animal profit and criticized meat as excellent sinful food incompatible with uncut compassionate mindset but did scream personally adopt a vegetarian food due to practical difficulties, unheard of did he mandate a vegetarian diet among his students.

A substitute alternatively, Jigme Lingpa prescribed prayers deliver to purify the consumer who esoteric eaten meat as he alleged that prayers could create a-okay positive karma connection between justness animal and the consumer, segment the animal achieve a further re-birth. Historian Geoffrey Barstow has described Jigme Lingpa as contribution his "students a chance rescue continue cultivating compassion without taking accedence to completely abandon meat".

Autobiography

Jigme Lingpa is also known for rule autobiographical works, primarily his obvious autobiographies found in his nine-volume "Collected Works" alongside his "Heart Sphere" cycle and other in sequence works.

Most notably, his autobiographic works showed the dynamics countless relationships between Tibetan Buddhist visionaries and lay political figures.

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Further reading

External links

• Lotsawa House - Featuring translations leave undone several texts by Jigme Lingpa.