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'''Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje'') (1800-1866) — the | '''Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje''' ([[Wyl.]] ''mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje'') (1800-1866) — the mind (and/or body) emanation of [[Jikmé Lingpa]]. <ref>According to ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'' (pages 179 & 338), he was the '''mind''' incarnation, and the source for this is the biography of [[Patrul Rinpoche]] composed by [[Khenpo Kunpal]]. Tulku Thondup says that [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] was the body incarnation. Elsewhere in the same book, on page 133, Tulku Thondup says that Do Khyentse was the body incarnation, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was the mind incarnation.</ref> He was said to be the son of the protector [[Nyenchen Tanglha]]. His main teacher was the First Dodrupchen, [[Jikmé Trinlé Özer]]. His life featured many miraculous events, especially during his childhood, and in later life he lived as a hunter, like some of the [[mahasiddha]]s of ancient India. He famously introduced [[Patrul Rinpoche]] to the [[nature of mind]] while beating him and dragging him by the hair. | ||
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Revision as of 20:23, 10 June 2009
Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (Wyl. mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje) (1800-1866) — the mind (and/or body) emanation of Jikmé Lingpa. [1] He was said to be the son of the protector Nyenchen Tanglha. His main teacher was the First Dodrupchen, Jikmé Trinlé Özer. His life featured many miraculous events, especially during his childhood, and in later life he lived as a hunter, like some of the mahasiddhas of ancient India. He famously introduced Patrul Rinpoche to the nature of mind while beating him and dragging him by the hair.
Children
- Khaying Dölma (1823-1855)
- Sherap Mebar (1829-1842), a tulku of the first Dodrupchen, Jikmé Trinlé Özer
- Dechen Rigpé Raldri (1830-1874), a tulku of Gyalsé Nyinché Öser (1793-?), the son of Jikmé Lingpa
Reincarnations
His incarnations included:
- the first Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Pema Ngödrup Rolwe Dorje (1881-1943)
- Khyentse Tulku Dzamling Wangyal (1868-1907), a son of Dudjom Lingpa
- Tuksé Doring Choktrul Rinpoche form Minyak, who became an important student of Khenpo Shenga
- on several occasions, the 16th Karmapa mentioned that he considered Sogyal Rinpoche to be an emanation of Do Khyentse
Terma Revelations
Notes
- ↑ According to Masters of Meditation and Miracles (pages 179 & 338), he was the mind incarnation, and the source for this is the biography of Patrul Rinpoche composed by Khenpo Kunpal. Tulku Thondup says that Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was the body incarnation. Elsewhere in the same book, on page 133, Tulku Thondup says that Do Khyentse was the body incarnation, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was the mind incarnation.
Further Reading
In Tibetan
- rig 'dzin 'jigs med gling pa'i yang srid sngags 'chang 'ja' lus rdo rje'i rnam thar mkha' 'gro'i zhal lung (autobiography)
In English
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, Padma Publications, 2005, pages 395-399.
- Ringu Tulku, Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism, Snow Lion, 2005 (Includes a translation and commentary to Do Khyentse's Babble of a Fool, a text on Kyerim)
- Robin Kornman, 'A Tribal History' in Donald S. Lopez (ed.) Religions of Tibet in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1997 (includes a translation of an extract from Do Khyentse's Autobiography on the History of the Goloks)
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Shambhala, 1996, pages 179-197.