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[[Image:Loter Wangpo-Shechen2 cal.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Jamyang Loter Wangpo. Courtesy of Shechen Monastery.''']]
[[Image:Loter Wangpo-Shechen2 cal.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Jamyang Loter Wangpo''', courtesy of Shechen Monastery]]
'''Jamyang Loter Wangpo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''‘jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po'') aka '''Thartse Pönlop Loter Wangpo''' (1847-1914) — an important [[Sakya]] master who played a key role in the [[Rimé]] movement. He was a disciple of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and a teacher of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. He is well known for compiling the [[Compendium of Tantras]] (Wyl. ''rgyud sde kun btus'') under the inspiration of his guru Khyentse Wangpo.  
'''Jamyang Loter Wangpo''' ([[Wyl.]] ''‘jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po'') aka '''Thartse Pönlop Loter Wangpo''' (1847-1914) — an important [[Sakya]] master who played a key role in the [[Rimé]] movement. He was a disciple of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and a teacher of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. He is well known for compiling the ''[[Compendium of Tantras]]'' under the inspiration of his guru, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Jamyang Loter Wangpo also received [[Dzogchen]] instructions from [[Nyoshul Lungtok]].
 
The Compendium of Tantras is a vast collection of teachings and lineages from the whole range of the historic schools of Tibetan Buddhism. There are 315 empowerments and 25 commentaries within the Compendium which include rare teachings from the [[Sakya]], [[Gelug]], [[Kagyu]], [[Nyingma]], [[Bodong]], [[Dolpa]], [[Jonang]], [[Zhijed]], [[Ogyen Nyengyud]], and [[Kalachakra]] traditions. In the case of the Bodong, Dolpa, and Ogyen Nyengyud in particular, teachings and practices are preserved in the Compendium of Tantras which might otherwise become extinct.
 
The famed [[Ngor]] collection of the 139 mandalas of the ''rgyud sde kun btus'' was saved by [[Thartse Khen Rinpoche]] (1930-1988), who took them with him into exile from Tibet in 1958 and subsequently wrote the definitive work on them.
 
Jamyang Loter Wangpo received [[Dzogchen]] instructions from [[Nyoshul Lungtok]].


==His Writings==
==His Writings==

Revision as of 16:58, 3 January 2009

Jamyang Loter Wangpo, courtesy of Shechen Monastery

Jamyang Loter Wangpo (Wyl. ‘jam dbyangs blo gter dbang po) aka Thartse Pönlop Loter Wangpo (1847-1914) — an important Sakya master who played a key role in the Rimé movement. He was a disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and a teacher of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He is well known for compiling the Compendium of Tantras under the inspiration of his guru, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Jamyang Loter Wangpo also received Dzogchen instructions from Nyoshul Lungtok.

His Writings

In addition to his tantric works, Loter Wangpo composed commentaries to the Abhidharmakosha and Sakya Pandita's Treasury of Valid Reasoning.

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