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'''Jikmé Lingpa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jigs med gling pa'') (1729-1798) - regarded as one of the most important figures in the [[Nyingma]] lineage. Also known as ‘Khyentsé Özer’, ‘Rays of Compassion and Wisdom’, he was a great scholar and visionary, and discovered the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] cycle of teachings and practice through a series of visions from the great fourteenth century master, [[Longchenpa]]. With the patronage of the [[Dergé]] royal family, Jikmé Lingpa published the compilation of Nyingma [[tantra]]s known as the [[Nyingma Gyübum]] and composed a catalogue to accompany it | '''Jikmé Lingpa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jigs med gling pa'') (1729-1798) - regarded as one of the most important figures in the [[Nyingma]] lineage. Also known as ‘Khyentsé Özer’, ‘Rays of Compassion and Wisdom’, he was a great scholar and visionary, and discovered the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] cycle of teachings and practice through a series of visions from the great fourteenth century master, [[Longchenpa]]. With the patronage of the [[Dergé]] royal family, Jikmé Lingpa published the compilation of Nyingma [[tantra]]s known as the [[Nyingma Gyübum]] and composed a catalogue to accompany it. | ||
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He composed many original texts of which the ''[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]]'' (''Yönten Dzö'') is the most well known. His collected writings fill some fourteen volumes in the Adzom Chögar edition and nine volumes in the set produced in Dergé. | |||
*[[Staircase to Akanishtha]] | *[[Staircase to Akanishtha]] | ||
*[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]] | *[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]] (''Yönten Dzö'') | ||
*[[Yeshe Lama]] | *[[Yeshe Lama]] | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 4 July 2009
Jikmé Lingpa (Wyl. 'jigs med gling pa) (1729-1798) - regarded as one of the most important figures in the Nyingma lineage. Also known as ‘Khyentsé Özer’, ‘Rays of Compassion and Wisdom’, he was a great scholar and visionary, and discovered the Longchen Nyingtik cycle of teachings and practice through a series of visions from the great fourteenth century master, Longchenpa. With the patronage of the Dergé royal family, Jikmé Lingpa published the compilation of Nyingma tantras known as the Nyingma Gyübum and composed a catalogue to accompany it.
Writings
He composed many original texts of which the Treasury of Precious Qualities (Yönten Dzö) is the most well known. His collected writings fill some fourteen volumes in the Adzom Chögar edition and nine volumes in the set produced in Dergé.
Further Reading
- Janet Gyatso, Apparitions of the Self, Princeton: University of Princeton Press, 1998
- Michael Aris, 'Jigs-Med-Gling-Pa's Discourse on India of 1789: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Lho-Phyogs Rgya-Gar-Gyi Gtam Brtag-Pa Brgyad-Kyi Me-Long', The International Institute for Buddhist Studies of ICABS, 1995
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, Padma Publications, 2005
- Sam van Schaik, Approaching the Great Perfection: Simultaneous and Gradual Methods of Dzogchen Practice in the Longchen Nyingtig, Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003
- Sam van Schaik, 'Sun and Moon Earrings: the Teachings Received by ‘Jigs med gling pa' in The Tibet Journal 25.4 (2000): 3–32. Also available online here
- Steven D. Goodman, 'Rig-'dzin Jigs-med gling-pa and the kLong-Chen sNying-Thig' in Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation edited by Steven D Goodman and Ronald M. Davidson, SUNY, 1992