Jatsön Nyingpo
Jatsön Nyingpo (Wyl. 'ja' tshon snying po) (1585–1656) was a nyingma master and a [tertön]]. His main terma cycle is the Könchok Chidü.
Birth, Family, Recognition
Jatsön Nyingpo was born in Kongpo. His root incarnation was Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo.
Activity
Jatsön Nyingpo's termas are collected in six volumes—the Jatsön Pö Druk. The Könchok Chidü constitutes the first of those volumes.
Revealing cycles of termas
Jatsön Nyingpo revealed termas in several different places, including:
- Kongpo Puchu Tadul Sergyi Lhakhang
In the Kongpo Puchu Tadul Sergyi Lhakhang[1], he brought to light texts associated with the hidden-land of Pemakö[2].
- Drubpuk Cave
In the Drubpuk Cave (Wyl. sgrub-phug), the 'Realization Cave', in Kongtrang (Wyl. Kong-'phrang), Jatsön Nyingpo uncovered the cycle Dorjé Trolö Tsalgyi Drubkor (Wy.. rdo rje khro lod rtsal gyi scrub score), together with a route description and prophecies for Pemakö[3].
Revealing the existence of Pemakö
In the middle of the 17th century, Jatsön Nyingpo revealed as a terma one of the first —or the very first— Néyik, or guidebook, to the hidden-land of Pemakö[4]. By doing so, he contributed greatly to the magnetism of Pemakö on Tibetans. Living during the turbulent reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Jatsön Nyingpo believed and prophesied that going to Pemakö was the ultimate pilgrimage to undertake in this final dark year (Kaliyuga) [5]. According to Jatsön Nyingpo[6]:
- Those who enter this realms obtain Vajra body and dissolve into rainbow light upon death. Merely taking seven steps toward Pemakö guarantees rebirth in this pure realm after death. (Lam yig: 13; 4-6).
Instructing Rigdzin Düddul Dorje to open the way to Pemakö
When the Qosot Mongols overran Central Tibet in the middle of the 17th century, Jatsön Nyingpo appointed his disciple Rigdzin Düddul Dorje to go to Pemakö and to convert the aboriginal tribes of the Yarlung Tsangpo (aka Brahmaputra) gorges to the Buddha’s teachings and open the way to the hidden land[7].
Students
Among his main students are:
Notes
- ↑ Kongpo Puchu Tadul Sergyi Lhakhang is one of the Yangdul Lhakhang Shyi, the ‘Four Temples for Further Taming’ established by King Songtsen Gampo. The list of these temples includes Kongpo Puchu, Lhodrak Khoting, Chamtrin Degye, and Changdra Dumtso.
- ↑ Franz-Karl EHRHARD, ‘The Role of “Treasure Discoverers” and Their Writings in the Search of Himalayan Sacred Lands”, in T. Huber (ed.) Sacred Spaces and Powerful Places in Tibetan Culture. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 227-39, The Tibet Journal 19,3 (1994).
- ↑ Franz-Karl EHRHARD, ‘The Role of “Treasure Discoverers” and Their Writings in the Search of Himalayan Sacred Lands”, in T. Huber (ed.) Sacred Spaces and Powerful Places in Tibetan Culture. Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, 227-39, The Tibet Journal 19,3 (1994).
- ↑ Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, ‘An Account of Padma-Khod: a Hidden Land in Southeastern Tibet’, Kalaish.
- ↑ Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, ‘An Account of Padma-Khod: a Hidden Land in Southeastern Tibet’, Kalaish.
- ↑ Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, ‘An Account of Padma-Khod: a Hidden Land in Southeastern Tibet’, Kalaish.
- ↑ Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, ‘An Account of Padma-Khod: a Hidden Land in Southeastern Tibet’, Kalaish.
