Jikme Lingpa
Jikmé Lingpa (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. Jikmé Lingpa compiled all the Nyingma tantras and composed many original texts of which the Treasury of Precious Qualities (Yönten Dzö) is the most well known.
His Writings
Prayer to Jikmé Lingpa
SHÉ CHA KUN KHYEN DRO LA JÉ TSÉI TER
The source of love and compassion for all beings, who knows
all that is knowable,
TRIMÉ ÖZER YANGTRUL TUK TER DZÖ
You are the emanation of Longchenpa, and heir to a treasury
of mind-termas,
Ö SAL LONGCHEN NAMKHÉ NALJORPA
Sky-like yogin, of the vast expanse of luminosity,
JIKMÉ LINGPÉ SHYAP LA SOLWA DEP
Jikmé Lingpa, at your feet I pray!
Further Reading
- Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, Padma Publications, 2005