Dola Jikmé Kalzang

Dola Jikmė Kalzang

Dola Jikmé Kalzang (Tib. རྡོ་བླ་འཇིགས་མེད་སྐལ་བཟང་, Wyl. rdo bla 'jigs med skal bzang) aka Chökyi Lodrö (ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, chos kyi blo gros) and Shyönnu Yeshe Dorje (gzhon nu ye shes rdo rje) (b. 1789) — a disciple of the first Dodrupchen, Jikmé Trinlé Özer, Dola Jikmé Kalzang recognized Patrul Rinpoche as the incarnation of Palge Lama. He gave many Nyingma transmissions, including the Longchen Nyingtik, on behalf of Dodrupchen. Tulku Thondup recounts how he sacrificed his life out of compassion for a thief about to executed in China. Among his incarnations was Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol.

Writings

• Foolish Babble Clarifying Reality: Notes on the Generation and Perfection Stages (bskyed rdzogs kyi zin bris blun gtam de nyid gsal ba)– sometimes mistakenly attributed to Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje.
  • English translation: Babble of a Fool: A Note on the Creation and Completion Stages, translated by Ringu Tulku, in Ringu Tulku, Daring Steps Towards Fearlessness: The Three Vehicles of Buddhism, Snow Lion Publications, 2005, pages 121-173 (interspersed with comments by Ringu Tulku).
  • English translation: The Babble of a Foolish Man: Notes on Creation and Completion to Clarify the True Nature, translated by Holly Gayley, in Holly Gayley and Joshua Schapiro, A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice from the Rime Masters of Tibet. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017.

• Words of the Siddhas, A Short Exposition of the Way to Practice the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse (klong chen snying thig gi sngon 'gro gtong tshul grub pa'i zhal lung)
• Swiftly Traversing the Path of the Noble Ones: Notes that are Concise in Words and Meaning which Elaborate on "The Application of Mindfulness: Instructions from the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse" (klong chen snying thig gi khrid yig dran pa nyer bzhag las 'phros pa'i tshig don nyung bsdus kyi zin tho 'phags lam myur bsgrod)
• The Lamp that Iluminates the Meaning: A Concise Guide that Elaborates on "Staircase to Akaniṣṭha: Instructions on the Generation Phase" (bskyed rim 'od min bskrod pa'i them skas las 'phrod pa'i zin bris bsdus pa don gsal sgron me)
• The Laughter of Vajra Anger, An Arrangement of the Liturgy of Vajrakīlaya, Overpowering the Forces Of Mara, from the Ocean of Gathered Teachings of the Awesome Ones (dpal chen bka' 'dus rgya mtsho las / phur ba bdud dpung zil gnon chog khrigs su bsdebs pa rdo rje khros pa'i gad rgyangs)
• An Averting Ritual for Vajrakīlaya, Overpowering the Forces Of Mara (phur ba bdud dpung zil gnon gyi bzlog pa'i las rim bsdus pa byad ma rang bshed dbab'i mtshon cha gnam lcags zhun ma'i 'phrul 'khor gsang ba'i rgya can )
• (gcod yul mkha' 'gro'i gad rgyangs las / dbang sdud skor gyi dmigs pa snang srid zil gnon)

In Tibetan

• sde dge 'jigs med bskal bzang sku phreng snga phyi'i gsung rtsom phyogs bsgrigs (Beijing: mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2010)

Further Reading

• Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Shambhala, 1999, pages 173-174.

External Links

• TBRC profile
• Biography at Treasury of Lives