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...erent types of kalpas corresponding to different lengths of time such as [[great kalpa]]s, [[intermediary kalpa]]s, [[small kalpa]]s, [[incalculable kalpa]] ...

...n Buddhism which followed the later translations made from the time of the great translator [[Rinchen Zangpo]] (958-1055) onwards, i.e. [[Kagyü]], [[Sakya] ...

...t [[great kalpa]]. Despite its name, it corresponds to a precise length of time: in the [[Abhidharma counting system]], ’incalculable’ (Skt. ''asaṃkh In the Pali tradition the [[four intermediary kalpas]] that make a great kalpa are also called incalculable kalpas. ...

...gu'')— the finest translators during the time of [[Trisong Detsen]]. The [[Great Tibetan Dictionary]] lists them as follows: ...

...'; Tib. བསྐལ་ཆེན་, ''kalchen'', [[Wyl.]] ''bskal chen'') is the period of time during which a universe passes through the four periods of These four periods can be referred to as intermediary kalpas. Generally, a [[great kalpa]] is composed of eighty [[intermediary kalpa]]s, twenty for each of t ...

...he lower slopes (fourth level) of [[Mount Meru]] in the Heaven of the Four Great Kings and guard the four cardinal directions. Each of them are leaders of a ...he previous Buddha—[[Kashyapa]]—the Four Guardian Kings were reborn in the time of [[Shakyamuni Buddha]] and received teachings from him. Each uphold and t ...

...ron.:'' mahakalpa}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} a great cycle of time | N. of Śiva {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Conte ...

..., and they can call them back into the expanse of primordial wisdom at any time, in other words calling them to other buddha realms. In longevity practices ...

#the perfect time (Tib. དུས་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་) ...reat Vehicle]] in various [[buddha field]]s, in the eternal present beyond time, to a vast retinue of [[bodhisattva]]s residing on the tenth [[bhumi|ground ...

The '''eight thoughts of a great being''' (Tib. སྐྱེས་བུ་ཆེན་པོའི་རྣ #One day, I shall be able to lead all destitute beings to great affluence! ...

...in such a number, so far | so long, in that time | meanwhile, in the mean time (the correlative | being often connected with a | 'so long a fool shines as ...

...anas. It also became an epithet of the Buddha, who was referred to as 'the Great Shramana' (Skt. ''Mahāśramaṇa''). ...

...Tibet, and became King Trisong Detsen; the second prayed to be reborn as a great monk to establish the ordained sangha in Tibet, and became Shantarakshita; Later on he was send once again, this time to invite [[Padmasambhava]], whom they met in Nepal. ...

...ho went to Tibet in the eighth century and was himself an emanation of the great master [[Hungkara]], one of the eight [[Eight vidyadharas of India]]. ...group retreats. In addition to teaching, he spends a large portion of his time in meditative retreat, thus continuing the activity of his father Kangyur R ...

...tan, which means ‘mirror’), usually depicting a [[buddha]], [[mandala]] or great practitioner, which has been sewn into a textile mounting. Thangkas are int ...s, Bimbisara and Udrayana. They used to send each other gifts from time to time and etiquette demanded that they always sent something more precious in ret ...

...mountainside, and calling out. He said that in the future there would be a great monastery there, and that it would have two [[Mahakala]] protectors. He per ...n and gave further teachings. Still, he continued to pray, and finally the great [[Virupa]] himself appeared on the mountain, and proclaimed, "This land bel ...

So just as a traveller sets out on the road when it is time,<br/> But will go to dwell in the stronghold of the great bliss of deathlessness.<br/> ...

...tle [[clear light]]. This is the pristine awareness one experiences at the time of death, but not during the ordinary waking state. It is from this awarene *His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], ''Dzogchen – The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection'', published by Snow Lion, 2000. ISBN 1-55939-156-1. ...

...ion, from which the Chinese was translated, is lost to the vicissitudes of time. .../www.khenposodargye.org/teachings/khenpos-classical-teachings/the-sutra-of-great-liberation/</ref> ...

...che Incarnation Line|Khamtrul Rinpoche]], Tenpé Nyima (1849-1907), and the great master [[Tokden Shakya Shri]]. He excelled in the yogas of the Nyingma trad ...

...]] ''bsam yas'') — the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, built during the time of [[King Trisong Detsen]]. The name means ‘inconceivable’. ...that there was a demon in a nearby river making trouble. However, when the great Guru [[Padmasambhava]] arrived from northern India, he was able to subdue t ...

...ant Abode of Peace and Prosperity). It grew to great prominence during the time of the [[Fifth Dalai Lama]] Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–82), when it mov ...

From ''[[A Great Treasure of Blessings]]'', page 28: :Guru Rinpoche would master a teaching the first time he encountered it, and experienced visions of deities without needing to pr ...

...ere the Buddha explains how [[bodhisattva]]s should engender the spirit of great [[compassion]] while not being attached to the body or to enjoyments, and h ...

...ala Sönam Chödrup]], [[Khenpo Shenga]] and many other great masters of his time. One of his principal disciples was his nephew [[Mewa Khenpo Tupten Özer]] ...ned the most sublime [[siddhi]] through the path of [[Dzogpachenpo|natural great perfection]] and faded into space in a mass of light. ...

...Dzogchen Monastery]], and studied with many of the greatest masters of his time, including [[Mipham Rinpoche]], [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]], [[Orgyen ...

To free yourself from the great river of [[suffering]].<br/> Now is not the time for sleep, you fool!<ref>As quoted by [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima]] in ' ...

...Aeon'''? The ''White Lotus of Great Compassion Sutra'' relates that at the time the world was destroyed by water, one thousand golden lotuses rose in the o ...time. Buddhas do not appear while life span increases, because during that time, beings naturally abandon [[negative actions]] and, since wealth increases, ...

...before he was born. He killed his father, King [[Bimbisara]], but then had great remorse. The Buddha then taught him, which is recorded in the ''Sutra Dispe ...

...hen' (Tib. རྡོ་གྲུབ་ཆེན་, [[Wyl.]] ''rdo grub chen'') literally means 'The Great Siddha ([[mahasiddha]]) from Do valley (a region of Eastern Tibet, part of *Son of King Krikri, at the time of Buddha [[Kashyapa]] ...

...g po''; Chi. 地藏, pin. ''Dìzàng''; 'Essence of Earth') — one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]] who is especially revered in China and Japan. Having vowed n ...ough her great compassion for her mother and devotion to the Buddha of her time, through prayer, making offerings and dedicating the merit to her mother, s ...

...to refer to the period following the death of a great master, during which time they are absorbed in luminosity. As [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] describes it in ''[ ...p a soft and compassionate glow, and there is still a warmth at the heart. Great care is taken that the master’s body is not touched, and silence is maint ...

He was guided in his studies by the great teachers of his time such as [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and ...e to extend to all directions the teachings and virtuous work of their two great lamas,[[Dudjom Lingpa]] and [[Tulku Trimé Özer]]. ...

...tened potential was awakened and he entered the path of the [[Dharma]]. In time, he joined a party of traders and pilgrims returning to Eastern Tibet, and ...]]s and [[tantra]]s, but especially on the [[thirteen great texts|thirteen great classical scriptures]]. Through this training, he joined the ranks of the l ...

...declined considerably and thus these three great masters performed many ''great accomplishment practices'' or [[drupchen]]s of the practice. However, the t ...

...(Tib. བདེ་ཆེན་རྣམ་གྲོལ་, [[Wyl.]] ''bde chen rnam grol''), ‘The Display of Great Exaltation’, aka '''Rigdzin Düpa Dechen Namrol''', is a [[Guru Rinpoche] ...Rigdzin Düpa’, and at that time renamed it Dechen Namrol, ‘The Display of Great Exaltation’. ...

..., and they can call them back into the expanse of primordial wisdom at any time, in other words calling them to other [[buddha realm]]s. In longevity pract ...

...Eighth Choegon Rinpoche, [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] and many other great masters. After this, Rinpoche entered into a seven-year retreat, during whi ...npoche was imprisoned for fifteen years. Although Adeu Rinpoche suffered a great deal, the period in prison gave him an opportunity to meet many accomplishe ...

...for disciples of the highest capacity and were not taught widely until the time of [[Geshe Chekawa]]. ...n of [[selflessness]], while the skilful means focus on the development of great compassion, through the meditative practices of [[equalizing ourselves and ...

...ounded by the Sixteen Arhats and an assembly of [[bodhisattva]]s generates great [[merit]] and quickly develops insight into the teachings of the Buddha. ...two attendants, [[Hva Shang]] and [[Upasaka Dharmatala]] and by the [[Four Great Kings]]. ...

...[[Chö]] and [[Dzogchen]] to a gathering of one hundred disciples. At that time, at night on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appeared say :At that time on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appears saying she was ...

'''Seventeen Nalanda Masters''' — seventeen great Indian [[pandita]]s who were associated with [[Nalanda monastery]]. :At this time, when the whole world has witnessed tremendous advancement in the fields of ...

...Kunga Wangchuk accompanied his uncle as his attendant. This was the first time Kunga Wangchuk met Jaymang Khyentse Chökyi Lodro. He went on to receive ma ...s was so great that he had to study for most of the night and hardly found time to sleep. ...

...[[faith]]. He then listened to the [[Dharma]], studied and practiced with great devotion and attained the level of [[arhat]]. The Buddha said that amongst ...

...Gyalchen Rinpoche of Jhang Dhong-Nyur Monastery in Northern Tibet. At that time, Dudjom Rinpoche also added the promised second name of Phuntsok. ...sar, India. Lama Yeshi Phuntsok was given the name Dogomchen Tulku at that time, and was sent to the Young Lama's Home School in Dalhousie, India, where ma ...

...sawa]]. Khye'u Chung Lotsawa reincarnated as [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje]], the great revitaliser of the [[Katok Monastery]] lineage, and then later as the medit ...aha]], [[Padampa Sangye]] and others. He kept the practice secret for some time before teaching it. ...

...Zang'', [[Wyl.]] ''spyan mi bzang''; Eng. 'Ugly Eyes') — one of the [[Four Great Kings]]. Guardian King of the '''West''' and leader of the [[naga]]s. ...took refuge. The two nagas and two garudas all prayed to be reborn in the time of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] in order to support him. ...

...ours drive east of [[Sarnath]]. It is one of the [[eight holy places|eight great Buddhist holy places]], and is where the [[Buddha]] descended from the god Some time after his [[enlightenment]] the Buddha went to the god realms to teach his ...

...making them accessible to everyone. Towards the end of his life he placed great emphasis on the practice of [[loving kindness]]. ...lamas, including Kyabje [[Trulshik Rinpoche]] who was in Lerab Ling at the time. A guided loving kindness meditation was performed at his funeral. ...

...odian of Rigdzin [[Longsal Nyingpo]]. He was resting in samadhi for a long time, and so lamas in the region advised to keep news of his passing secret; now ...oche that anyone who connected to him would be led to the pure land at the time of death. ...

...of the attendance and the warmth of the reception were remarkable for this time. *Dalai Lama, ''Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection'', Snow Lion, 2004 ...

...said to have been the practice cave of [[Nagarjuna]], and an image of the great master which was originally in the cave has been taken outside and placed s ...ious life as [[Bodhisattva]] Manichuda, remained in [[samadhi]] for a long time. On one occasion, he cut off his [[head protuberance]] and offered it as a ...

...ainst one's arm, xiii, 1397 | the flapping of an elephant's ears | musical time or measure | & | a dance | a cymbal | (in prosody) a trochee | a span measu ...

...s personal assistant since the mid-nineteen seventies, and throughout that time has played a key role in the development of Rinpoche’s work to bring the ...tion'', and ''Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection''. ...

...e any aspirations are easily fulfilled. It’s a [[terma]] revelation of the great [[tertön]], [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]]. As it says in the colophon of the ...ewels’. Because the blessing of this prayer, one intended for this present time, is so immense, it should be treasured by all as their daily practice.” ...

...yana]] and [[Sutra]] [[Mahayana]] teachings, in its land of orgin from the time of the Buddha until its disappearance in the 13th century. ...

...out this incarnation’s birth. The abbot of [[Mindroling Monastery]] at the time, Dordzin Gaje Rinpoche, had also predicted a couple of years before where t During his time studying with Karak Yongzin Rinpoche, Soktse Rinpoche also met [[Dudjom Rin ...

...geomantic temples built to tame the demoness and guard Tibet]]<ref>The ''[[Great Tibetan Dictionary]]'' says it is one of the four 'region subduing temples' ...

===1. Heaven of the Four Great Kings=== ...the sun, the moon, and all the stars also belong to the abodes of the Four Great Kings. ...

[[Image:Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye.jpg|frame|[[Jamgön Kongtrul]] the Great]] ...mpilation drawn from all the [[terma]]s that had been discovered up to his time, including [[Chokgyur Lingpa]]'s treasures. Fearing that these teachings wo ...

...tinct nature of the nine substances, air, fire, water, earth, mind, ether, time, space, and soul, of which the first five, including mind, are held to be a ...

...monastery was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake in 1842. Among the great masters to have lived and taught at Dzogchen are [[Khenpo Pema Vajra]], [[P During the time of the [[Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche]] (1872-1935), Dzogchen Monastery was at t ...

...ginning of the text<Ref>[[Alan Wallace]], ''Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection'', Wisdom Publications, 2015, volume 1, page 41.</Ref>: ...‘Sharp Vajra of Awareness Tantra’, a synthesis of the quintessence of the great mystery of the Mantrayana, which correctly reveals the nature of [[Trekchö ...

...him [[empowerment]], he revealed many termas. Altogether he discovered 43 great terma troves and met Guru Rinpoche, [[Yeshe Tsogyal]], Vairotsana and other ...ssed away, his corpse remained for three years without decay, during which time it continued to benefit beings by speaking and reciting four-line dedicatio ...

...ts followers sought out all the transmissions that remained intact at that time in Tibet and then did all they could to preserve them and spread them as wi *[[Ringu Tulku]], ''The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgön Kongtrul the Great'' , Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-1590302866 ...

...t time I showed it to [[Mayum Tsering Wangmo|my mother]], who is herself a great practitioner of these teachings. She was so moved, she said, “You really ...n to the text gives the author simply as Chökyi Drakpa, without giving any time or place for its composition. We know from the content that it was written ...

...'thogs med bzang po'') (1297-1371), was born in Puljung, south west of the great [[Sakya Monastery]]. He was born in the Wood Sheep year of the fifth [[sexa ...en Lochen Changchup Tsemo (1303-1380), [[Butön Rinchen Drup]] (1290-1364), great [[Sakya]] masters and so on. He was served as abbott at the [[Bodong]] E mo ...

Sovereign ruler present throughout the whole of space and time,<br> And the great [[pandita]] [[Pratiharanandamati]], to you I pray!<br> ...

...hemchok]] in his [[The Words of the Vidyadhara which Bestow the Majesty of Great Bliss|commentary]] to the [[Rigdzin Düpa]] sadhana. ...heart emanates wrathful deities, weapons and masses of flame. At the same time, the wrathful weapons and flames you sent out earlier to expel the negative ...

...<ref>That's why translator B. Allan Wallace refers to termas as 'spiritual time-capsules'.</ref> ...

...he [[Longchen Nyingtik]] and other [[Dzogchen]] lineages from many old and great lamas in the [[Dzachukha]] region of [[Kham]], East Tibet. At the age of 17 ...to return to Tibet until 2000, and in the intervening seven years he spent time in the [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in southern India and in Kathmandu, Nepal, wh ...

...t clean. Lama Tatse also gave Tulku Nyima’s parent’s blessed pills. At the time of his birth, Tulku Nyima had one tooth and hair. ...r—Orgyen Rigdzin, [[Khenpo Munsel]], and Choktrul Pema Gyurme. During this time he studied and meditated on the classic works of the [[Sakya]] and [[Nyingm ...

...of '''Shantipa''', he was also one of the [[eighty-four mahasiddhas]], the great realized masters of the [[Vajrayana]] teachings. ...ory that when Ratnakarashanti passed away, Atisha, who was in Tibet at the time, knew that and was grief stricken, saying that now no one in India was able ...

...egree or 360th part of the circumference of a great circle | a division of time, the 30th part of a Rāśi or zodiacal sign | N. of a king | also | of a r ...

...f some incident with the local chieftain. It remained a hermitage for some time and Patrul Rinpoche still stayed there. But [[Tulku Thondup Rinpoche]] say ...ation of the [[Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima|Third Dodrupchen]].</ref> Many great masters came to receive transmissions from Dodrupchen here, and it is here ...

...those of good fortune"<Ref>Alan Wallace, ''Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection'', Wisdom Publications, 2015, volume 3, page 277.</Ref>. ...o Dudjom Lingpa himself<Ref>Alan Wallace, ''Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection'', Wisdom Publications, 2015, volume 3, page xxxi.</Ref>: ...

...thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel'') is a joint [[terma]] revelation of the two great [[tertön]]s [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] and [[Chokgyur Lingpa]], consistin ...d by [[Guru Rinpoche]] himself. How did this come about? It was during the time when Guru Rinpoche was in Tibet, in the [[Blazing Turquoise Shrine]] on the ...

...ncluding a teaching on the physical and mental processes that occur at the time of death.<ref>https://www.sanghatasutra.net/about-the-sanghata</ref> :Those bodhisattvas, great beings (who hear this Sanghata sutra) will also produce as much a mass of m ...

...cious human birth] when [you] have the ability to certainly accomplish the great objective, the [state of] omniscience ... }}<br> ====qualifier of time==== ...

...nasty', especially the time of King [[Trisong Detsen]], during whose reign great Indian Buddhist masters like [[Shantarakshita]], [[Guru Padmasambhava]] and ...he Buddhist teachings in Tibet, and also because of the emphasis placed by great masters of the past on different scriptures, techniques of [[meditation]] a ...

...tween food and shit, you will practise. Then your bindu will flow. At that time, you will know how to have intercourse between emptiness and appearance.<re *[[Eight great charnel grounds]] ...

...in the highest esteem by His Holiness the [[Dalai Lama]], who calls him “a great scholar and a remarkable yogi”. The writings of the Third Dodrupchen are ...n seclusion at a hermitage called Gephel Ritrö. Among his students was the great [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]], who came twice for several months to r ...

...ght up at [[Palpung Monastery]]. There, he studied the [[sutra]]s with the great [[Khenpo Shenga]], and did a [[three-year retreat]] above Palpung, at the h ...alpung Monastery and went to [[Neten Monastery]], which was headed at that time by the Third [[Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme]]. There, he received the ''[[Tre ...

...' can also be viewed as a very frequently omitted locative ''(la don)'' of time.<br> ...p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;there stayed time ''la don'' |at the time of staying there}}<br> ...

...nd was appointed the [[chödak|custodian of these teachings]], during which time the inner offerings began to boil and the smell of amrita pervaded his resi ...nted the empowerments and transmissions of [[Rinchen Terdzö]]. At the same time, he received the transmissions for the revelations of [[Pema Lingpa]] from ...

...his past [[karma]], and who would figure as his principal teacher was the great [[vidyadhara]] [[Jikme Lingpa]]. So at the age of thirty-nine Dodrupchen Ri ...lley'. Amongst his disciples were the greatest [[Dzogchen]] masters of the time: the Fourth Dzogchen Rinpoche [[Mingyur Namkhé Dorje]], [[Do Khyentse Yesh ...

...[[Geluk]], which followed the later translations made from the time of the great translator [[Rinchen Zangpo]] (958-1055) onwards. ...hth century. Invited by the King [[Trisong Detsen]] upon the advice of the great Indian Khenpo [[Shantarakshita]], Padmasambhava is said to have stayed in T ...

...iger year, in the tiger month, on the tiger day, and at dawn, which is the time of the tiger. He was soon recognized as the incarnation of Payak Önpo Rigd ...c, before crowds of people. [[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]] declared him to be a great [[bodhisattva]] who had reached the more advanced stages ([[bhumi]]s). ...

...ciation became an inexhaustible offering that pleased all the buddhas, and great mutual respect developed between them. Later, the Third Katok Getse, Gyurme After exile from Tibet, he divided his time between Kathmandu, where he oversaw '''Katok Ritrod''', Chagdud Gompa small ...

...Rinpoche was then confined in [[Lhasa]] from 1959 until 1976, during which time he experienced relentless interrogation and torture during thirty-five of t ...e his exile to India in 1985, Ribur Rinpoche wrote numerous biographies of great [[lama]]s such as the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and an extensive history of Tib ...

...t ten years, reports that there were about 3500 monks in residence at that time. The great library of Nalanda University was so vast that it is reported to have burne ...

...being, his voice ringing out, effortless, unending, majestic, it was as if time stood still. It was only too easy for those who were there to imagine they ...r reception with the accumulated power of lifetimes of meditation.” At the time he had said: “The real significance of this event is something we can har ...

...way. He’s not here.” “He passed away, and he’s not here, while at the same time he will appear once again. In the last autumn month you’ll meet him.” :::It’s not the time to enthrone him. ...

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...enpo Chemchok, ''[[The Words of the Vidyadhara which Bestow the Majesty of Great Bliss]]''</ref> ...eng Tsal, we are invoking the aspect of Guru Rinpoche we need most at this time, the aspect that has the power to subjugate the wild ‘rakshasa quality’ ...

...eachers at this time were a [[Gelugpa]] lama, Lobsang Chökyi Gawa, and the great [[Khenpo Shenga]]. ...travelled widely throughout Tibet teaching and giving empowerments. At the time of Lekpa Rinpoche's passing, he appointed Dezhung Rinpoche to succeed him a ...

...en Kunzang Longrol]], his father’s root guru. Togden Kunzang Longrol was a great Dzogchen yogi from the [[Powo]] region who had been a main disciple of Dudj ..., at his own monastery, under the blessings of his first root teacher, the great master Tulku Dawa Rinpoche. ...

In the second month of the wood horse year (1714), the great treasure revealer of [[Mindroling]] [[Terdak Lingpa]] told his close attend :In the profound and secret practice of the great yoga, ...

Later, Lama Karpo went to [[Lama Ling]], in [[Kongpo]], Tibet, at this time the main centre of activity of Dudjom Rinpoche. He stayed and was fully tra ...Guru Rinpoche’s statue talked out to him for another time, and during that time he had another conversation with the statue.” ...

...Drukgyal’s time, there was 2000 yogis; during my uncle lama Sherab Dorje’s time, over three thousands yogis. Now, the Repkong yogi Doctor Nyida said there At a time, while young, Wöngtsang Chimé Dorje took his father’s place, and was en ...

At this time, mid 19th cent., Powo was still an independent region within Tibet, and Pem ...them. Everyone was amazed, and they immediately sent someone to invite the great master back. When asked to return, he replied, “There is no auspicious ci ...

...Tib. [[ཞི་བ་ལྷ་]], ''Shiwa Lha''; [[Wyl.]] ''zhi ba lha'') (c.685-763) — a great master, scholar, and [[bodhisattva]], who was the author of the ''[[Bodhich ...way of a bodhisattva. He had a great faith in the [[Mahayana]] teachings, great respect for his teachers, and he was diligent in his studies. He was always ...

...he held [[Patrul Rinpoche]]’s lineage, having received it from one of the great khenpos at [[Dzogchen monastery]]. ...Orgyen Tendzin Rinpoche (1863-1936), who had travelled in Tibet and spent time at [[Tsurpu Monastery]]. Khunu Lama spent three years studying Sanskrit gra ...

...ered five hundred [[arhat]]s in order to keep the teachings intact, at the great Banyan cave which was on the bank of a hot spring close to [[Vulture's Peak ...his dream hasn’t anything to do with your own life as the king. But at the time of Buddha Shakyamuni, there will be eighteen different schools of shravakas ...

...mber 1979, and remained his devoted student for twenty-three years. At the time of her ordination as a [[lama]] in 1997, Rinpoche invested her as the futur During her time with Rinpoche, Khadro received constant training from him, both in organizi ...

...principally distinguishes followers of the Basic Vehicle from those of the Great Vehicle (Skt. ''[[Mahayana]]'') is their motivation. They aspire for the pe ...[[Theravada]] school is the only Basic Vehicle school extant today, by the time the [[Buddha]]'s discourses were written down in Pali in Sri Lanka, there w ...

...Kangyur is the [[Tengyur]] that gathers the [[treatise]]s composed by the great Indian masters of the first millennium in Tibetan translation. Though these The compilation of the first version of the Kangyur was finalized by the great scholar [[Butön Rinchen Drup]] (1290-1364). Several versions of the compil ...

...this boat again and again. So now that we have it, we should not waste our time in laziness and sleep. ...for prolonging life, the [[buddha]]s, who are skilled in means and possess great compassion, have taught many different ways. They have taught both common a ...

...ed to avoid something virtuous or to engage in something negative. At that time, because of your '''conscientiousness''', you recall the benefits of virtuo ...fare of others through the [[four ways of attracting disciples]], once the time has come for you to do so, and when you are free from any selfish motivatio ...

...lly accomplished [[Dzogchen]] practitioners can dissolve their body at the time of death. *Another accomplishment of tögal practice is the ‘Rainbow Body of Great Transference’ (Tib. [[འཇའ་ལུས་འཕོ་བ་ཆེན ...

...s of Sutras and Tantras with teachers of various traditions, including the great [[Sakya]] Lama [[Rendawa Shyönnu Lodrö]] and the [[Nyingma]] [[Dzogchen]] ...gkhapa placed great emphasis on the need for study and practice and had no time for demonstrations of miraculous powers. Whilst he had many visions of Manj ...

...enerated [[bodhichitta]] in the presence of the Buddha Lokeshvara. At that time, he made fifty-one vows to lead all beings to his pure realm of [[Sukhavati ...

...lease share some advice on how you were able to overcome and transform the great suffering and difficulties that you have faced?==== ...e view is to realize that all sentient beings have been our parents at one time or another, and that they have been extremely kind to us. The meditation is ...

.... He was a student of [[Chetsün Sengé Wangchuk]] and the author of ''[[The Great History‎]]''. Shyangtön Tashi Dorje imparted the complete lineage of [[t ...collapsed. That night there was a great downpour of rain, so he spent the time resting beneath the overhang of a cliff. His mysterious companion—in fact ...

...n]] and [[Sakya Trizin]] confirmed him to be the fourth incarnation of the great [[Tertön Nuden Dorje|Tertön Nuden Dorje Dropen Lingpa]]. ...late 50's he was invited by Professor Tucci to teach in Rome. During that time he met H.H. Pope John XXIII. In the following year he was invited to teach ...

...tories are told of Jetsün Lochen and her remarkable abilities, such as the time on retreat when she left her body and 'died' for a period of three weeks an ...ength and inspiration ever since. To me she was the personification of the great woman teachers of Tibet."<ref>Lhalungpa, ''Tibet, The Sacred Realm: Photogr ...

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Yidam deities—magical manifestations of ''unchanging'' great bliss— May the tradition of the Great [[Tertön]], the King of [[Dharma]], ...

...tra]]s, particularlry the [[Thirteen great texts]], continuing through the great [[Nyingtik]] teachings of the [[Dzogchen]] approach; he practiced these and ...ng Monastery. Since Chumé Drungpa Gönpo Dorjé was a descendent of Bhutan’s great tertön [[Pema Lingpa]] (1450-1541), it was decided that the Peling lineage ...

...nt [[dzogchen]] treasures have been hidden there, to be revealed later. In time the monastery changed religious affiliation, and it is now connected with [ ...

...ortant transmissions and empowerments of the Nyingma School, including the great empowerment of the [[Kagyé]] and the [[Rinchen Terdzö]] empowerments. Fro ...received at that time the cycle of [[Tendrel Nyesel]], [[Lerab Lingpa]]'s great [[terma]] revelation. He then completed a [[Vajrakilaya]] retreat and, havi ...

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..., and forms one of the 'New' [[Sarma]] translation schools. Founded by the great master Tsongkhapa in the 15th century, it developed out of the [[Kadampa]] ...fe, Tsongkhapa emphasized the need for both study and practice, and had no time for demonstrations of miraculous powers, sharing his many visions of Manjus ...

''Addressed to the [[Seventeen Nalanda Masters|Seventeen Great Panditas]] of [[Nalanda University|Glorious Nalanda]]'' :Great pandita, who founded the comprehensive system ...

...; he then offered these teachings in secret to Karmapa Chöying Dorje. That great lord himself practised the stages of [[approach]], [[accomplishment]], and ...ese cycles include many subsidiary activity practices and other methods. A great number of noble [[lama]]s, [[tulku]]s, and sangha members of all the school ...

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...became one of the six main monasteries of the [[Nyingma]] tradition. Many great masters came forth from Shechen Monastery including [[Shechen Gyaltsab]], [ ...tatues were made for it by the best Tibetan craftsmen and sculptors of the time. ...

...[[Chö]] and [[Dzogchen]] to a gathering of one hundred disciples. At that time, at night on the tenth day of the middle winter month, a woman appeared say :A great being whose name ends with [[Drol]], Freedom, will accomplish the illusory ...

...hings, and instructions of the Mengakdé without exception and spending his time explaining the [[tantra]]s and pursuing his practice with diligence. ...Jober passed on the instructions of the Mengakde in their entirety to the great [[Trulshik Sengé Gyabpa]], thus continuing its unbroken lineage of transmi ...

...t, where Dudjom Rinpoche had established [[Lama Ling]] monastery. From the time of childhood, she was fully inspired by [[Dharma]] and [[Guru Rinpoche]]<Re ...uenching of thirst by hard to get water on the tops of high mountains. One time, a line of mice kept bringing tiny pieces of food and piling them up in fro ...

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...tulku]]’s education, and he decided that Zenkar Rinpoche should divide his time between them both, spending a year at one, followed by a year at the other ...with the previous Zenkar Rinpoche and also with Do Khyentse’s sister, the great [[dakini]], [[Losal Dolma]] (1802-1861). ...

...sures]] (Chang Ter) [[Nyingma]] dharma tradition. In the 19th century, the great Khenpo Namkha Longyang from Dorje Drak recognized an ordinary monk from the ...lineage to the current, great Dordrak Rigdzin, [[Namdrol Gyatso]]. At that time I most humbly was able to receive most of these empowerments and transmissi ...

...e ordained acharya of Omtang. When he was twenty-two he went to attend the great master [[Lingje Repa Pema Dorje]] with whom he trained in the [[Six Yogas o ...ག་, ''ro nyom kordruk''), a cycle of teachings hidden by [[Rechungpa]]. In time his students became so numerous that it was said: ...

...n of the Ground, the view that is beyond the [[two extremes]]. At the same time, they also explain aspects of the stages of the path and fruition. ...Dalai Lama, ''Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection'', Wisdom, 2007 ...

...' monasteries of the [[Nyingma]]. Mardo Tashi Chöling was the home of the great [[tertön]] [[Dudjom Lingpa]] (1835-1904) and of the succession of reincarn ...th, I prepared to build a house on top of Puklung Gékyi Latok. During that time, at night on the tenth day, an eldery woman appeared saying she was Dakinbi ...

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During his time as abbot, there were more than a thousand monks who resided continuously at With the help of the great [[Khenpo Shenga]], he transformed [[Shri Singha Shedra]] into the most pres ...

...[[Nyingma]] tradition. They were revealed in the fourteenth century by the great [[tertön]] [[Karma Lingpa]]. The cycle contains the famous ''Bardo Tödrol *'''Highway of the Great Yoga: A Daily Practice for the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Self-Li ...

...tour encompassing Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Great Britain, the USA, Hong Kong and Singapore. In his later years, however, he Tulku Urgyen accomplished a great deal in his life. He constructed and restored many temples, and established ...

...on such trips filled his mind with revulsion for [[samsara]]. Around this time he received teachings from Getse Lama Tsewang Rigdzin Gyatso on [[Tertön N ...a]]. When they reached [[Tsering Jong]] and met Jikme Lingpa for the first time, Jikme Gyalwe Nyugu felt incredible joy. They received [[empowerment]]s, tr ...

...arnel ground]] by the [[Shankarakuta stupa]] in the presence of the [[nine great vidyadharas]], the recipients of the Kagyé. [[Guru Shakya Sengé]] transmi ...yal Rinpoche]] asked [[Dakpo Tulku Rinpoche]] to compile a framework for a great accomplishment practice (Tib. ''drupkok''). ...

...the heart of a lotus, he became '''renowned as the 'Lotus Born'.''' At the time of his birth, he was '''surrounded by hosts of dakinis. Following in''' the ...the inherent vibration of naturally occuring vajra sound, it constitutes a great treasure trove of blessings and spiritual attainments." In a hidden treasur ...

...pillar. At the same time her mind felt very pleasurable and her body felt great bliss. When she mentioned this dream to her husband, he said that this was ...te umbrella, as a sign of his future activities to benefit beings. At this time he gave him the title of Acharya Tulku Pema Dorje. Later, when he was 21, L ...

...ha btsun nam mkha' 'jigs med'') (1597-1653) was an incarnation of both the great pandit and [[Dzogchen]] master [[Vimalamitra]], who attained the [[rainbow ...accomplished masters. He particularly practised the [[Kagyé]] (the ‘Eight Great Herukas’) and [[Lama Gongdü]], completely mastering all the accomplishme ...

...ist one but which nonetheless is a "''muteg''", a step at the verge of the great crossing to [[enlightenment]].<ref>Tony Duff's Tibetan Dictionary called '' ...suddenly from the four elements; and that since it is discontinued at the time of death, it is pointless to exert oneself on the path in order to achieve ...

...]. Blessed by [[Manjushri]], he became one of the greatest scholars of his time. His collected works fill more than thirty volumes. His chief disciple was ...Ösel. His other close students included many of the greatest lamas of the time: [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]]; Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche; [[Tertön Sogyal]] ...

...fore, for the sake of all sentient beings, particularly in this degenerate time, the Dudjom Traktung Pema Sokdrub Zabmo “The Vital Essence Sadhana of Dud ...ow my life-force to be maintained, and then only like a butter lamp. I had great confidence in the power of this new terma. Now, [in 1954], I have crossed t ...

...nd blessings of all other mantras. The learned sages of the past, like the great [[Karma Chakme]], for example, were unable to find anywhere in the scriptur ...deity himself and the mantra which is his essence, these activities bring great benefit. The six syllables are the expression of the six pāramitās of Che ...

...e accepted the invitation to teach Tibetan language in Menyag. During this time Rinpoche met Kangkar Rinpoche from whom he received instructions on the [[S ...ntale where he taught Tibetan language and literature until 1992. From the time of his residence in Italy, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu focused his research mainl ...

...'Rigdzin Nuden Dorje''', or '''Sungtrul Kunzang Nyima''' (1904-1958) was a great [[tertön]] who was recognized as the speech incarnation of [[Dudjom Lingpa ...oy and calm seemed pervasive. Immediately upon meeting him and for all the time I was there, the world appeared to be a very peaceful place. As I looked ar ...

...is mother was from the family of [[Serpa Tertön]], and a descendant of the great [[Rigdzin Düddul Dorje|tertön Düddul Dorje]]. After learning to read and ...e was also the renovation of the [[Dragang Nyengyü]] retreat centre at the great monastery of Derge and the carving of a new set of woodblock-prints for the ...

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...to [[Tulku Thondup]] ‘…there has not been adequate acknowledgement of the great services he rendered to the heart and core of the Nyingma tradition’. Kya ...arnation of [[Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje]] (1646-1714). He followed many great [[Sarma]] and [[Nyingma]] masters of the [[Rimé]] movement, especially the ...

...ordinate states. These subsidiary states acted as buffers encompassing the great state, which is why it was called a maṇḍala: a circle.'' See R. Davidso ...

...Sonam Tobgyal. She became Jamyang Khyentse's spiritual wife in 1948, at a time when he was in poor health and many of his disciples were urging him to tak ...he accompanied Jamyang Khyentse to [[Central Tibet]] in 1955, during which time her tutor [[Lama Tseten]] passed away near Yamdrok Tso. From Central Tibet ...

:The Chime Soktik originated at the time of [[Guru Rinpoche]] who traveled to Nepal with his Indian consort, [[Manda ...ibet he then decided to bury the teachings as a terma, and prophesized the time of its revelation, and the details surrounding that revelation. He gave the ...

...lth they have, it is not enough. This has something to do with the era and time. The feeling of impoverishment is strong in everyone’s psychological make ...

...in Tibet he appeared as [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], [[Trophu Lotsawa]] and the great [[Rigdzin Gödemchen]] (1337-1408), founder of the [[Northern Treasures]] ( From the age of 13 to 18, he stayed in retreat. During this time he saw many things directly through the power of his clairvoyance. Whilst i ...

...ceived teachings from the great [[Sharawa]] for two years, but during this time he never heard even a casual reference to these instructions. Feeling somew ...

..., Orgyen Chemchok, or the first Tulku Kasang Rinpoche) (c.1807-1884) was a great khenpo from [[Dzogchen Monastery]]. He was a student of the Fourth Dzogchen The great embodiment of the [[Nyingma|Early Translation]] teachings, lord of [[siddha ...

...ibet he then decided to bury the teachings as a terma, and prophesized the time of its revelation, and the details surrounding that revelation. He gave the ...years he kept the terma secret. It was meant to be revealed for the first time to the terma' s owner. That owner was Dudjom Rinpoche. ...

...ound fifteen years old, around 1935, Lama Chime Rinpoche met for the first time Dudjom Rinpoche, who had traveled to [[Tso Pema]], in India. From him, Lama ...came about until the perfect completion of Nyayab Zangdopalri. During this time, Dudjom Rinpoche composed the song called “Guru Rinpoche, Sovereign Sourc ...

...རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wyl. ''pad+ma lung rtogs rgya mtsho'') (1891-1963 or 1964) was a great [[Chö]] practitioner of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage.<ref>According to Ge ...of Eastern Tibet. In 1899, when he was 8 years old, he was blessed by the great tertön Dudjom Lingpa who had established his encampment in this area. Golo ...

...ས་རྫས་བརྒྱད་, ''tashi dzé gyé'', [[Wyl.]] ''bkra shis rdzas brgyad'') have great auspicious significance because each of them commemorates a specific occasi ...h this extreme is that, if it becomes your goal or obsession, it leaves no time or energy for the practice of dharma. But we also need to abandon the other ...

...away, without taking any of his possessions, and went off in search of the great [[Patrul Rinpoche]]. ...u]], who was to become his root master. Tenzin Norbu was the nephew of the great [[Gyalsé Shenphen Thayé]] and through his wisdom mind he could see that S ...

...ce the earth energy. Subsequently, [[Guru Rinpoche]] and a number of other great masters and [[tertön]] restored these temples over the years. During the unrest, Lama Ling was damaged. But when in due time, [[Semo Dechen Yudron]], the eldest daughter of Dudjom Rinpoche and Sangyum ...

...dga' ye shes'') (1397-1470) — an emanation of Buddha [[Maitreya]] and the great [[pandita]] [[Smritijñanakirti]]. He was a student of [[Rongtön Sheja Kun ...ak (སྒ་སྟོད་མཛོ་ཉག་, ''sga stod mdzo nyag''), a region associated with the great tenth century Indian scholar, Smṛtijñānakīrti. His father, Sangye Kyap ...

...Fundamentals and History''. Over the last decade of his life he spent much time teaching in the West, where he helped to establish the [[Nyingma]] traditio ...n his studies with [[Khenpo Aten]] in Pemakö, before attending some of the great monastic universities of Central Tibet—such as [[Mindroling]], [[Dorje Dr ...

...treatise]] by [[Aryadeva]]. It is included among the so-called "[[Thirteen great texts]]", which form the core of the curriculum in most [[shedra]]s and on #Showing the Realization of the Refutation of Permanent Time (དུས་དགག་པ་བསྒོམ་པ་) ...

...alai Lama has become familiar worldwide as one of the great leaders of our time, and someone who devotes his entire life to the welfare of humanity. With h ...[[Nalanda]] tradition—so they can thrive long into the future. At the same time, he has encouraged a spirit of religious harmony and non-sectarianism, and ...

...nt to [[Dzogchen Monastery]] in order to study at the shedra. This was the time that [[Mipham Rinpoche]] was in residence. ...e of explanation, clarification and practical advice from the heart of the great oral lineage of [[Dzogchen]]. It was handed down by [[Patrul Rinpoche]] to ...

...dhicharyavatara]] over twenty times. He is supposed to have said that each time he listened, he gained a new insight and a deeper understanding. ...Rinpoche. As Khenpo Kunpal writes in the colophon to his commentary: “The great master of [[Katok]] in the East, [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso|Situ Chökyi G ...

Time again, many great vidyadharas have praised and prophesized fully <br> ...

...great master [[Nagarjuna]]. It is included among the so-called "[[thirteen great texts]]", which form the core of the curriculum in most [[shedra]]s and on #Examination of Time (Skt. ''Kālaparīkṣā'') ...

...Treasury of the Nature of Reality”, and then dissolved into me. From that time forth, the three cycles of pure vision arose in my mind as if a precise cop ...872]. While I was transcribing the practice cycle of Dakini Tröma Nakmo, a great whirlwind emerged, carrying the written pages away in every direction. I un ...

...öma Nakmo]] central to their practice. He achieved [[rainbow body]] at the time of his death. ...ur was different from the other children and that he could keep for a long time a deep concentration. ...

...much time to determining the text’s potential sources and their respective time periods, although without much success. [...] Although this topic clearly d ...litavistara'', འཕགས་པ་རྒྱ་ཆེར་རོལ་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ། The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra ''"The Play in Full"'', Āryalalitavistaranāmamahāyānasū ...

...h century. Often called 'the Practice Lineage', the Kagyü tradition places great emphasis on intensive meditation practice, and on guru yoga, the power of d ...rje Gyalpo]] (1110-1170) founded the Phagdru Kagyü tradition and the first great Kagyü monastery of Densatil in South Tibet. From his disciples came the ei ...

...enpo]]s in the [[Nyingma]] tradition and one of the three [[Khenchen]] or 'great khenpos' of [[Namdroling Monastery]]. ...]], the monastery of the [[Karmapa]]s, which at that time was home to many great [[Kagyü]] masters who had escaped from the troubles in East Tibet. While o ...

At the same time, in the great, hard-to-fathom paradox which is also central to the profound view, all phe ...ttained. A wisdom without any reference points at all is hard won, but the great Perfection of Wisdom sutras also offer a process through which to progress ...

...ས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་, [[Wyl.]] ''rdzogs pa chen po'') — the ‘Great Perfection’, or ‘Great Completeness’. The practice of Dzogchen is the most ancient and direct st ...y imply a perfection that we strive to attain, a journey towards a goal of Great Perfection, and this is not the meaning of Dzogchen. Dzogchen is explained ...

...efer to the tutelary god as Magyal Pomra: for them, he belongs to the four great Nyen, their mountain deities. He rides a lion or a horse. According to lege Machen has a continental cold climate with great differences between its eastern and western parts. Its north-west is cold a ...

...Buddhist pilgrimage and for daily devotion. Boudhanath is one of the three great stupas of Nepal, the other two being [[Swayambhunath]] and [[Namo Buddha]]. The history of the stupa called ''The Legend of the Great Stupa Jarungkashor''<ref name="ftn5"> Tib. ''mchod rten chen po bya rung kh ...

...t years after [Nyang Tingdzin Zangpo] had dissolved into light, and in the time of Nyangmi Tarma, Uru Zholma Gecok had a son, called the elder, Dangma Lhun ...

...associated with this image is that it just fell from the sky one day. The great [[Kagyu]] master [[Shri Heruka]] spent a number of years in this temple. Ma ...''bod thang''), or Brhikhuti Mandap, today called Ratna Park, which at the time was uncultivated, was given by the king of Nepal to Songtsen Gampo as a dow ...

...entse Rinpoche]] recognized him as an emanation of [[Jamgön Kongtrul]] the Great and His Holiness the [[16th Karmapa]] confirmed this. He was soon enthroned ...sively under [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], and the great scholar [[Khenpo Rinchen]]. ...

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...s appeared. According to the story, Namgyal Drolma was 16 years old at the time they met. Dudjom Rinpoche was born in 1904. According to this information, ...n Ratna Lingpa. Tulku Jampal Norbu asked that family to host him, and with great joy and respect they agreed. This family had a young sixteen-year-old daugh ...

...gyal Rinpoche was an event of enormous significance, as this was the first time that the two reincarnations of Tertön Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa, the ninteenth ...the records and heard all the stories about it. In fact Lerab Lingpa's own great heart-son, to whom he transmitted the blessing of the entire realisation of ...

...cribed them as the ‘[[Five Treatises of Maitreya]]’. As one of the [[eight great bodhisattvas]], he is sometimes depicted as whitish-yellow in colour and ho ..., and the methods to apply if one wishes to be reborn close to him at that time. ...

...Labdrön appeared to him in visions, like a mother to her child, and showed great care and loving kindness while transmitting the entire lineage of chö to h The ''Saraha Nyingtik Zabmo'' was widely propagated during the time of Dudjom Lingpa and one of his main disciples, Pema Lungtok Gyatso, wrote ...

...ddhism]]. It is the latest of the [[Sarma]] schools and was founded by the great [[Tsongkhapa]] (1357-1419) in the 15th century. Based on the [[Kadampa]] tr ...s of Sutras and Tantras with teachers of various traditions, including the great [[Sakya]] Lama [[Rendawa Shyönnu Lodrö]] and the [[Nyingma]] [[Dzogchen]] ...

...ང་པ་, Wyl. ''pad+ma 'gro 'dul gsang sngags gling pa'') (1881-1924) — was a great scholar and [[tertön]] of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage. He was a son of This father and son connection during the time of Dudjom Lingpa and Tulku Trimé Özer prevailed during the 20th century a ...

...gyal Rinpoche was an event of enormous significance, as this was the first time that the two reincarnations of [[Tertön Sogyal]], Lerab Lingpa, the nintee ...the records and heard all the stories about it. In fact Lerab Lingpa's own great heart-son, to whom he transmitted the blessing of the entire realisation of ...

...hupten in grammar, astrology, Sanskrit, and in Buddhist philosophy. By the time he was thirteen he had received the transmission of the [[Longchen Nyingtik ...and soon began teaching Buddhist texts to several students there. From the time he was seventeen, he received [[Sakya]] school transmissions such as [[Lamd ...

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...g Yeshe Drawa, ‘Wisdom’s Infinite Matrix of Pure Phenomena’, will appear—A great many disciples will practise that”. ...

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The body of the perfection of great [[merit]] and [[wisdom]]<ref>This refers to the emanation of Guru Rinpoche, Was the indisputable great [[tertön|terton]], the renowned [[Lerab Lingpa]], Islander of Excellent Ac ...

...came in the Earth Tiger year, when I had a vision of the [[Avalokiteshvara|Great Compassionate One]], and the [[dakini]] of the space of wisdom, in the vast ...nse. I wrote it down without concealing anything of the signs and meaning. Great Dharma protector Zadü Rāhula, unwaveringly protect this essence of the mo ...

...the Golok Sertar region of Kham, and is regarded as a reincarnation of the great 19th century mystic [[Tertön Sogyal]], Lerab Lingpa. His family was relate ...gyal Rinpoche was an event of enormous significance, as this was the first time that the two reincarnations of Tertön Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa, the nineteenth ...

...ties’ we mean that he or she has skilful methods to share with us, and has great compassion to share with us. So yes, you are quite right, you can call the ...real possibility to attain the universal truth. I see the Vajrayana as a great door to universal truth. It takes you out of all types of relative blockage ...

...d [[Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje]]. He lived outside of Tibet and divided his time between Kathmandu, where he oversaw a small retreat center in [[Pharping]], ...oko Makidono, "Ka˙ thog Dge rtse Mahāpaṇḍita’s Doxographical Position: The Great Madhyamaka of Other-Emptiness (gzhan stong dbu ma chen po)" in ''Indian Int ...

...as well as to a number of the greatest masters and lineage holders of his time. ...o his Disciples'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group, in ''Natural Great Perfection'', pages 128-133. ...

...gs by being a great sponsor of many realized masters and will himself be a great yogi in this hidden land, Pemakö.” He gave them many other instructions When [[Degyal Rinpoche]]—a great [[Tögal]] practitioner and a main student of [[Dudjom Lingpa]]—came to t ...

...Columbia University Press, 2002): 242 – 245.</ref> Accordingly, during the time of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]], since there were no fit vessels to receive the ta ...ed either a) in the presence (Wyl. ''zhal snga'') of Indrabhuti, b) by the great teacher (Wyl. ''slob dpon chen po'') Indrabhuti, c) by the king (Wyl. ''rgy ...

By the time he was three years old he was recognized as the incarnation of the previous ...g the empowerments. By 1946 he entered his second three year retreat, this time under the guidance of the Tromge Trungpa Rinpoche. Near the conclusion of t ...

...hidden by [[Guru Rinpoche]] and revealed in the seventeenth century by the great [[yogin]] and [[tertön]] [[Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé]] (1597-1653), who broug ...urification and blessing of the sang offering were all composed before his time. He did not ‘invent’ anything himself.</Ref> ...

...tik]] cycle of teachings and practice through a series of visions from the great fourteenth century master, [[Longchenpa]]. With the patronage of the [[Derg ...in the depths of that meditation experience of clear luminosity for a long time. While being absorbed in that luminous clarity, he experienced flying a lon ...

...henpa entered the famous [[shedra]] [[Sangphu Neuthok]], where he acquired great scholarly wisdom. He later chose to practise in the solitude of the mountai ...[Rangjung Dorje]], Longchenpa accompanied them for two years, during which time he received all of Rigdzin Kumaradza's transmissions and underwent tremendo ...

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...en Nyingtik]], as well as many other important transmissions. From time to time he would write a text of his own and these treatises were later collected i ...ell as the works of [[Sakya Pandita]], Lord [[Tsongkhapa]], and many other great masters of the old and new translation schools, and by studying and reflect ...

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...t were a place never before encountered. It is as if it is your very first time to visit this earth. In short, having the attitude of a wanderer is also si .... The hanging white scarf tied around the vase represents the mountain and great salt ocean that surround Mount Sumeru. ...

...ther tantras]] of the secret [[Mantrayana]], repeatedly exhorted [me] with great exertion, this “Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, the activity rite of t :This mantra-holder of the end of time, Jikdral Yeshe Dorje, aged sixty-eight, composed this during the waning per ...

...for View magazine about what it means to be both the wife and student of a great master, the role of women in [[Tibetan Buddhism]], and about bringing Buddh Of course the name also inspires one to remember the great khadros of the past such as [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] and [[Machik Labdrön]], as w ...

...tantra]]s, and receiving instruction and [[empowerment]]s from many of the great lamas at Palpung and other monasteries in Kham, he gave a teaching on the [ ...became the director of three-year retreats at Palpung. It was around this time that he was recognized by the [[sixteenth Karmapa]] as the activity emanati ...

...rm in most cases, a use that appears to have faded away with the course of time. At least synchronically speaking, dhāraṇī is decidedly polysemic and c It is like this: om̐ merit merit, great merit, boundless merit, you (who) perfected the accumulation of boundless m ...

:”Now return to your home country and in time go to see Dudjom Lingpa. You have a karmic connection with him from past li ...ber of empowerment and transmission events were held, benefiting many. The great lineage holder Gyurmé Ngedön Wangpo remained there for many years: then h ...

...ial, political and economic terms, but is a woman’s spiritual potential as great as a man’s? We asked [[Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding|Jetsun Chimey]] to ex ''Your visit to England this year [1995] marks the first time a woman master in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition has ever taught here. Why ...

...ontemporary of [[Chokgyur Lingpa]] (1829-1870) and [[Jamgön Kongtrul]] the Great and was regarded as the combined reincarnation of [[Vimalamitra]] and [[Kin ...ngye Kunga]], Shechen Gyurme Thutob Namgyal, Sakyapa Dorje Rinchen and the great khenpo brothers of [[Thartse]] (i.e.,[[Jampa Kunga Tendzin]] and his younge ...

...inside their room. After Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa Rinpoche was born, many great lamas of different traditions came to see him. Some said that he was a [[tu ...great [[tertön]] and wisdom [[dakini]] [[Tare Lhamo]], the daughter of the great tertön [[Apang Tertön]] in [[Golok]]. The prophecy came to her in poems o ...

*From the ''Great Tibetan Dictionary'' (''bod kyi tshig mdzod chen mo''): *From the ''[[Great Tibetan Dictionary]]'':<br> ...

...rose to become of the main holders of the lineage and transmission of the Great Perfection teachings. ...main teacher and holder. While Adzom Gyalse had the potential to become a great [[tertön]] he decided to focused instead on the preservation and continuat ...

...inary and extraordinary siddhis, enabling us to gain the accomplishment of great wisdom power. ...been thinking to write just such a sadhana and had considered taking some time as usual to compose it, but when he said this, the complete sadhana and its ...

...angchen Mingye Ling, a Nyingmapa monastery. At the age of 15, having shown great promise as a future teacher, he studied with Kargi Tertön and accomplished ...al Tibetan arts and sciences. It was at this time that he began to display great skill in drawing, painting, and sculpture. In 1925, at the age of 18, he co ...

...s recited in connection to the ritual of the liberation of obstacles. Over time and especially within Tibet, Dorje Dermo became a deity independently invok ...harani, in future she will become known as the deity Dorje Dermo and bring great benefit and happiness to all [[sentient being]]s. ...

...snying thig'') — among the “[[seven authoritative transmissions]]” of the great [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] (1820-1892), the profound cycle of teachings kn ...en Tashi Özer]]. Following this, his main Dharma heir, Jamgön Kongtrul the Great, wrote a series of texts for practising the cycle. ...

...instructions on the [[Seven Treasures]] of [[Longchenpa]]. Throughout this time, he was able, through legendary exploits and means, to elude the Chinese au ...

...o I was separated from my family when I as eight years old [1939]. At that time, I went to study the Holy Dharma of Tibet at [[Mindroling Monastery]] (Subl :One of my teachers was a wise and great doctor named Dordzin Dechen Chödzin (Great Bliss Dharma Holder of the Vajra). He healed countless patients impartially ...

...etan disciples. It was at that time, that Namkhé Nyingpo was for the first time entrusted with the practice of Shri Heruka.<ref name="ftn37"> Jamgön Kongt ...continued to stay at Lhodrak Kharchu practicing [[Dzogchen]], during which time she recounted her life-story to Namkhé Nyingpo and Gyalwa Changchub, who w ...

...ery in Tibet since he was little more than an infant and spent most of his time in continuous meditation. While meditating at Dzigar Monastery, Thuksey Rin ...ho His Holiness the Dalai Lama stated “Khunu Lama is the Shantideva of our time.” Wangdor Rimpoche was a close vajra brother of His Holiness. They receiv ...

...he production and trade of silk. It was the location of one of the [[eight great charnel grounds]], Lanka Mound (“Laṅka Tsek”). It is best known to Bu ...ent with the ''Tsik Dzö Chenmo'' (Tib. ''tshig mdzod chen mo'', Eng. T''he Great Dictionary'')<ref name="ftn0">“rgya gar shar phyogs b+hangga la'i yul te ...

...of Jikmé Chökyi Wangpo: A Commentary Presenting the Subject Matter of the Great Treatise, the Abhisamayalankara''}}</ref> #the king's way of arousing bodhichitta, with the great wish, is the intention to first attain Buddhahood oneself and then lead oth ...

...indness of all. || {{gtib|ཀུན་ལ་བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ་བར་བསྒོམ།}} || Meditate on the great kindness of all. ...ctise what’s most important. || {{gtib|ད་རེས་གཙོ་བོ་ཉམས་སུ་བླངས།}} || This time, practise what’s most important. ...

...Thönmi Sambhota comes in the history (ཆོས་འབྱུང་, ''chos 'byung'') of the great scholar [[Butön]] (1290-1364). He does not mention the names of the two te ...''Takjukpa'' were not the works of a single person, but were composed over time by different authors. The ''Takjukpa'' appears to have been written after t ...

...isong Detsen]]. While still in his mother’s womb, he was recognized by the great master [[Mipham Rinpoche]] as an extraordinary incarnation. He was one of the last great masters to have completed his entire training in Tibet. He entered [[Sheche ...

During the time of Dudjom Lingpa, the Dudjom Tersar lineage was spread mainly within the [[ ...ey, close to [[Mardo Tashi Chöling Monastery]]. He stayed there for a long time under the patronage of the Gili family, and so he became popularly known as ...

The great [[tertön]] '''Lerab Lingpa Trinlé Thayé Tsal''', or '''[[Tertön Sogyal] ...awa]]<ref>Trophu Lotsawa Jampa Pal born in the 12th century.</ref> and the great [[Rigdzin Gödemchen]] (1337-1408),<ref>Both Rigdzin Gödem and Tertön Sog ...

...all the neighbors could see. Other signs were perceived as well. When the time came to enthrone the child, the Fourth Dzogchen Rinpoche wore a white shawl ...fter a week there had passed, I met Longchen Dorjé Ziji, Dazzling Vajra of Great Expanse [[Longchenpa]]. He bestowed upon me the absolutely complete sacred ...

...stern Tibet]] known as “The Four Rivers and Six Ranges.” The story of this great family, whose fame extended throughout all three provinces of Tibet, is bas ...he central region of Tibet<ref>He would have been sixteen years old at the time.</ref>, he journeyed through Trehor, and was received by a man in white who ...

...ast three distinct versions of the Cakrasaṃvara Tantra circulating by this time" Gray (2007), page 22.</ref> (''dpal 'khor lo sdom pa'i dka' 'grel zhes by *[[Ringu Tulku]], ''The Ri-me Philosophy of Jamgön Kongtrul the Great'' (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2006), pages 87-88. ...

According to Chöjé Lingpa, the time had come to escape to the hidden-land of Pemakö<Ref>Hamid Sardar-Afkhami, :[During a time of great unimaginable persecution of the Nyingma teachings by the Dzungars, [who wer ...

...y and which belongs to the [[Northern Treasures]] tradition. He also spent time at Khordong Monastery, which was under the care of his younger brother, Gyu *Dalai Lama, ''Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection'', Wisdom Publications, 2007 ...

The huge investment of time and energy made by [[Penor Rinpoche]] to build his monastery has borne abun ...as]]'' by [[Maitreya]], with the commentary ''The Feast of Ambrosia of the Great Vehicle'' by [[Mipham Rinpoche]] ...

...in the depths of that meditation experience of clear luminosity for a long time. While being absorbed in that luminous clarity, he experienced flying a lon ...ey month) of the monkey year (1764) he made his terma public for the first time by conferring the transmission of empowerment and the instructions upon fif ...

...Rinpoche had few students and preferred to avoid any kind of fame. At the time of his death, Khen Rinpoche was translating an important Tibetan [[Abhidhar *Bsod Nams Rgya Mtsho, ''The Complete works of the Great Masters of the Sa Skya Sect of the Tibetan Buddhism'', The Toyo Bunko (orie ...

...h century. Often called ‘the Practice Lineage’, the Kagyü tradition places great emphasis on intensive [[meditation]] practice, and on [[guru yoga]], the po ...rje Gyalpo]] (1110-1170) founded the Phagdru Kagyü tradition and the first great Kagyü monastery of Densatil in South Tibet. From his disciples came the ei ...

...literature. The revelation or writing of néyik has been constant since the time of [[Rigdzin Gödem]] in the 14th century. ...hgaya]]) or a hidden-valley (like [[Pemakö]]), revealing its location, the time when it would be propitious to enter, the topography of the valleys, the po ...

...], [[Khandro Ugyen Tsomo]], one of the most renowned female masters of her time. The present Khandro Rinpoche holds the lineages of both the [[Nyingma]] an ...

...Master’, is the founder of [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and the [[Buddha]] of our time. Whereas Buddha is known primarily for having taught the teachings of the [ It happened that at that time, the King of [[Oddiyana]], [[Indrabhuti]], as a result of his immense gener ...

...ongst us. Theirs was an enchanting relationship. Not only did she give him great spiritual support, and inspire an aura of completeness around them, but on ...from the [[dakini]]s when my mother was just eight years old. At the same time, at that young age, my mother received dakini teachings from Yeshe Tsogyal ...

...<ref>{{gtib|གིས་}}, {{gtib|ཀྱིས་}}, {{gtib|གྱིས་}} were allomorphs at the time when the respective allomorphs of the connective particle were still used ( From {{gtib|བོད་རྒྱ་ཚིག་མཛོད་ཆེན་མོ་}} "The Great Tibetan [Tibetan] Chinese Dictionary":<br> ...

...angti Nakpo revelations including the guru sadhana, Kusum Tuktik. At that time however, he stated the conditions were not right for these additions to the *Kunsang, Erik Pema. ''Wellsprings of the Great Perfection''. Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2006, pp. 294-298 ...

...ntury or more. Nakemura suggests the 4th or 5th century as the most likely time of its composition. Hajime Nakamura, ''Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibli ...āvalī: New Ways to Date an Old Philosopher,” 261–62.</ref> Much later, the great scholar Chandrakirti likely lived in the lower Krishna valley as well. Evid ...

...Many fossils have been found in the valley, too.</ref> that attracted many great saints and masters. The first buddha of the current aeon, Buddha [[Vipashyi Many ages later, during the time of Buddha [[Kashyapa]], the Indian king Pracandadeva left his kingdom of Ga ...

...[[Nyingtik]] lineage, which forms the core of teachings known as Dzogchen (Great Perfection) in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It was written by [[Nyoshul ...ers is represented here, every link in the chain, including masters of our time. . . . It is a milestone, and I do not feel that it will ever be equaled." ...

...ho composed a liturgy and prayer to the Tendrel Nyesel protectors. Another great master on whom Lerab Lingpa bestowed the complete transmission of Tendrel N In time, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche offered the [[empowerment]] and transmission to Hi ...

He went on to study with many other great masters, of all [[four schools|schools of Tibetan Buddhism]], especially [[ ...th in the West, and especially the study and practice of [[Dzogchen]], the Great Perfection. He taught for over forty-five years and founded the internation ...

...e to the [[Mahayana]] path. It is included among the so-called "[[thirteen great texts]]", which form the core of the curriculum in most [[shedra]]s and on ...and concluding practices. A perfect path in itself, it is also at the same time a perfect support for all practitioners of the [[Vajrayana]] teachings in g ...

...] who was an incarnation of one of the initiators of the Rimé movement—the great 19th century master [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. *2001 The [[Rigpa Shedra]] takes place for the first time, with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and [[Ringu Tulku Rinpoche]] giving an intro ...

**Colophon: ''At the time of the degeneration of the mantra teachings, this was written by Rangjung D ...as this was needed, and so I, the fortunate Jigme Khyentse Özer, born in a time when the teachings of the heart-essence of luminosity are in their final pe ...

...an incarnation of the [[dakini]] [[Vajravarahi|Varahi]], at the fortunate time of the fourth day in the third month [AP: of the Fire Dog year (1886)], acc ...t is easy to understand, in accordance with the experiential guidance of a great many old realized masters. Virtue! Mangalam! ...

'''On the Great Perfection''' (''rdzogs chen skor phyogs bsdus'') ...

...m, [[Manjushri]], located in Shanxi Province, China. It is one of the four great sacred Buddhist mountains of China<ref>Wǔtái Shān which is associated wi ...dies'', no. 6 (2011): 31-33.</ref> This then led to the establishment of a great diversity of monasteries and traditions at Wutai Shan. At its height in the ...

...'', descended from '''Önré Dharma Senge''', nephew of Tsangpa Gyarepa, the great founder of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] lineage. Trulshik Rinpoche’s family stil ...ranspired. The spark in the village became extinguished after only a short time, unlike the spark that came to him. ...

...nclusions regarding its background and actual location.</ref> Almost every great Indian Buddhist master who had any significant influence on the development ...e said to have fallen into eight places, which became known as the [[eight great charnel grounds]]. The [[Le'u Dünma]] recounts: “His heart fell in the l ...

...akmé Nyingtik is widely considered the supreme practice to protect all the great holders of the teaching, and to lengthen their lives. ...he expanse of the [[dharmadhatu]], and the combined blessings of the three great masters made it possible for the entire Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik—all the ta ...

...he administration of the country received Jedrung Trinlé Jampa Jungné with great fanfare and offered him the title of Ho Thok Thu. From the senior master Ph ...pa Jungné received from the extraordinary lord Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the great transmission of the [[Nyingtik]] teachings of Dzogchen, as well as [[tantra ...

...came as if excited and flung a stone at it. At once the earth shook with a great crashing sound, as though a whole mountain was subsiding. An aperture in th ...the [[mendrup]] was performed as part of the [[Mönlam Chenmo]], the annual Great Prayer Festival at the New Year in Lhasa, and woodblocks for the entire cyc ...

...ww.tcheulang.org/namtrul-rinpoche-tare-lhamo/</Ref> It is said that at the time of her birth, there were several indications that she was a [[tulku]], such ...he Tsogyal herself. Incarnation of the two in essence, she will accomplish great benefits for sentient beings to a scale even greater than our own sons”.< ...

...nakara, [[Naropa]], Métripa, and the Kashmiri Yashobhadra.<ref>The Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary says ''dgyes pa rdo rje'i lugs srol bdun: slob dpon mtsh ...nto Chinese by Dharmapala (Fahu) in 1055 CE and in Tibetan around the same time by [[Drokmi Lotsawa]] and [[Gayadhara]].<ref>See the article on Hevajra in ...

...at to offer. To whom do I make these offerings. The power of offering to great beings with pure heart. Why offering is necessary. About offering to the ...te of mind. Working and working with people is practice. Every time is a time to practice. ...

...ring the reign of Tibet's [[ King Trisong Detsen]] in the 8th century, the great translator [[Vairotsana]] visited the Gyalrong area. In 1410 [[ Tsongkhapa ...tually inaccessible until the mid-20th century, when the quasi-independent time of the ferocious tribes was followed by the seclusionist period of communis ...

...ographies state that Humkara is the master obtained after having displayed great advancement in his meditation practice.</ref> The short biography of Vaidya ...ly in ancient Nepal (i.e. the Kathmandu valley)<ref name="ftn4">In ancient time Nepal merely consisted of the Kathmandu valley and its surrounding areas. I ...

...name objects, as, for example, when you encounter something for the first time and therefore do not recognize it. This is the common experience of childre *[[Khenpo Palden Sherab]] Rinpoche, ''Ceasless Echoes of the Great Silence, a Commentary on the Heart Sutra''. Translated by Khenpo Tsewang Do ...

...ng possession of the vast grasslands in today’s Golok Prefecture. At that time, Buddhism started to spread among the Golok tribes (15th century). This ea ...), the first son of Dudjom Lingpa. He was a renowned scholar who built the great temples of Dodrup Chode, and established a non-sectarian college as well as ...

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...o]]'', the ''[[Seven Profound Cycles]]'', and the ''[[Three Classes of the Great Perfection]]''. ...s special blessings, appears in the biography of Orgyen Rinpoche which the great incarnate treasure-revealer Chokgyur Lingpa took from Karmé Damchen Drak.' ...

*'''A Great Secret: An Expression of Realizations about my Visionary Experiences Entitl **English translation: ''A Great Secret: An Expression of Realizations about my Visionary Experiences Entitl ...

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...ng these verses melodiously three times. This should be done only before a great empowerment or teaching; it is not for ordinary situations. It is said that ...lessings and realization will arise from within. As everyone laughs in the great performance of illusion, Ha! Ha! Let the mind burst into laughter too. Let ...