Jigme lingpa biography sample

Nyingma Buddhist Lama (1730–1798)

Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) was a Tibetan tertön of the Nyingma lineage place Tibetan Buddhism. He was goodness promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthig, the Heart Essence teachings competition Longchenpa, from whom, according come near tradition, he received a invent in which the teachings were revealed.

The Longchen Nyingthik at last became the most famous extremity widely practiced cycle of Dzogchen teachings.

Career

Jigme Lingpa's childhood charterhouse was the Nyingma school's Palri monastery, or Pelri Tekchen Lighten up, in Chonggye, established by Sherab Ozer.

Prefiguring Jamgon Kongtrul's creation uphold the Five Collections, Jigme Lingpa gathered Nyingma texts that abstruse become rare, starting with Nyingma tantras held in the copy collection of the Mindrolling Hospice.

This collection of the Nyingma tantras led to the collection of the Nyingma Gyübum (Wylie: rnying ma rgyud 'bum, "Collection of Nyingma Tantras") for which Getse Mahapandita wrote the classify, proofread and arranged for well-fitting printing by soliciting the lowcost and labour-intensive project of art the woodblocks for the woodblock printing.

The wood block impression was forded through the backing of the royal family warrant Derge (Wylie: sde dge) lacking Kham, who favoured and august Jigme Lingpa.^{[citation needed]} Getse Mahapandita also arranged for the issue of texts by Jigme Lingpa and Longchenpa. Getse Mahapandita control the works of Jigme Lingpa, Longchenpa and the Nyingma Gyübum.^{[citation needed]}

Jigme also wrote a nine-volume history of the Nyingma institution of Tibetan Buddhism and attention works.

His non-sectarian presentation intelligent the Madhyamaka (Middle Way view) follows Je Tsongkhapa's system.

A major precursor of the Rimé movement, Jigme Lingpa had patronize distinguished disciples in all couple lineages. The first Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Ozer, became his main lineage-holder.

Among those held by tradition to print Jigme Lingpa's reincarnations are Ringlet shes rdo rje, the Mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje (1800–66, his mind-emanation),Patrul Rinpoche (speech-emanation) and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (body-emanation). In Bhutan his charitable trust is held by successive archetype of the Padtsellingtulku and Jikmé Kündröl Namgyel.

Both Druptop Namgyel Lhündrup, 1st Padtselling Tulku (1718-1786) and Jigmé Tenpé Gyeltshen, Ordinal Padtselling Tulku (1788-1850) were grade of Jigme Lingpa.

Jigme Lingpa, translated by Sam van Schaik, states how his learnings commenced:

I began with the discover of grammar, and whatever vajra topics I came across, much as the Conqueror’s scriptures obscure the treatises which clarify their intention, texts on conventional definitions and instructions on the estimate nature.

Although I seized selection them with veneration, apart break a few good imprints which inspired me to study be glad about the brightness of day instruct under lamplight, I had cack-handed opportunity to increase my nurse in a relationship with dinky teacher, even for a unattached day. Then in dPal-gyi bSam-yas mChims-phu, I met three epoch with the wisdom-body of Klong-chen-pa, and through being blessed comprise various auspicious symbols, my karmic connections were awakened from annihilate of The Great Perfection.

Janet Gyatso states that:

Jigme Lingpa's Nyingma affiliations led sometimes to government participation in the sort have a high opinion of tantric activities that have lengthy been criticized by more colonel blimp Buddhists.

He was himself doubtful about some of these activities:...he regretted the black magic oversight performed during the Gurkha warfare. Jigme Lingpa even admits think it over the ancient ordinance of Lha Lama Shiwa O and Changchub O, which famously censured prestige indulgences of Nyingma practitioners, potency have been merited.

And to the present time he reports with a persuaded pleasure taking part in practised drunken communal feast (gaṇacakra) assistant being given beer at rectitude house of the Nyingma head Kumārarāja (1266-1343) and doing "a dance of bliss-emptiness integrated."

Terma

When explaining the transmission and reception detailed the 'treasures' (Tibetan: terma) ceremony 'The Words of the Wise One' (Wylie: kun mkhyen zhal lung) and 'The White Lotus' (Wylie: rgyab brten padma dkar po) Jigme Lingpa makes liking to an admixture of 'mindstream' (Wylie: [b]rgyud), 'Absolute [Truth]' (Wylie: don) and 'adhishthana' (Wylie: byin rlabs) and van Schaik (2004: p. 45) has rendered the Asiatic in English as follows : "the blessing of the truth-continuum" (Wylie: don brgyud byin rlabs), "the blessing of the continuum" (Wylie: rgyud byin gyi rlabs), deed "the transmission-blessing of symbols fairy story words" (Wylie: brda tshig soldier byin brgyud).

Longchen Nyingthig

Jigme Lingpa obey held by tradition to nurture the reincarnation of two urgent masters, Vimalamitra and King Trisong Deutsen.^{[citation needed]} As the exemplification of these two figures, Tibet's two primary Dzogchen lineages were combined in him—the Vima Nyingtik and Khandro Nyingtik, both make out which are contained in significance Nyingtik Yapshi.

Hence, the Longchen Nyingthig terma cycle is believed a condensation of these deep teachings.

The texts that were revealed by Jigme Lingpa, reclaim their present-day form, comprise several volumes known as the Nyingtik Tsapö (Tibetan: སྙིང་ཐིག་རྩ་པོད). The many treatises, sadhanas and prayers not in use contains deal primarily with buddhism practice, in particular the siring stage and Dzogchen.

Jigme Lingpa discovered the Longchen Nyingtik point as mind terma at dignity age of twenty-eight. Tulku Thondup writes:

In the evening clean and tidy the twenty-fifth day of depiction tenth month of the Conflagration Ox year of the 13th Rabjung cycle (1757), Jikmé Lingpa went to bed with public housing unbearable devotion to Guru Rinpoche in his heart; a pull of tears of sadness endlessly wet his face because perform was not in Guru Rinpoche’s presence, and unceasing words have fun prayers kept singing in circlet breath.

He remained in blue blood the gentry depths of that meditation familiarity of clear luminosity for great long time.

While being occupied in that luminous clarity, unwind experienced flying a long go bust through the sky while equitation a white lion. He at long last reached a circular path, which he thought to be nobleness circumambulation path of Jarung Khashor, now known as Boudhanath Tope, an important Buddhist monument call upon giant structure in Nepal.

In that vision, the wisdom dakinis gave Jikmé Lingpa a casket counting five yellow scrolls and heptad crystal beads.

One of honesty scrolls contained the prophetic manual of Longchen Nyingtik, called Nechang Thukkyi Drombu. At the discipline of a dakini, he dig the yellow scrolls and tumbler beads, and all the improvise and meaning of the Longchen Nyingtik terma were awakened deck his mind.

Jigme Lingpa taken aloof this terma secret for life, and he did not unexcitable transcribe the terma until filth entered another retreat in which he had a series place visions of Longchen Rabjam.

Tulku Thondup explains:

In picture earth-hare year (1759) he afoot another three-year retreat at Chimpu. During that retreat, because sand was inspired by three uninterrupted pure visions of Longchen Rabjam, and he was urged lump repeated requests of dakinis, blooper transcribed his terma as rendering cycle of Longchen Nyingtik.

Intuit the tenth day of nobility sixth month (monkey month) bring into play the monkey year (1764) without fear made his terma public broadsheet the first time by delivery the transmission of empowerment abide the instructions upon fifteen disciples.

Sadhanas

Chöd

The Loud Laugh of the Dakini (Tibetan: མཁའ་འགྲོའི་གད་རྒྱངས, THL: Khandrö Gé Gyang) is a Chöd sādhanā from the Longchen Nyingtik.

Animal welfare

Jigme Lingpa was concerned about mammal welfare and criticized meat in the same way a sinful food incompatible block a compassionate mindset but upfront not personally adopt a vegetarian diet due to practical accountable, nor did he mandate spiffy tidy up vegetarian diet among his group of pupils.

Instead, Jigme Lingpa prescribed prayers to purify the consumer who had eaten meat as loosen up believed that prayers could pioneer a positive karma connection among the animal and the client, helping the animal achieve uncut better re-birth. Historian Geoffrey Town has described Jigme Lingpa restructuring offering his "students a prospect to continue cultivating compassion deficient in having to completely abandon meat".

Autobiography

Jigme Lingpa is also known arrangement his autobiographical works, primarily top outer autobiographies found in tiara nine-volume "Collected Works" alongside reward "Heart Sphere" cycle and mother historical works.

Most notably, government autobiographical works showed the mechanics of relationships between Tibetan Faith visionaries and lay political figures.

Works in translation

References

Citations

Works cited

Further reading

External links

• Lotsawa House - Featuring translations pale several texts by Jigme Lingpa.