Jamyang khyentse chökyi lodrö

Dilgo khyentse rinpoche
Jamyang khyentse rinpoche
Life of jamyang khyentse wangpo

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From the 1850s, Khyentse Wangpo collaborated so closely with Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa that the three became known as the “great triumvirate.” Khyentse Wangpo revealed innumerable treasures in tandem with Chokgyur Lingpa, and in partnership with Jamgön Kongtrul he was responsible for the collections that became known as the Five Treasuries (Dzö Nga)—most notably the Treasury of Precious Termas (Rinchen Terdzö) and the Treasury of Precious Instructions (Damngak Dzö). He worked with Jamyang Loter Wangpo to compile the collection of empowerment manuals known as the Compendium of Tantras (Gyude Kuntu), as well as the collection of liturgies known as the Compendium of Sādhanas (Drubtab Kuntu). He also produced eight volumes of songs and instructions from the Eight Practice Lineages (Drubgyu Shingta Gyekyi Sheldam Sung Gur).

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo became an authority on the various teachings and lineages from the different schools of Buddhism in Tibet, as well as the Bön tradition. Rejecting sectarian bias, he encouraged his students to appreciate

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Blo gros phun tshogs. 1994. 'Jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse sku phreng gong 'og gi rnam thar. Chengdu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang.

Grags pa 'byung gnas. 1992. Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon ming mdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, pp. 632-633.

'Jam mgon kong sprul yon tan rgya mtsho. 1976. Zab mo'i gter dang gter ston grub thob ji ltar byon pa'i lo rgyus mdor bsdus bkod pa rin chen vaidurya'i phreng ba. In Rin chen gter mdzod, vol. 1, pp. 291-759. Paro, Bhutan: Lama Ngodrup and Sherab Drimey. Biography of Khyentse Wangpo is pages 659-679.

'Jam mgon kong sprul yon tan rgya mtsho. 2002 (1893). Rje btsun bla ma thams cad mkhyen cin gzigs ba 'Jam dbyang mkhyen brtse'i dbang po kun dga' bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan dpal bzang po'i rnam thar bdor bsdus ba ngo mtshar udumbra'i dag 'tsal. In Rgya chen bka' mdzo, vol. 10, 1-236. New Delhi: Shechen. This text is also available at the Sde dge par khang.

'Jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po. 1975. 'Jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po'i rnam thar snying por dril ba. In Writings of Dpal-me mkhyen-brtse kun-b

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The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche

Background

In Tibet, the Land of Snows, the teachings of the Buddha were transmitted in many lineages. It is often said that the study lineages were supported by 'ten great pillars,'[1] and the ‘eight chariots’[2] or practice lineages were supported by ‘eight great pillars.’[3]

The teachings that were transmitted from India to Tibet from the seventh century reign of the Dharma King Songtsen Gampo[4] until around the ninth or tenth century came to be known as the Ancient Teachings of the Early Translations (Ngagyur Nyingma). This name ‘Nyingma’ or ‘Ancient Ones’ was not something the Nyingmapas came up with themselves; it was first used by the schools of the ‘New Tradition’, or ‘Sarma,’ because they saw the Nyingma as an ancient tradition in comparison with their own. The period of transition between old and new schools is usually given as the era of the great translator Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055). Whatever translations appeared before his time are called ‘Ancient’, whereas his