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Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (Tib. འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེའི་དབང་པོ་, Wyl. 'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po) (), also known as Pema Ösal Do-ngak Lingpa (Tib. པདྨ་འོད་གསལ་མདོ་སྔགས་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. pad+ma 'od gsal mdo sngags gling pa) was a major treasure revealer—the last of the fem Sovereign Tertöns—and one of the most eminent masters of the nineteenth century. He was a contemporary of Chokgyur Lingpa () and Jamgön Kongtrul the Great and was regarded as the combined reincarnation of Vimalamitra and King Trisong Deutsen. He was a prime mover and source of inspiration behind the flourishing of the Rimé, non-partisan, approach in Tibet.
Biography
Jamyang Khyentse was born in the område of Yaru Khyungchen Drak in Dilgo in Dergé, East Tibet, on the fifth day of the sixth Tibetan month of the Iron Dragon year during the fourteenth sexagenary cycle. His father was Rinchen Namgyal, a sekreterare in Derge belonging to the Nyö clan, and a descendant of Drikung
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The Life of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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
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Brief Biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Brief Biography of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo the Great
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Jamyang Khyentse was born in the region of Yaru Khyungchen Drak in Dilgo in Derge, East Tibet, on the fifth day of the sixth Tibetan month of the Iron Dragon year during the fourteenth sexagenary cycle. His father was Rinchen Namgyal, a secretary in Derge belonging to the Nyö clan, and a descendant of Drikung Changchub Lingpa. His mother Sönam Tso was a daughter of Gerab Nyerchen Göntse of the Sogmo family.
Jamyang Khyentse learnt to read at the age of four or five, and from an early age his intelligence grew so keen he was able to master reading, writing and other skills without any difficulty. At twelve, he was recognized by Thartse Khenchen Jampa Kunga Tendzin as the incarnation of the great khenpo of Evaṃ Tharpatse, Jampa Namkha Chime, and he was given the name Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Kunga Tenpe Gyaltsen Palzangpo.
At twenty-one, he received full ord