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| − | '''[[Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་བཟང་པོ་]]}}, Wyl. ''[[tshul khrims bzang po]]'') aka '''[[Tulku Tsullo]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཚུལ་ལོ]]}}, Wyl. ''[[sprul sku tshul lo]]'') (1884-c.1957<ref>The [[birth]] year of 1884 is given in [[Tulku]] Thondup's ''[[Masters]] of [[Meditation]] and [[Miracles]]''. According to the Khordong [[monastery]] website he [[died]] at the age of seventy-three. We know that he wrote the secret {{Wiki|biography}} of [[Tertön Sogyal]] in 1942.</ref>) — one of the greatest [[Tibetan]] [[scholars]] of recent times, was an important student of [[Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa]], as well as the author of his secret {{Wiki|biography}} and a lineage-holder of his [[terma]] teachings. He was also a student of the Third [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] and of Amye [[Khenpo]] Damchö Özer of [[Dodrupchen Monastery]]. [[Khenpo]] Damchö said of him on one occasion, “I am just a {{Wiki|dog}}, but I have a [[lion]] for a student.” Although it was notoriously difficult to meet Dodrup [[Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] in his later years, Tsullo was able to do so because of his work as a scribe. He copied many texts for [[Dodrupchen]] Rinpoche’s personal library and used the work as an opportunity to get access to [[Rinpoche]] and to receive clarifications. | + | |
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| + | '''[[Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་བཟང་པོ་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[tshul khrims bzang po]]'') aka '''[[Tulku Tsullo]]''' ({{BigTibetan|[[སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཚུལ་ལོ]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[sprul sku tshul lo]]'') (1884-c.1957<ref>The [[birth]] year of 1884 is given in [[Tulku]] Thondup's ''[[Masters]] of [[Meditation]] and [[Miracles]]''. According to the Khordong [[monastery]] website he [[died]] at the age of seventy-three. We know that he wrote the secret {{Wiki|biography}} of [[Tertön Sogyal]] in 1942.</ref>) — one of the greatest [[Tibetan]] [[scholars]] of recent times, was an important [[student]] of [[Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa]], as well as the author of his secret {{Wiki|biography}} and a lineage-holder of his [[terma]] teachings. He was also a [[student]] of the Third [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] and of Amye [[Khenpo]] Damchö Özer of [[Dodrupchen Monastery]]. [[Khenpo]] Damchö said of him on one occasion, “I am just a {{Wiki|dog}}, but I have a [[lion]] for a [[student]].” Although it was notoriously difficult to meet Dodrup [[Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] in his later years, Tsullo was able to do so because of his work as a scribe. He copied many texts for [[Dodrupchen]] [[Rinpoche’s]] personal library and used the work as an opportunity to get access to [[Rinpoche]] and to receive clarifications. | ||
[[Image:Shukchung monastery.jpg|thumb|[[Shukjung Monastery]] photo [[courtesy]] of Matteo Pistono]] | [[Image:Shukchung monastery.jpg|thumb|[[Shukjung Monastery]] photo [[courtesy]] of Matteo Pistono]] | ||
| − | [[Tsultrim Zangpo’s]] father was Gönpo Wangyal and his mother was Shyiwam Tso, daughter of Khordong Terchen Nüden [[Dorje]]. His main residence was at [[Shukjung Monastery]] in the Do Valley, which is located about 15 to 20 {{Wiki|miles}} from [[Dodrupchen Monastery]] and which belongs to the [[Northern Treasures]] [[tradition]]. He also spent [[time]] at Khordong [[Monastery]], which was under the care of his younger brother, [[Gyurme Dorje]]. | + | [[Tsultrim Zangpo’s]] father was [[Gönpo]] [[Wangyal]] and his mother was Shyiwam Tso, daughter of Khordong Terchen Nüden [[Dorje]]. His main residence was at [[Shukjung Monastery]] in the Do Valley, which is located about 15 to 20 {{Wiki|miles}} from [[Dodrupchen Monastery]] and which belongs to the [[Northern Treasures]] [[tradition]]. He also spent [[time]] at Khordong [[Monastery]], which was under the care of his younger brother, [[Gyurme Dorje]]. |
Those who saw him say that he looked statuesque, seated in [[meditation]] [[posture]], hardly ever moving, and with an impressive white beard. | Those who saw him say that he looked statuesque, seated in [[meditation]] [[posture]], hardly ever moving, and with an impressive white beard. | ||
| − | He was the [[root teacher]] of Khordong Tertrul Chime Rigdzin, popularly known as [[C.R. Lama]] (1922-2002), as well as Tulku Gyenlo and Zhichen Öntrul, who passed away recently in [[Tibet]]. | + | He was the [[root teacher]] of Khordong Tertrul [[Chime]] [[Rigdzin]], popularly known as [[C.R. Lama]] (1922-2002), as well as [[Tulku]] Gyenlo and Zhichen Öntrul, who passed away recently in [[Tibet]]. |
| − | He had two main [[reincarnations]], [[Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche]] of Nango Gonpa Trango and [[Tulku Lungtok]]. | + | He had two main [[reincarnations]], [[Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche]] of Nango [[Gonpa]] Trango and [[Tulku Lungtok]]. |
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
| − | [[Tsultrim Zangpo]] was a [[monk]] who upheld the [[Vinaya]], as well as an accomplished [[tantric]] {{Wiki|adept}}, and among his writings is a two-volume commentary on [[Ngari Panchen]]’s ''[[Ascertainment of the Three Types of Vows]]'' ({{BigTibetan|[[སྡོམ་གསུམ་རྣམ་ངེས་]]}}, ''[[sdom gsum rnam nges]]''), as well as several texts on [[Dzogchen]], including an instruction manual ({{BigTibetan|ཁྲིད་ཡིག་}}, ''khrid yig'') for the [[Gongpa Zangthal]], which has been translated into English by [[Tulku Thondup]], and a commentary on the famous ''[[Prayer of Kuntuzangpo]]''. His other writings include a commentary to [[Padmasambhava]]’s ''[[The Garland of Views: An Instruction|Garland of Views]]'' and many works related to the [[tantra]]s of the [[Sarma|New Translation]] [[tradition]]. | + | [[Tsultrim Zangpo]] was a [[monk]] who upheld the [[Vinaya]], as well as an accomplished [[tantric]] {{Wiki|adept}}, and among his writings is a two-volume commentary on [[Ngari Panchen]]’s ''[[Ascertainment of the Three Types of Vows]]'' ({{BigTibetan|[[སྡོམ་གསུམ་རྣམ་ངེས་]]}}, ''[[sdom gsum rnam nges]]''), as well as several texts on [[Dzogchen]], including an instruction manual ({{BigTibetan|ཁྲིད་ཡིག་}}, ''[[khrid yig]]'') for the [[Gongpa Zangthal]], which has been translated into English by [[Tulku Thondup]], and a commentary on the famous ''[[Prayer of Kuntuzangpo]]''. His other writings include a commentary to [[Padmasambhava]]’s ''[[The Garland of Views: An Instruction|Garland of Views]]'' and many works related to the [[tantra]]s of the [[Sarma|New Translation]] [[tradition]]. |
His unpublished commentary on [[Jikmé Lingpa]]'s ''[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]]'', based on teachings by [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]], was recently discovered in [[Tibet]]. | His unpublished commentary on [[Jikmé Lingpa]]'s ''[[Treasury of Precious Qualities]]'', based on teachings by [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]], was recently discovered in [[Tibet]]. | ||
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Tulku Tsultrim Zangpo (Tib. ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས་བཟང་པོ་, Wyl. tshul khrims bzang po) aka Tulku Tsullo (སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་ཚུལ་ལོ, Wyl. sprul sku tshul lo) (1884-c.1957[1]) — one of the greatest Tibetan scholars of recent times, was an important student of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, as well as the author of his secret biography and a lineage-holder of his terma teachings. He was also a student of the Third Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima and of Amye Khenpo Damchö Özer of Dodrupchen Monastery. Khenpo Damchö said of him on one occasion, “I am just a dog, but I have a lion for a student.” Although it was notoriously difficult to meet Dodrup Jikmé Tenpé Nyima in his later years, Tsullo was able to do so because of his work as a scribe. He copied many texts for Dodrupchen Rinpoche’s personal library and used the work as an opportunity to get access to Rinpoche and to receive clarifications.
Tsultrim Zangpo’s father was Gönpo Wangyal and his mother was Shyiwam Tso, daughter of Khordong Terchen Nüden Dorje. His main residence was at Shukjung Monastery in the Do Valley, which is located about 15 to 20 miles from Dodrupchen Monastery and which belongs to the Northern Treasures tradition. He also spent time at Khordong Monastery, which was under the care of his younger brother, Gyurme Dorje.
Those who saw him say that he looked statuesque, seated in meditation posture, hardly ever moving, and with an impressive white beard.
He was the root teacher of Khordong Tertrul Chime Rigdzin, popularly known as C.R. Lama (1922-2002), as well as Tulku Gyenlo and Zhichen Öntrul, who passed away recently in Tibet.
He had two main reincarnations, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche of Nango Gonpa Trango and Tulku Lungtok.
Writings
Tsultrim Zangpo was a monk who upheld the Vinaya, as well as an accomplished tantric adept, and among his writings is a two-volume commentary on Ngari Panchen’s Ascertainment of the Three Types of Vows (སྡོམ་གསུམ་རྣམ་ངེས་, sdom gsum rnam nges), as well as several texts on Dzogchen, including an instruction manual (ཁྲིད་ཡིག་, khrid yig) for the Gongpa Zangthal, which has been translated into English by Tulku Thondup, and a commentary on the famous Prayer of Kuntuzangpo. His other writings include a commentary to Padmasambhava’s Garland of Views and many works related to the tantras of the New Translation tradition.
His unpublished commentary on Jikmé Lingpa's Treasury of Precious Qualities, based on teachings by Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, was recently discovered in Tibet.
See also: Collected works of Tulku Tsullo
Footnotes
- ↑ The birth year of 1884 is given in Tulku Thondup's Masters of Meditation and Miracles. According to the Khordong monastery website he died at the age of seventy-three. We know that he wrote the secret biography of Tertön Sogyal in 1942.
Further Reading
- Dalai Lamad in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection, Wisdom Publications, 2007
