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'''[[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་}}, [[Wyl.]] ''‘[[jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros]]'') (1893-1959) was an [[activity]] [[incarnation]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]], and perhaps the most outstanding [[Tibetan master]] of the twentieth century. Authority on all [[traditions]] and holder of all [[lineages]], he was the [[heart]] of the [[Rimé]] ({{Wiki|ecumenical}}) {{Wiki|movement}} [[in Tibet]].  He was the [[master]] who recognised [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] as the [[incarnation]] of [[Tertön Sogyal]] and brought him up.<ref>See the Preface to ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]''.</ref>
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'''[[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་}}, [[Wyl.]] ''‘[[jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros]]'') (1893-1959) was an [[activity]] [[incarnation]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]], and perhaps the most outstanding [[Tibetan master]] of the twentieth century.  
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Authority on all [[traditions]] and holder of all [[lineages]], he was the [[heart]] of the [[Rimé]] ({{Wiki|ecumenical}}) {{Wiki|movement}} [[in Tibet]].   
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He was the [[master]] who recognised [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] as the [[incarnation]] of [[Tertön Sogyal]] and brought him up.<ref>See the Preface to ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]''.</ref>
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=={{Wiki|Biography}}==
 
=={{Wiki|Biography}}==
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===[[Birth]] and Early [[Life]]===
 
===[[Birth]] and Early [[Life]]===
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He was born in 1893 at a place called Sa-ngen or Rekhe Ajam, near [[Kathok Monastery]] in [[eastern Tibet]], [[south]] of [[Derge]]. His father was [[Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso]] of [[Amdo]] and was a [[tantra|tantric]] [[master]]. His mother was [[Tsultrim Tso]].
 
  
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In 1900 at the age of seven, he was brought to [[Kathok Monastery]], and [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]] [[recognized]] him ceremonially as the [[activity]] [[emanation]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]. In the following years of his youth he was tutored by [[Khenpo Thupten]] in {{Wiki|grammar}}, [[astrology]], [[Sanskrit]], and in [[Buddhist philosophy]]. By the time he was thirteen he had received the [[transmission]] of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]], and an introduction to [[Dzogchen]] [[meditation]].
 
  
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When he was fifteen he moved to [[Dzongsar Monastery]], the seat of the previous [[Khyenste Wangpo]]. He studied [[Abhidharma]] and [[Madhyamaka]] [[philosophy]], and soon began [[teaching]] [[Buddhist texts]] to several students there. From the time he was seventeen, he received [[Sakya]] school [[transmissions]] such as [[Lamdré Lopshé]] and the [[Hevajra Tantra]], and many [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] teachings.
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He was born in 1893 at a place called Sa-ngen or Rekhe Ajam, near [[Kathok Monastery]] in [[eastern Tibet]], [[south]] of [[Derge]].  
  
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In 1919, when he was twenty six, he went to [[Dzogchen Monastery]] and received [[ordination]] as a [[monk]]. Later in the same year he established a [[shedra]] at [[Dzongsar Monastery]]. At [[Shechen monastery]], he received a number of [[transmissions]] from [[Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal]], who became one of his [[principal]] [[masters]]. The next few years of his [[life]] he visited many [[monasteries]] of the [[four schools|four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism]], and received [[transmissions]] and [[lineage]] teachings from various [[teachers]].
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His father was [[Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso]] of [[Amdo]] and was a [[tantra|tantric]] [[master]]. His mother was [[Tsultrim Tso]].
  
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Then in 1926 he went on a [[pilgrimage]] to {{Wiki|Central Tibet}}, and at the main [[Nyingma monastery]] of [[Mindroling]] took [[ordination]] as a [[monk]] for a second time. Just before he returned to his home region in [[Eastern Tibet]], [[Kathok Situ Gyatso]] of [[Kathok Monastery]] [[died]]. After this, for the next fifteen years [[Chökyi Lodrö]] took part in the administration of [[Kathok Monastery]], which is home of the [[Kathok lineage]] teachings of the [[Nyingma]]. He continued to {{Wiki|perfect}}, and accomplish the [[meditations]] and the [[sadhana]]s of all the [[Tibetan traditions]], becoming a true [[Rimé master]], who was able to teach both {{Wiki|analytical philosophy}} and the performance of practices leading to [[realization]] from the various  
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In 1900 at the age of seven, he was brought to [[Kathok Monastery]], and [[Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso]] [[recognized]] him ceremonially as the [[activity]] [[emanation]] of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]].
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In the following years of his youth he was tutored by [[Khenpo Thupten]] in {{Wiki|grammar}}, [[astrology]], [[Sanskrit]], and in [[Buddhist philosophy]].
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By the time he was thirteen he had received the [[transmission]] of the [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]], and an introduction to [[Dzogchen]] [[meditation]].
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When he was fifteen he moved to [[Dzongsar Monastery]], the seat of the previous [[Khyenste Wangpo]].
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He studied [[Abhidharma]] and [[Madhyamaka]] [[philosophy]], and soon began [[teaching]] [[Buddhist texts]] to several students there.
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From the time he was seventeen, he received [[Sakya]] school [[transmissions]] such as [[Lamdré Lopshé]] and the [[Hevajra Tantra]], and many [[Nyingma]] [[terma]] teachings.
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In 1919, when he was twenty six, he went to [[Dzogchen Monastery]] and received [[ordination]] as a [[monk]]. Later in the same year he established a [[shedra]] at [[Dzongsar Monastery]].
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At [[Shechen monastery]], he received a number of [[transmissions]] from [[Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal]], who became one of his [[principal]] [[masters]].
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The next few years of his [[life]] he visited many [[monasteries]] of the [[four schools|four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism]], and received [[transmissions]] and [[lineage]] teachings from various [[teachers]].
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Then in 1926 he went on a [[pilgrimage]] to {{Wiki|Central Tibet}}, and at the main [[Nyingma monastery]] of [[Mindroling]] took [[ordination]] as a [[monk]] for a second time.  
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Just before he returned to his home region in [[Eastern Tibet]], [[Kathok Situ Gyatso]] of [[Kathok Monastery]] [[died]].  
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After this, for the next fifteen years [[Chökyi Lodrö]] took part in the administration of [[Kathok Monastery]], which is home of the [[Kathok lineage]] teachings of the [[Nyingma]].  
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He continued to {{Wiki|perfect}}, and accomplish the [[meditations]] and the [[sadhana]]s of all the [[Tibetan traditions]], becoming a true [[Rimé master]], who was able to teach both {{Wiki|analytical philosophy}} and the performance of practices leading to [[realization]] from the various  
 
[[lineages]].
 
[[lineages]].
  
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In the 1940s he studied with the leading [[Vajrayana]] [[masters]] from all over [[Tibet]], and continued receiving [[transmissions]] from the [[Gelugpa]], [[Nyingma]], [[Sakya]] and [[Kagyü]] schools. He developed a reputation during that {{Wiki|era}} as being a [[Rimé master]] ''par [[excellence]]'', and many of the new generation of  [[Lamas]] who would bring [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the [[West]] began to see him as their [[master]]. Thus he became a [[teacher]] and guide for [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] and [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]. He was a major influence on a very young [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]], who first met him in 1945, and he is also mentioned with awe by [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] in his {{Wiki|biography}}.
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In the 1940s he studied with the leading [[Vajrayana]] [[masters]] from all over [[Tibet]], and continued receiving [[transmissions]] from the [[Gelugpa]], [[Nyingma]], [[Sakya]] and [[Kagyü]] schools.  
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He developed a reputation during that {{Wiki|era}} as being a [[Rimé master]] ''par [[excellence]]'', and many of the new generation of  [[Lamas]] who would bring [[Tibetan Buddhism]] to the [[West]] began to see him as their [[master]].  
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Thus he became a [[teacher]] and guide for [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Dezhung Rinpoche]] and [[Sogyal Rinpoche]].  
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He was a major influence on a very young [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]], who first met him in 1945, and he is also mentioned with awe by [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] in his {{Wiki|biography}}.
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===Later [[Life]] and [[Parinirvana]]===
 
===Later [[Life]] and [[Parinirvana]]===
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[[Image:Gangtok Tsuklakhang.jpg|thumb|left|[[Palace Monastery]], [[Gangtok]], where [[Jamyang Khyentse]] spent the final years of his [[life]]]]
 
[[Image:Gangtok Tsuklakhang.jpg|thumb|left|[[Palace Monastery]], [[Gangtok]], where [[Jamyang Khyentse]] spent the final years of his [[life]]]]
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He became seriously ill in 1949, when he was fifty six years old. According to the {{Wiki|prophecies}} of [[Khyentse Wangpo]], of [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé]] and from his [[own]] {{Wiki|prophecies}}, in order to remove [[obstacles]] to his longevity, and so he could continue to teach [[Dharma]], it was necessary for him to take a [[spiritual consort]]. He [[married]] [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] (b. 1929) that same year, and rapidly recovered his [[health]].
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He became seriously ill in 1949, when he was fifty six years old.  
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According to the {{Wiki|prophecies}} of [[Khyentse Wangpo]], of [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé]] and from his [[own]] {{Wiki|prophecies}}, in order to remove [[obstacles]] to his longevity, and so he could continue to teach [[Dharma]], it was necessary for him to take a [[spiritual consort]].  
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He [[married]] [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]] (b. 1929) that same year, and rapidly recovered his [[health]].
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In 1955 as the situation for [[monasteries]] continued to worsen in [[Eastern Tibet]], he traveled to [[Lhasa]].
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While there, he was invited to [[Tsurphu]] to give teachings and [[empowerments]] to the [[16th Karmapa]], [[Rangjung Rigpé Dorje]].
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In turn the [[Karmapa]] gave him an [[empowerment]] in the [[red]] [[form]] of [[Avalokiteshvara]], a historic, personal [[yidam]] of the [[Karmapa]]s.
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In [[Lhasa]] he stayed at the [[Samdrup Podrang]] and had several meetings with [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] at the [[Potala Palace]]. At [[Mindroling]] he gave the [[empowerment]] of [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]].
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He also visited [[Sakya Monastery]], where he gave the most important [[Lamdré]] [[transmissions]] in the great [[temple]] hall.
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He then commenced a [[pilgrimage]] to [[India]]. He visited sites [[sacred]] to [[Buddhism]] in [[Nepal]] and [[India]], and then at the invitation of the [[King]] of [[Sikkim]], took up residence in the [[Palace Monastery]] in [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]].
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In the final four years of his [[life]], the Palace [[Temple]] where he resided became a [[spiritual]] center.
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By this time he was known as a [[Master]] of [[masters]], and his presence attracted many [[lamas]] from [[Tibet]], who came to receive [[transmissions]] from him. According to [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] one could ask him for clarification about some point, in any of the [[termas]] from any of the numerous [[lineages]], and he always had an answer.
  
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In 1955 as the situation for [[monasteries]] continued to worsen in [[Eastern Tibet]], he traveled to [[Lhasa]]. While there, he was invited to [[Tsurphu]] to give teachings and [[empowerments]] to the [[16th Karmapa]], [[Rangjung Rigpé Dorje]]. In turn the [[Karmapa]] gave him an [[empowerment]] in the [[red]] [[form]] of [[Avalokiteshvara]], a historic, personal [[yidam]] of the [[Karmapa]]s.  
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At the age of sixty-seven, in early 1959 with the {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Communist]] [[Wikipedia:Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|invasion of Tibet]] underway, he again became seriously ill.  
  
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In [[Lhasa]] he stayed at the [[Samdrup Podrang]] and had several meetings with [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] at the [[Potala Palace]]. At [[Mindroling]] he gave the [[empowerment]] of [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]]. He also visited [[Sakya Monastery]], where he gave the most important [[Lamdré]] [[transmissions]] in the great [[temple]] hall.
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[[Prayers]] and [[rituals]] for his long [[life]] were performed day and night, by all the [[lineages]] in [[Sikkim]]. Despite these devoted [[spiritual]] efforts, he [[died]].  
  
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He then commenced a [[pilgrimage]] to [[India]]. He visited sites [[sacred]] to [[Buddhism]] in [[Nepal]] and [[India]], and then at the invitation of the [[King]] of [[Sikkim]], took up residence in the [[Palace Monastery]] in [[Gangtok]], [[Sikkim]]. In the final four years of his [[life]], the Palace [[Temple]] where he resided became a [[spiritual]] center. By this time he was known as a [[Master]] of [[masters]], and his presence attracted many [[lamas]] from [[Tibet]], who came to receive [[transmissions]] from him. According to [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]] one could ask him for clarification about some point, in any of the [[termas]] from any of the numerous [[lineages]], and he always had an answer.
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According to [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] he [[died]] in the '[[sleeping lion's posture]]', a [[yogic]] [[posture]], and remained in a {{Wiki|subtle}} [[meditative state]] for three days.  
  
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At the age of sixty-seven, in early 1959 with the {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Communist]] [[Wikipedia:Invasion of Tibet (1950–1951)|invasion of Tibet]] underway, he again became seriously ill. [[Prayers]] and [[rituals]] for his long [[life]] were performed day and night, by all the [[lineages]] in [[Sikkim]]. Despite these devoted [[spiritual]] efforts, he [[died]]. According to [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] he [[died]] in the '[[sleeping lion's posture]]', a [[yogic]] [[posture]], and remained in a {{Wiki|subtle}} [[meditative state]] for three days. His [[body]] was kept in [[state]] for six months, as [[disciples]] throughout the [[Himalayas]] came to pay their respects. His [[body]] did not display the usual [[signs]] of decomposition during this time. His [[cremation]] was performed at a [[stupa]] at [[Tashiding]], [[Sikkim]], and his remains are kept in the {{Wiki|Royal}} Chapel of [[Sikkim]].
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His [[body]] was kept in [[state]] for six months, as [[disciples]] throughout the [[Himalayas]] came to pay their respects. His [[body]] did not display the usual [[signs]] of decomposition during this time.  
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His [[cremation]] was performed at a [[stupa]] at [[Tashiding]], [[Sikkim]], and his remains are kept in the {{Wiki|Royal}} Chapel of [[Sikkim]].
  
 
==[[Empowerments]] and Teachings==
 
==[[Empowerments]] and Teachings==
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[[File:JKCL&KTC.jpg|thumb|With [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]]]]
 
[[File:JKCL&KTC.jpg|thumb|With [[Khandro Tsering Chödrön]]]]
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He gave an incredible number of [[empowerment]]s and [[transmissions]], [[including]]:
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He gave an incredible number of [[empowerment]]s and [[transmissions]], [[including
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*The [[Damngak Dzö]] twice
 
*The [[Damngak Dzö]] twice
 
*The [[Compendium of Sadhanas]] four times
 
*The [[Compendium of Sadhanas]] four times
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*The whole of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]'s [[terma]] revelations and collected writings twice
 
*The whole of [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]'s [[terma]] revelations and collected writings twice
 
*The revelations of [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] three times
 
*The revelations of [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] three times
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He gave several [[empowerments]] at the [[Samdrup Podrang]] in [[Lhasa]], [[including]] the [[Chetsün Nyingtik]] and the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]]. The [[latter]] was given only to 25 invited [[lamas]] and guests. He gave the [[empowerment]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] in [[Patan]] in [[Nepal]]. At [[Mindroling]], he gave the [[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Nyingtik]] from the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]].
 
He gave several [[empowerments]] at the [[Samdrup Podrang]] in [[Lhasa]], [[including]] the [[Chetsün Nyingtik]] and the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]]. The [[latter]] was given only to 25 invited [[lamas]] and guests. He gave the [[empowerment]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]] in [[Patan]] in [[Nepal]]. At [[Mindroling]], he gave the [[Lama Yangtik]] and [[Khandro Nyingtik]] from the [[Nyingtik Yabshyi]].
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==Writings==
 
==Writings==
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*[[Guru Sadhana for Garab Dorje]]
 
*[[Guru Sadhana for Garab Dorje]]
 
*[[Nyingtik Saldrön]]
 
*[[Nyingtik Saldrön]]
 
*[[Opening of the Dharma]]
 
*[[Opening of the Dharma]]
 
*[[Yeshe Saldrön]]
 
*[[Yeshe Saldrön]]
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==Alternative Names==
 
==Alternative Names==
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*[[Dharmamati]] ([[Sanskrit]] for [[Chökyi Lodrö]])
 
*[[Dharmamati]] ([[Sanskrit]] for [[Chökyi Lodrö]])
 
*Jikme Namkhe [[Dorje]] [[Tsewang]] [[Drubpa]] [[Tsal]]
 
*Jikme Namkhe [[Dorje]] [[Tsewang]] [[Drubpa]] [[Tsal]]
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*[[Pema]] [[Yeshe Dorje]] ({{BigTibetan|པདྨ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་}}, ''pad+ma [[ye shes rdo rje]]'')<ref>[[Jamyang Khyentse]] received this [[name]] from [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] during an [[empowerment]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]]. It is often taken as an indication that he was also an [[incarnation]] of [[Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje]]. See ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]'', p. 245.</ref>
 
*[[Pema]] [[Yeshe Dorje]] ({{BigTibetan|པདྨ་ཡེ་ཤེས་རྡོ་རྗེ་}}, ''pad+ma [[ye shes rdo rje]]'')<ref>[[Jamyang Khyentse]] received this [[name]] from [[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]] during an [[empowerment]] of [[Rigdzin Düpa]]. It is often taken as an indication that he was also an [[incarnation]] of [[Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje]]. See ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]'', p. 245.</ref>
 
*Tsuklak Lungrik [[Nyima]] [[Mawé Sengé]]
 
*Tsuklak Lungrik [[Nyima]] [[Mawé Sengé]]
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==Students==
 
==Students==
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*[[Students of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]
 
*[[Students of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]
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==[[Reincarnations]]==
 
==[[Reincarnations]]==
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In 1961 (?) [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]] was born in [[Bhutan]], and was immediately [[recognized]] as the [[incarnation]] of [[Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] by [[Sakya Trizin]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] and other [[lamas]]. He was [[enthroned]] by [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] in the [[Palace Monastery]] in [[Gangtok]] on 2 September 1968. ''Also see [[Khyentse Incarnation Line]] for other [[incarnations]]''.
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In 1961 (?) [[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]] was born in [[Bhutan]], and was immediately [[recognized]] as the [[incarnation]] of [[Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]] by [[Sakya Trizin]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] and other [[lamas]].  
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He was [[enthroned]] by [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] in the [[Palace Monastery]] in [[Gangtok]] on 2 September 1968.  
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''Also see [[Khyentse Incarnation Line]] for other [[incarnations]]''.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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<small><references/></small>
 
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==Oral Accounts of His [[Life]]==
 
==Oral Accounts of His [[Life]]==
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*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 23-24 August 1996
 
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 23-24 August 1996
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 28 June 2009
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 28 June 2009
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==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
 
===In [[Tibetan]]===
 
===In [[Tibetan]]===
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*[[Dhongthog Rinpoche]], ''A History of the [[Sa-skya-pa]] [[Sect]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]'' ({{BigTibetan|བྱང་ཕྱོགས་ཐུབ་པའི་རྒྱལ་ཚབ་དཔལ་ལྡན་ས}}-{{BigTibetan|སྐྱ}}-{{BigTibetan|པའི་བསྟན་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཇི་ལྟར་བྱུང་བའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་རབ་འབྱམས་ཞིང་དུ་སྙན་པའི་སྒྲ་དབྱངས་}}, ''[[byang]] [[phyogs]] thub pa'i [[rgyal tshab]] dpal ldan sa-skya-pa'i [[bstan pa]] [[rin po che]] ji ltar byung ba'i [[lo rgyus]] rab 'byams [[zhing]] du snyan pa'i [[sgra]] dbyangs''), {{Wiki|New Delhi}}, 1977, pp. 355-365
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*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], {{BigTibetan|རིགས་དཀྱིལ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཁྱབ་བདག་རྗེ་བཙུན་བླ་མ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་རིས་མེད་བསྟན་པའི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་གཙུག་ལག་ལུང་རིགས་ཉི་མ་སྨྲ་བའི་སེང་གེ་དཔལ་བཟང་པོཨི་རྣམ་ཐར་ཆ་ཤས་ཙམ་བརྗོད་པ་ངོ་མཚར་ཡོངས་འདུས་དགའ་ཚལ་}}, ''[[rigs]] [[dkyil]] [[rgya mtsho'i]] [[khyab bdag]] [[rje btsun]] [[bla ma]] [['jam dbyangs chos kyi blo gros]] [[ris med]] [[bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan]] gtsug lag lung [[rigs]] [[nyi ma]] [[smra ba'i seng ge]] [[dpal bzang]] poi [[rnam thar]] cha shas tsam brjod pa ngo mtshar yongs 'dus dga' tshal''
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*[[Doctor Lodrö Puntsok]], {{BigTibetan|འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་གོང་འོག་གི་རྣམ་ཐར་}}, ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>[[jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse sku phreng gong 'og gi rnam thar]]''
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*[[Dhongthog Rinpoche]], ''A History of the [[Sa-skya-pa]] [[Sect]] of [[Tibetan Buddhism]]'' ({{BigTibetan|[[བྱང་ཕྱོགས་ཐུབ་པའི་རྒྱལ་ཚབ་དཔལ་ལྡན་ས]]}}-{{BigTibetan|སྐྱ}}-{{BigTibetan|པའི་བསྟན་པ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་ཇི་ལྟར་བྱུང་བའི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་རབ་འབྱམས་ཞིང་དུ་སྙན་པའི་སྒྲ་དབྱངས་}}, ''[[byang phyogs thub pa'i rgyal tshab dpal ldan sa-skya-pa'i [pa rin po che ji ltar byung ba'i lo rgyus rab 'byams zhing du snyan pa'i sgra dbyangs]]''), {{Wiki|New Delhi}}, 1977, pp. 355-365
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*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], {{BigTibetan|[[རིགས་དཀྱིལ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་ཁྱབ་བདག་རྗེ་བཙུན་བླ་མ་འཇམ་དབྱངས་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་རིས་མེད་བསྟན་པའི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་གཙུག་ལག་ལུང་རིགས་ཉི་མ་སྨྲ་བའི་སེང་གེ་དཔལ་བཟང་པོཨི་རྣམ་ཐར་ཆ་ཤས་ཙམ་བརྗོད་པ་ངོ་མཚར་ཡོངས་འདུས་དགའ་ཚལ་]]}}, ''[[rigs dkyil]] [[rgya mtsho'i]] [[khyab bdag]] [[rje btsun]] [[bla ma]] [['jam dbyangs chos kyi blo gros]] [[ris med]] [[bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan]] gtsug lag lung [[rigs]] [[nyi ma]] [[smra ba'i seng ge]] [[dpal bzang]] poi [[rnam thar]] cha shas tsam brjod pa ngo mtshar yongs 'dus dga' tshal''
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*[[Doctor Lodrö Puntsok]], {{BigTibetan|[[འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་གོང་འོག་གི་རྣམ་ཐར་]]}}, ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>[[jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse sku phreng gong 'og gi rnam thar]]''
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*[[Dilgo Khyentse]], ''[[Brilliant Moon: An Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]'' ([[Boston]] & [[London]]: [[Shambhala]], 2008), Ch. 7, 'Teachings with [[Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]'.
 
*[[Dilgo Khyentse]], ''[[Brilliant Moon: An Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]'' ([[Boston]] & [[London]]: [[Shambhala]], 2008), Ch. 7, 'Teachings with [[Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]'.
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*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage]]'' ([[Junction City]]: [[Padma Publications]], 2005), pages 296-306.
 
*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage]]'' ([[Junction City]]: [[Padma Publications]], 2005), pages 296-306.
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*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''[[Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]'' ([[Boudhanath]], [[Hong Kong]], Esby: [[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]], 2005), pages 297-303.
 
*[[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]], ''[[Blazing Splendor: The Memoirs of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]'' ([[Boudhanath]], [[Hong Kong]], Esby: [[Rangjung Yeshe Publications]], 2005), pages 297-303.
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*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1996), pages 245 & 278-282.
 
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1996), pages 245 & 278-282.
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*[[View: The Rigpa Journal]], August 2009, '50 Years On—The [[Life]] and legacy of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]'
 
*[[View: The Rigpa Journal]], August 2009, '50 Years On—The [[Life]] and legacy of [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]'
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:[[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume One|Vol 1]] | [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume Two|Vol 2]] | [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume Three|Vol 3]] | [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume Four|Vol 4]] | [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume Five|Vol 5]] | [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's Collected Works Volume Six|Vol 6]]
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*[http://www.viewmagazine.org/articles/great-masters/110-the-master-of-masters.html 'The Master of Masters: Jamyang Khyentse', View Article]
 
*[http://www.viewmagazine.org/articles/great-masters/110-the-master-of-masters.html 'The Master of Masters: Jamyang Khyentse', View Article]
 
*[http://www.tibetanlineages.org/biographies/view/154/9990 Biography on Treasury of Lives]
 
*[http://www.tibetanlineages.org/biographies/view/154/9990 Biography on Treasury of Lives]

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Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Samdrup Podrang, Lhasa, 1955



Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (Tib. འཇམ་དབྱངས་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, Wyl. ‘jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse chos kyi blo gros) (1893-1959) was an activity incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and perhaps the most outstanding Tibetan master of the twentieth century.

Authority on all traditions and holder of all lineages, he was the heart of the Rimé (ecumenical) movement in Tibet.

He was the master who recognised Sogyal Rinpoche as the incarnation of Tertön Sogyal and brought him up.[1]


Biography

Birth and Early Life

He was born in 1893 at a place called Sa-ngen or Rekhe Ajam, near Kathok Monastery in eastern Tibet, south of Derge.

His father was Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso of Amdo and was a tantric master. His mother was Tsultrim Tso.

In 1900 at the age of seven, he was brought to Kathok Monastery, and Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso recognized him ceremonially as the activity emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

In the following years of his youth he was tutored by Khenpo Thupten in grammar, astrology, Sanskrit, and in Buddhist philosophy.

By the time he was thirteen he had received the transmission of the Longchen Nyingtik, the Nyingtik Yabshyi, and an introduction to Dzogchen meditation.

When he was fifteen he moved to Dzongsar Monastery, the seat of the previous Khyenste Wangpo.

He studied Abhidharma and Madhyamaka philosophy, and soon began teaching Buddhist texts to several students there.

From the time he was seventeen, he received Sakya school transmissions such as Lamdré Lopshé and the Hevajra Tantra, and many Nyingma terma teachings.

In 1919, when he was twenty six, he went to Dzogchen Monastery and received ordination as a monk. Later in the same year he established a shedra at Dzongsar Monastery.

At Shechen monastery, he received a number of transmissions from Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal, who became one of his principal masters.

The next few years of his life he visited many monasteries of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism, and received transmissions and lineage teachings from various teachers.

Then in 1926 he went on a pilgrimage to Central Tibet, and at the main Nyingma monastery of Mindroling took ordination as a monk for a second time.

Just before he returned to his home region in Eastern Tibet, Kathok Situ Gyatso of Kathok Monastery died.

After this, for the next fifteen years Chökyi Lodrö took part in the administration of Kathok Monastery, which is home of the Kathok lineage teachings of the Nyingma.

He continued to perfect, and accomplish the meditations and the sadhanas of all the Tibetan traditions, becoming a true Rimé master, who was able to teach both analytical philosophy and the performance of practices leading to realization from the various lineages.

In the 1940s he studied with the leading Vajrayana masters from all over Tibet, and continued receiving transmissions from the Gelugpa, Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyü schools.

He developed a reputation during that era as being a Rimé master par excellence, and many of the new generation of Lamas who would bring Tibetan Buddhism to the West began to see him as their master.

Thus he became a teacher and guide for Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dezhung Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche.

He was a major influence on a very young Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, who first met him in 1945, and he is also mentioned with awe by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in his biography.


Later Life and Parinirvana

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Palace Monastery, Gangtok, where Jamyang Khyentse spent the final years of his life

He became seriously ill in 1949, when he was fifty six years old.

According to the prophecies of Khyentse Wangpo, of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé and from his own prophecies, in order to remove obstacles to his longevity, and so he could continue to teach Dharma, it was necessary for him to take a spiritual consort.

He married Khandro Tsering Chödrön (b. 1929) that same year, and rapidly recovered his health.

In 1955 as the situation for monasteries continued to worsen in Eastern Tibet, he traveled to Lhasa.

While there, he was invited to Tsurphu to give teachings and empowerments to the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpé Dorje.

In turn the Karmapa gave him an empowerment in the red form of Avalokiteshvara, a historic, personal yidam of the Karmapas.

In Lhasa he stayed at the Samdrup Podrang and had several meetings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Potala Palace. At Mindroling he gave the empowerment of Nyingtik Yabshyi.

He also visited Sakya Monastery, where he gave the most important Lamdré transmissions in the great temple hall.

He then commenced a pilgrimage to India. He visited sites sacred to Buddhism in Nepal and India, and then at the invitation of the King of Sikkim, took up residence in the Palace Monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim.

In the final four years of his life, the Palace Temple where he resided became a spiritual center.

By this time he was known as a Master of masters, and his presence attracted many lamas from Tibet, who came to receive transmissions from him. According to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche one could ask him for clarification about some point, in any of the termas from any of the numerous lineages, and he always had an answer.

At the age of sixty-seven, in early 1959 with the Chinese Communist invasion of Tibet underway, he again became seriously ill.

Prayers and rituals for his long life were performed day and night, by all the lineages in Sikkim. Despite these devoted spiritual efforts, he died.

According to Sogyal Rinpoche he died in the 'sleeping lion's posture', a yogic posture, and remained in a subtle meditative state for three days.

His body was kept in state for six months, as disciples throughout the Himalayas came to pay their respects. His body did not display the usual signs of decomposition during this time.

His cremation was performed at a stupa at Tashiding, Sikkim, and his remains are kept in the Royal Chapel of Sikkim.

Empowerments and Teachings

With Khandro Tsering Chödrön

He gave an incredible number of empowerments and transmissions, [[including



He gave several empowerments at the Samdrup Podrang in Lhasa, including the Chetsün Nyingtik and the Nyingtik Yabshyi. The latter was given only to 25 invited lamas and guests. He gave the empowerment of Rigdzin Düpa in Patan in Nepal. At Mindroling, he gave the Lama Yangtik and Khandro Nyingtik from the Nyingtik Yabshyi.


Writings


Alternative Names


Students


Reincarnations

In 1961 (?) Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche was born in Bhutan, and was immediately recognized as the incarnation of Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö by Sakya Trizin, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and other lamas.

He was enthroned by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in the Palace Monastery in Gangtok on 2 September 1968.

Also see Khyentse Incarnation Line for other incarnations.

Notes

  1. ↑ See the Preface to The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.
  2. ↑ Jamyang Khyentse received this name from Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima during an empowerment of Rigdzin Düpa. It is often taken as an indication that he was also an incarnation of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje. See Masters of Meditation and Miracles, p. 245.


Oral Accounts of His Life

Further Reading

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