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| − | After his return, around 1810, Namkha Jigme founded Khyunggon Mingyur Dorjeling (khyung dgon mi 'gyur rdo rje gling). This monastery, along with Rigdzin Pelden Tashi's (rig 'dzin dpal ldan bkra shis, 1688-1743) seat Rigdzin Rapel Ling (rig 'dzin rab 'phel gling) and Zhabkar's monastic centre, Yama Tashikhyil (g.ya ma bkra shis 'khyil), was one of the main three seats of the tantric community of the “shaded” side (srib lta sngags mang) at Rebkong, and followed the tradition of Mindroling. | + | |
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| + | [[Changlung Pelchen Namkha Jigme]] (spyang lung dpal [[chen]] [[nam mkha]]' 'jigs med) was born in a {{Wiki|nomad}} tent in Changlung, [[Rebkong]]. He was given the [[name]] [[Gonpo]] [[Gyal]] ([[mgon po]] rgyal). His {{Wiki|ancestors}} were from the important [[Dro]] ('bro) {{Wiki|clan}}. His mother was Tseyag ([[tshe]] yag) and his father, [[Lama]] Kyab ([[bla ma]] skyabs), was an accomplished [[tantric practitioner]]. | ||
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| + | [[Namkha Jigme]] was [[ordained]] at the age of twenty-five. He stayed for eighteen months in intensive [[retreat]] at Watse ([[rwa]] rtse) in [[Chang]] (phyang) and trained in the [[Dzogchen]] practices of [[trekcho]] ([[khregs chod]]) and [[togal]] ([[thod rgal]]). | ||
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| + | At the age of forty-three [[Namkha Jigme]] went to [[Kham]] and met [[Dodrupchen]] Jigme [[Trinle]] Woser ([[rdo grub chen]] [['jigs med 'phrin las 'od zer]], 1745 -1821) from whom he received many [[empowerments]] and instructions. Other [[teachers]] he met in [[Kham]] were [[Katok]] Gertse [[Gyurme]] [[Tsewang Chokdrub]] ([[kaH thog]] sge rtse [['gyur med tshe dbang mchog grub]], 1761-1829), [[Gyarong]] [[Namkha]] [[Tsewang Chokdrub]] ([[rgyal rong]] [[nam mkha' tshe dbang mchog grub]], b. 1744) and the third Zhechen [[Rigdzin]] Peljor Gyatso ([[zhe chen]] [[rig 'dzin dpal 'byor rgya mtsho]], 1771-1809). He then travelled to [[Kham]] Singmo [[Dzong]] ([[khams]] [[srin mo]] [[rdzong]]) in [[Riwoche]], the seat of [[Terton]] [[Nyima Drakpa]] ([[gter ston]] [[nyi ma grags]] pa, 1647-1710) where he met Mingyur Pende Gyatso (mi 'gyur [[phan bde]] [[rgya mtsho]], b. 1772). | ||
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| + | Under the advice of Tsendro Kenchen [[Lobzang]] [[Dargye]] ([[mtshan]] sgrogs [[mkhan chen]] [[blo bzang dar rgyas]], b. 1720), a [[Geluk]] [[master]] from [[Rebkong]], [[Namkha Jigme]] went to meet the Third Khardo [[Rigdzin]] [[Chokyi Dorje]] (mkhar rdo sku phreng [[gsum pa]] [[rigs]] '[[dzin]] [[chos kyi rdo rje]], b. 1790). From this [[treasure revealer]] he received [[empowerments]], [[transmissions]], [[blessings]] and oral instructions. | ||
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| + | Traveling to the [[Lhasa]] area, [[Namkha Jigme]] studied with [[Jigme Lingpa]] ('[[jigs med gling pa]], 1730-1798), [[Minling Trichen]] [[Trinle]] [[Namgyel]] ([[smin]] gling [[phrin las]] [[rnam rgyal]], 1765-1812) and Wolga Nangdze [[Dorje]] ('ol dga' [[snang]] mdzad [[rdo rje]], d.u.). | ||
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| + | At the age of forty six, [[Namkha Jigme]] returned to [[Rebkong]] from [[Lhasa]] and gave to the [[monks]] and [[lay people]] of the [[tantric]] {{Wiki|community}} the [[empowerment]] of the Hundred Supreme [[Deities]] ([[zhi khro]] [[dam pa]] [[rigs]] [[rgya]]), [[Longchen Nyingtik]], the entire [[transmission]] of Khardo [[Rinpoche's]] [[pure vision]] (mkhar rdo rin po che'i [[dag snang]]), the revelations of [[Minling Trichen]], and others. | ||
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| + | At the age of forty eight, [[Namkha Jigme]] travelled again to [[U-Tsang]] to express his [[gratitude]] to the [[Ninth Dalai Lama]], [[Lungtok Gyatso]] ([[ta la'i bla ma]] 09 [[lung rtogs rgya mtsho]], 1805-1815); the Seventh Pachen [[Lama]], Pelden [[Tenpai Nyima]] (paN [[chen]] 07 dpal ldan [[bstan pa'i nyi ma]], 1782–1853); Khardo [[Rinpoche]] and his other former [[teachers]]. From there, he travelled to [[Kham]] and went to see [[Dodrubchen]] Jigme [[Trinle]] Woser and expressed his [[gratitude]] to him by [[offering]] a feast. When leaving, [[Namkha Jigme]] received many gifts from [[Dodrubchen]]. | ||
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| + | After his return, around 1810, [[Namkha Jigme]] founded Khyunggon Mingyur Dorjeling ([[khyung]] dgon mi 'gyur [[rdo rje gling]]). This [[monastery]], along with [[Rigdzin]] Pelden Tashi's ([[rig 'dzin dpal ldan bkra shis]], 1688-1743) seat [[Rigdzin]] Rapel Ling ([[rig 'dzin]] rab 'phel gling) and Zhabkar's [[monastic]] centre, [[Yama]] Tashikhyil (g.ya ma bkra shis '[[khyil]]), was one of the main three seats of the [[tantric]] {{Wiki|community}} of the “shaded” side (srib lta [[sngags]] [[mang]]) at [[Rebkong]], and followed the [[tradition]] of [[Mindroling]]. | ||
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| − | In the new assembly hall, Namkha Jigme established a fifteen-day Drubchen ceremony, explaining to the participants in full detail the rules and code of conducts. In particular, he prohibited the drinking of chang during the dharma sessions and the killing of animals for the purpose of offering meat (tshogs sha). During that ceremony, he offered each of the participants a wooden ritual dagger; by the end of the ceremony, Namkha Jigme had distributed one thousand nine hundred wooden daggers, roughly reflecting the number of tantric practitioners then living and practising in Rebkong. Since then, the tantric practitioners community in Rebkong was known as Rebkong's One Thousand Nine Hundred Ritual Dagger Holders (Reb kong phur thogs stong dang dgu brgya). | + | In the new assembly hall, [[Namkha Jigme]] established a fifteen-day [[Drubchen ceremony]], explaining to the participants in full detail the {{Wiki|rules}} and code of conducts. In particular, he prohibited the drinking of [[chang]] during the [[dharma]] sessions and the {{Wiki|killing}} of [[animals]] for the {{Wiki|purpose}} of [[offering]] meat ([[tshogs]] sha). During that {{Wiki|ceremony}}, he [[offered]] each of the participants a wooden [[ritual dagger]]; by the end of the {{Wiki|ceremony}}, [[Namkha Jigme]] had distributed one thousand nine hundred wooden daggers, roughly {{Wiki|reflecting}} the number of [[tantric practitioners]] then living and practising in [[Rebkong]]. Since then, the [[tantric practitioners]] {{Wiki|community}} in [[Rebkong]] was known as Rebkong's One Thousand Nine Hundred [[Ritual Dagger]] Holders (Reb kong phur thogs stong dang dgu brgya). |
| − | Among Namkha Jigme's students were Pema Rangdrol (pad ma rang grol, 1786-1838), Choying Tobden Dorje (chos dbyings stobs ldan rdo rje, 1785-1848), Magsar Kunsang Tobden Wangpo (mag gsar kun bzang stobs ldan dbang po, 1781-1832), Nyang Nangdze Dorje (nyang snang mdzad rdo rje, 1798-1874) and Kelden Rangdol (skal ldan rang grol, d.1828). | + | Among [[Namkha]] Jigme's students were [[Pema]] Rangdrol ([[pad ma]] [[rang grol]], 1786-1838), Choying [[Tobden]] [[Dorje]] ([[chos dbyings stobs ldan rdo rje]], 1785-1848), Magsar [[Kunsang]] [[Tobden]] Wangpo (mag gsar [[kun bzang]] [[stobs]] ldan [[dbang po]], 1781-1832), [[Nyang]] Nangdze [[Dorje]] ([[nyang]] [[snang]] mdzad [[rdo rje]], 1798-1874) and Kelden Rangdol ([[skal ldan]] [[rang grol]], d.1828). |
| − | Namkha Jigme is said to have performed many miracles and revealed treasures such as a footprint of Padmasambhava on a flat stone and a self-arising statue of Songtsen Gampo (srong btsan sgam po, 617-650). He was said to have been prophesized by Padmasambhava with the lines “In the future, in the land of Domed, where the rivers cross, my blessed son, with the name of Namkha, will be born.” | + | [[Namkha Jigme]] is said to have performed many [[miracles]] and [[revealed treasures]] such as a footprint of [[Padmasambhava]] on a flat stone and a [[self-arising]] statue of [[Songtsen Gampo]] ([[srong btsan sgam po]], 617-650). He was said to have been prophesized by [[Padmasambhava]] with the lines “In the {{Wiki|future}}, in the land of Domed, where the [[rivers]] cross, my blessed son, with the [[name]] of [[Namkha]], will be born.” |
| − | Namkha Jigme passed away in 1821. Three reincarnations were identified in Khyunggon, Gurong (dgu rong) and Adarchaga (a dar cha ga). | + | [[Namkha Jigme]] passed away in 1821. Three [[reincarnations]] were identified in Khyunggon, Gurong (dgu [[rong]]) and Adarchaga (a dar cha ga). |
| − | Two incarnation line of Changlung Pelchen Namkha Jigme are: | + | Two [[incarnation]] line of [[Changlung Pelchen Namkha Jigme]] are: |
| − | Changlung Tulku 02 (spyang lung sprul sku, 1822-1858) | + | Changlung [[Tulku]] 02 (spyang lung [[sprul sku]], 1822-1858) |
| − | Changlung Tulku 03 (kun bzang 'jigs med rgya mtsho, 1859-1911) | + | Changlung [[Tulku]] 03 ([[kun bzang]] 'jigs med [[rgya mtsho]], 1859-1911) |
| − | Changlung Tulku 04 (blo bzang legs bshad nyi ma, 1912-1947) | + | Changlung [[Tulku]] 04 (blo bzang [[legs bshad]] [[nyi ma]], 1912-1947) |
| − | Changlung Tulku 05 (o rgyan bdud 'dul khrag 'thung che mchog rtsal, 1986 – present) | + | Changlung [[Tulku]] 05 (o [[rgyan]] [[bdud]] 'dul [[khrag 'thung]] [[che mchog]] [[rtsal]], 1986 – {{Wiki|present}}) |
| − | Gurong 02 (dgu rong sprul sku sna tshogs rang grol, 1822-1874) | + | Gurong 02 (dgu [[rong]] [[sprul sku sna tshogs rang grol]], 1822-1874) |
| − | Gurong 03 (o rgyan 'jigs bral chos dbyings rdo rje, 1875-1932) | + | Gurong 03 (o [[rgyan]] 'jigs bral [[chos dbyings rdo rje]], 1875-1932) |
| − | Gurong 04 (gar dbang 'gro 'dul rdo rje, 1934-1952) | + | Gurong 04 (gar [[dbang]] 'gro 'dul [[rdo rje]], 1934-1952) |
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| − | Grags pa 'byung gnas. 1992. Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon ming mdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, PP. 1002-1003 | + | [[Grags pa 'byung gnas]]. 1992. [[Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon ming mdzod]]. {{Wiki|Lanzhou}}: [[Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang]], PP. 1002-1003 |
| − | Lce nag tsang hum chen & Ye shes 'od zer sgrol ma, eds. 2004. | + | Lce nag [[tsang]] [[hum]] [[chen]] & [[Ye shes]] 'od zer [[sgrol ma]], eds. 2004. “[[Khyung]] dgon mi 'gyur [[rdo rje gling]] gi [[lo rgyus]] mdo tsam brjod pa [[rig 'dzin]] dgyes pa'i [[mchod]] sprin”. In Reb kong sngangs [[mang]] gi [[lo rgyus]] [[phyogs]] bsgrigs, p. 35-69. {{Wiki|Beijing}}: [[Mi rigs dpe skrun khang]]. |
| − | Lce nag tsang hum chen & Ye shes 'od zer sgrol ma, eds. 2004. “Grub pa'i dbang phyug dpal chen nam mkha' 'jigs med mchog gi rnam par thar pa snying bor dril ba skal bzang thar par 'khrid pa'i ded dpon”. In Reb kong sngangs mang gi lo rgyus phyogs bsgrigs, p. 702-742. Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang. | + | Lce nag [[tsang]] [[hum]] [[chen]] & [[Ye shes]] 'od zer [[sgrol ma]], eds. 2004. “Grub pa'i [[dbang]] phyug dpal [[chen]] [[nam mkha]]' 'jigs med mchog gi [[rnam]] par [[thar pa]] snying bor dril ba skal bzang thar par '[[khrid]] pa'i ded dpon”. In Reb kong sngangs [[mang]] gi [[lo rgyus]] [[phyogs]] bsgrigs, p. 702-742. {{Wiki|Beijing}}: [[Mi rigs dpe skrun khang]]. |
| − | Dondrub, Yangdon. Forthcoming. “From Hermit to Saint: The Life of Nyang snang mdzad rdo rje (1798-1874)”. In Ancient Treasures, New Discoveries. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn, 2006. eds. H. Diemberger and K. Phuntsho. Leiden: Brill. | + | Dondrub, Yangdon. Forthcoming. “From [[Hermit]] to [[Saint]]: The [[Life]] of [[Nyang]] [[snang]] mdzad [[rdo rje]] (1798-1874)”. In [[Ancient]] [[Treasures]], New Discoveries. PIATS 2006: [[Tibetan Studies]]. Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for [[Tibetan Studies]], Bonn, 2006. eds. H. [[Diemberger]] and K. Phuntsho. Leiden: Brill. |
Latest revision as of 22:20, 14 December 2015
Changlung Pelchen Namkha Jigme (spyang lung dpal chen nam mkha' 'jigs med) was born in a nomad tent in Changlung, Rebkong. He was given the name Gonpo Gyal (mgon po rgyal). His ancestors were from the important Dro ('bro) clan. His mother was Tseyag (tshe yag) and his father, Lama Kyab (bla ma skyabs), was an accomplished tantric practitioner.
Namkha Jigme was ordained at the age of twenty-five. He stayed for eighteen months in intensive retreat at Watse (rwa rtse) in Chang (phyang) and trained in the Dzogchen practices of trekcho (khregs chod) and togal (thod rgal).
At the age of forty-three Namkha Jigme went to Kham and met Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Woser (rdo grub chen 'jigs med 'phrin las 'od zer, 1745 -1821) from whom he received many empowerments and instructions. Other teachers he met in Kham were Katok Gertse Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrub (kaH thog sge rtse 'gyur med tshe dbang mchog grub, 1761-1829), Gyarong Namkha Tsewang Chokdrub (rgyal rong nam mkha' tshe dbang mchog grub, b. 1744) and the third Zhechen Rigdzin Peljor Gyatso (zhe chen rig 'dzin dpal 'byor rgya mtsho, 1771-1809). He then travelled to Kham Singmo Dzong (khams srin mo rdzong) in Riwoche, the seat of Terton Nyima Drakpa (gter ston nyi ma grags pa, 1647-1710) where he met Mingyur Pende Gyatso (mi 'gyur phan bde rgya mtsho, b. 1772).
Under the advice of Tsendro Kenchen Lobzang Dargye (mtshan sgrogs mkhan chen blo bzang dar rgyas, b. 1720), a Geluk master from Rebkong, Namkha Jigme went to meet the Third Khardo Rigdzin Chokyi Dorje (mkhar rdo sku phreng gsum pa rigs 'dzin chos kyi rdo rje, b. 1790). From this treasure revealer he received empowerments, transmissions, blessings and oral instructions.
Traveling to the Lhasa area, Namkha Jigme studied with Jigme Lingpa ('jigs med gling pa, 1730-1798), Minling Trichen Trinle Namgyel (smin gling phrin las rnam rgyal, 1765-1812) and Wolga Nangdze Dorje ('ol dga' snang mdzad rdo rje, d.u.).
At the age of forty six, Namkha Jigme returned to Rebkong from Lhasa and gave to the monks and lay people of the tantric community the empowerment of the Hundred Supreme Deities (zhi khro dam pa rigs rgya), Longchen Nyingtik, the entire transmission of Khardo Rinpoche's pure vision (mkhar rdo rin po che'i dag snang), the revelations of Minling Trichen, and others.
At the age of forty eight, Namkha Jigme travelled again to U-Tsang to express his gratitude to the Ninth Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (ta la'i bla ma 09 lung rtogs rgya mtsho, 1805-1815); the Seventh Pachen Lama, Pelden Tenpai Nyima (paN chen 07 dpal ldan bstan pa'i nyi ma, 1782–1853); Khardo Rinpoche and his other former teachers. From there, he travelled to Kham and went to see Dodrubchen Jigme Trinle Woser and expressed his gratitude to him by offering a feast. When leaving, Namkha Jigme received many gifts from Dodrubchen.
After his return, around 1810, Namkha Jigme founded Khyunggon Mingyur Dorjeling (khyung dgon mi 'gyur rdo rje gling). This monastery, along with Rigdzin Pelden Tashi's (rig 'dzin dpal ldan bkra shis, 1688-1743) seat Rigdzin Rapel Ling (rig 'dzin rab 'phel gling) and Zhabkar's monastic centre, Yama Tashikhyil (g.ya ma bkra shis 'khyil), was one of the main three seats of the tantric community of the “shaded” side (srib lta sngags mang) at Rebkong, and followed the tradition of Mindroling.
In the new assembly hall, Namkha Jigme established a fifteen-day Drubchen ceremony, explaining to the participants in full detail the rules and code of conducts. In particular, he prohibited the drinking of chang during the dharma sessions and the killing of animals for the purpose of offering meat (tshogs sha). During that ceremony, he offered each of the participants a wooden ritual dagger; by the end of the ceremony, Namkha Jigme had distributed one thousand nine hundred wooden daggers, roughly reflecting the number of tantric practitioners then living and practising in Rebkong. Since then, the tantric practitioners community in Rebkong was known as Rebkong's One Thousand Nine Hundred Ritual Dagger Holders (Reb kong phur thogs stong dang dgu brgya).
Among Namkha Jigme's students were Pema Rangdrol (pad ma rang grol, 1786-1838), Choying Tobden Dorje (chos dbyings stobs ldan rdo rje, 1785-1848), Magsar Kunsang Tobden Wangpo (mag gsar kun bzang stobs ldan dbang po, 1781-1832), Nyang Nangdze Dorje (nyang snang mdzad rdo rje, 1798-1874) and Kelden Rangdol (skal ldan rang grol, d.1828).
Namkha Jigme is said to have performed many miracles and revealed treasures such as a footprint of Padmasambhava on a flat stone and a self-arising statue of Songtsen Gampo (srong btsan sgam po, 617-650). He was said to have been prophesized by Padmasambhava with the lines “In the future, in the land of Domed, where the rivers cross, my blessed son, with the name of Namkha, will be born.”
Namkha Jigme passed away in 1821. Three reincarnations were identified in Khyunggon, Gurong (dgu rong) and Adarchaga (a dar cha ga).
Two incarnation line of Changlung Pelchen Namkha Jigme are:
Changlung Tulku 02 (spyang lung sprul sku, 1822-1858) Changlung Tulku 03 (kun bzang 'jigs med rgya mtsho, 1859-1911) Changlung Tulku 04 (blo bzang legs bshad nyi ma, 1912-1947) Changlung Tulku 05 (o rgyan bdud 'dul khrag 'thung che mchog rtsal, 1986 – present)
Gurong 02 (dgu rong sprul sku sna tshogs rang grol, 1822-1874) Gurong 03 (o rgyan 'jigs bral chos dbyings rdo rje, 1875-1932) Gurong 04 (gar dbang 'gro 'dul rdo rje, 1934-1952)
Sources
Grags pa 'byung gnas. 1992. Gangs can mkhas grub rim byon ming mdzod. Lanzhou: Kan su'u mi rigs dpe skrun khang, PP. 1002-1003
Lce nag tsang hum chen & Ye shes 'od zer sgrol ma, eds. 2004. “Khyung dgon mi 'gyur rdo rje gling gi lo rgyus mdo tsam brjod pa rig 'dzin dgyes pa'i mchod sprin”. In Reb kong sngangs mang gi lo rgyus phyogs bsgrigs, p. 35-69. Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang.
Lce nag tsang hum chen & Ye shes 'od zer sgrol ma, eds. 2004. “Grub pa'i dbang phyug dpal chen nam mkha' 'jigs med mchog gi rnam par thar pa snying bor dril ba skal bzang thar par 'khrid pa'i ded dpon”. In Reb kong sngangs mang gi lo rgyus phyogs bsgrigs, p. 702-742. Beijing: Mi rigs dpe skrun khang.
Dondrub, Yangdon. Forthcoming. “From Hermit to Saint: The Life of Nyang snang mdzad rdo rje (1798-1874)”. In Ancient Treasures, New Discoveries. PIATS 2006: Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the Eleventh Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bonn, 2006. eds. H. Diemberger and K. Phuntsho. Leiden: Brill.
Yangdon Dondrub May 2010
