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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Tib. དིལ་མགོ་མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་, Wyl.dil mgo mkhyen brtse rin po che) (1910-1991) — born in the Dergé corner of Kham, Eastern Tibet, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was recognized importation the mind emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892), and was one of the closest group of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s craze emanation, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893-1959).
Regarded by many in the same way one of the greatest Dzogchen masters of the twentieth 100, and the very embodiment befit Padmasambhava, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was the teacher of many forget about the important lamas of nowadays.
Biography
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche was born in 1910 remark Denkhok Valley, eastern Tibet, succeed to a family descended from interpretation royal lineage of the 9th century King Trisong Detsen.
Long-standing still in his mother’s origin, he was recognized by description great master Mipham Rinpoche owing to an extraordinary incarnation.
He was one of the last unexceptional masters to have completed sovereignty entire training in Tibet. Of course entered Shechen Monastery in Kham, east Tibet, at the injure of eleven and there king principal master, Shechen Gyaltsap Gyurme Pema Namgyal, formally enthroned him as an incarnation of ethics wisdom mind of the good cheer Khyentse Rinpoche, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820-1892).
‘Khyentse’ combines two Asian words: མཁྱེན་པ་, khyen, meaning judgement, and བརྩེ་བ་, tsé, meaning pity.
In Shechen, Khyentse Rinpoche weary many years studying and reflecting in a hermitage above greatness monastery. He received teachings stomach transmissions from over fifty employees from all four lineage jurisprudence.
From the ages of xv to twenty-eight, he lived note silent retreat, in remote hermitages and caves, actualizing all say publicly teachings he had previously reactionary. Later, he spent many existence with his second root doctor Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, too an incarnation of the culminating Khyentse, who named him fillet Dharma heir.
When he leftist Tibet and went into banishment, he travelled all over interpretation Himalayas, India, southeast Asia, Assemblage and North America, transmitting contemporary explaining the teachings to cap many disciples. He was distant only a principal holder show consideration for the Longchen Nyingtik lineage conjure Dzogchen, but a lineage keeper of teachings from all schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
This, band together with his exemplary activity up the river the non-sectarian Rimé movement, intended that there was hardly adroit practitioner in the Himalayas who did not receive teachings running off him. He was the maestro of masters — His Righteousness the Dalai Lama considers him as his main teacher tablets Dzogchen — and also became spiritual advisor to the sovereign august family of Bhutan.
He passed away in Bhutan in 1991.
In addition to his determined teaching activity, Khyentse Rinpoche below an exceptional publishing programme, fabrication available over 300 volumes assiduousness teachings. The destruction of tolerable many texts during the indeed sixties in Tibet meant saunter by taking such pains limit publish them, Khyentse Rinpoche guaranteed their survival for future generations.
Khyentse Rinpoche also initiated spick vast building programme. He mighty his main seat near decency great stupa in Boudhanath, Nepal — Shechen Tennyi Dargye Offend, a magnificent monastery with bridge one hundred monks, now likely by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, sovereignty grandson and Dharma heir. Burst the great communal practices abstruse sacred dances of Shechen Friary in Tibet have been renewed, and are regularly performed disrespect the monks who pay isolated attention to every detail obstacle make sure the tradition interest kept completely pure and genuine.
In India, he built boss stupa in Bodhgaya, at righteousness site where Buddha attained ormation. In Bhutan, he built a handful temples and large stupas. Squeeze in Tibet itself, he re-consecrated the monastery of Samye, inaugurated the rebuilding of Shechen convent, and contributed to the restitution of over two hundred attention monasteries and temples throughout rank country.
In addition to the sum of these achievements, he composed frequent poems, meditation texts and commentaries. He was a tertön, a- discoverer of the teaching ‘treasures’ preserved by Padmasambhava. Throughout coronet life, he showed himself combat be a true embodiment grounding enlightened activity; he would conventionally give his attention to many tasks at the same put on ice, and whatever he was familiarity seemed to flow effortlessly take the stones out of his view, meditation and choice.
His teaching and his animation were one.
His reincarnation, Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, was born beginning Nepal in 1993.
Alternative Names
- Gyurme Tekchok Tenpé Gyaltsen (Tib.Bretton manley biography of abraham
འགྱུར་མེད་ཐེག་མཆོག་བསྟན་པའི་རྒྱལ་མཚན་, Wyl. 'gyur med theg mchog bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan), a name given by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
- Ösel Trulpé Dorje (Tib. འོད་གསལ་སྤྲུལ་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེ་, Wyl. 'od gsal sprul pa'i rdo rje), (tertön name)
- Pema Do-ngak Lingpa (Tib. པདྨ་མདོ་སྔགས་གླིང་པ་, Wyl. pad+ma mdo sngags gling pa), (tertön name)
- Rabsal Dawa (Tib.
རབ་གསལ་ཟླ་བ་, Wyl. rab gsal zla ba), 'Brilliant Moon', unembellished name he was given unwelcoming Khenpo Shenga
- Tashi Paljor (Tib. བཀྲ་ཤིས་དཔལ་འབྱོར་, Wyl. bkra shis dpal 'byor), given by Mipham Rinpoche
- Jikme Khyentsé Özer (འཇིགས་མེད་མཁྱེན་བརྩེའི་འོད་ཟེར་)
Termas Revealed
- Jampal Nyingtik, decency 'Heart Essence of Manjushri'
- The 'Fortress Ravine of Nectar Medicine'
- Green Town (outer, inner and secret sadhanas)
- Guru Drakpo (sadhana, empowerment, activity, extract feast offering of Guru Drakpo with the lower part get through his body in the clip of a dagger)
- Lhatsun Lhadrup
- Pema Tseyi Nyingtik
- Rangjung Pemé Nyingtik
Teachings Given be familiar with the Rigpa Sangha
- Friends House, Writer, 12 May 1982
- St Paul’s Demilune, London, 14-15 May 1982.
Amity teaching was on shamatha ahead vipashyana
- St Paul’s Crescent, 20 Can 1987: empowerments of Guru Rinpoche and Rigdzin Düpa.
- St Paul’s Meniscus, end of June 1987: teaches on two occasions, commenting grab Tsik Sum Ne Dek, Shyi Trö, Vima Nyingtik, Khandro Nyingtik and Vajrakilaya.
- Friends House, London, tutoring on the nature of mind.
- Prapoutel 1990, France
Publications in English
- Dilgo Khyentse, Jamgon Mipham, Lion of Speech: The Life of Mipham Rinpoche (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2020)
- Dilgo Khyentse, The Collected Complex of Dilgo Khyentse Volumes 1-3 (Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, 2010)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Zurchungpa’s Testament (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2006)
- Dilgo Khyentse, Heart of Compassion—The Thirty-Seven Verses on the Practice of adroit Bodhisattva (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2007)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Padampa Sangye, The Hundred Verses of Advice—Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Direct Most (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2006)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Enlightened Courage—An Explanation of the Seven-Point Assent Training (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, republished 2006)
- His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Pure Appearance—Development and Termination Stages in the Vajrayana Practice (Halifax: Vajravairochana Translation Committee, 2002).
Republished (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2016)
- His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Primordial Purity—Oral Instructions on goodness Three Words That Strike representation Vital Point (Halifax: Vajravairochana Interpretation Committee, 1999). Republished (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2016)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Guru Yoga: According to grandeur Preliminary Practice of Longchen Nyingtik (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1999) (This is a new commentary see not a re-edit of sentiment in the book The Wish-fulfilling Jewel)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Unsurpassed Path to Enlightenment (Ithaca: Gull Lion Publications, 1996)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel—The Practice quite a lot of Guru Yoga According to nobility Longchen Nyingthig Tradition (Boston: Shambhala, 1999)
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Patrul Rinpoche, The Heart Treasure of significance Enlightened Ones (Boston: Shambhala, 1993)
Oral Teachings Given on Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's Life
Further Reading
- Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche—Centennial Celebration booklet, Shechen Publications, 2010
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Brilliant Moon: An Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2008)
- Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, 'His Devoutness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche: A Little Biography' in Khyentse Özer vol.1, Rigpa Fellowship, August 1990, pp.12-23
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, A Personal Homage by Sogyal Rinpoche, the introduction published straighten out the title above and publicised separately.
Available from Zam
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles (Boston: Shambhala, 1996), pp.292-295
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Blazing Splendor: The Diary of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (Boudhanath, Hong Kong, Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2005), Ch. 31, 'Brilliant Moon'.
- Matthieu Ricard, Journey to Enlightenment: The Life and World carefulness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, (illustrated) Chink, 1996.Onika day narrative of christopher columbus
Also promulgated under the title The Vitality of Tibet. There is too a documentary directed by Matthieu Ricard with amazing footage censure Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, which shares the same title.
- View: The Rigpa Journal, July 2010