Jigme Lingpa
| Jigme Lingpa | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 吉美林巴 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Jigme Lingpa | ||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 仁增·吉美·林巴 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa | ||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||
| Tibetan | འཇིགས་མེད་གླིང་པ། | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jíměi Línba |
| Wade–Giles | Chi2-mei3 Lin2-pa |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Rénzēng Jíměi Línba |
| Wade–Giles | Jen2-tseng1 Chi2-mei3 Lin2-pa |
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| Wylie | 'Jigs-med gling-pa |
Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798) was a tertön of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the promulgator of the Longchen Nyingthik, the Heart Essence teachings of Longchenpa, from whom, according to tradition, he received a vision in which the teachings were revealed. The Longchen Nyingthik eventually became the most famous and widely practiced cycle of Dzogchen teachings.
Prefiguring Jamgon Kongtrul's creation of the Five Collections, Jigme Lingpa gathered Nyingma texts that had become rare, starting with Nyingma tantras held in the manuscript collection of the Mindrolling Monastery. This collection of the Nyingma tantras led to the amassing of the Nyingma Gyübum (Wylie: rnying ma rgyud 'bum, "Collection of Nyingma Tantras") for which Getse Mahapandita wrote the catalogue, proofread and arranged for its printing by soliciting the expensive and labour-intensive project of carving the woodblocks for the woodblock printing. The wood block carving was forded through the patronage of the royal family of Derge (Wylie: sde dge) of Kham, who favoured and honoured Jigme Lingpa. Getse Mahapandita also arranged for the printing of texts by Jigme Lingpa and Longchenpa. Getse Mahapandita proofread the works of Jigme Lingpa, Longchenpa and the Nyingma Gyübum.
Jigme also wrote a nine-volume history of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism and other works. His non-sectarian presentation of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way view) follows Je Tsongkhapa's system.
A major precursor of the Rimé movement, Jigme Lingpa had many distinguished disciples in all four lineages. The first Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Ozer, became his main lineage-holder. Among those held by tradition to be Jigme Lingpa's reincarnations are Ye shes rdo rje, the Mdo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje (1800–66, his mind-emanation),Patrul Rinpoche (speech-emanation) and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (body-emanation). In Bhutan his tradition is held by successive incarnation of the Petsheling tulku and Jikmé Kündröl Namgyel. Both Druptop Namgyel Lhündrup, 1st Pétselling Tulku (1718-1786) and Jikmé Tenpé Dorjé, 2nd Pétselling Tulku (1788-1850) were students of Jigme Lingpa.
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