Khenchen Yonten Gyatso

From Rangjung Yeshe Wiki - Dharma Dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

མཁན་ཆེན་ཡོན་ཏན་རྒྱ་མཚོ།
mkhan chen yon tan rgya mtsho
Khenpo Yonga
མཁན་པོ་ཡོན་ག
mkhan po yon ga

Short Biography

Short Biography

Khenchen Yonten Gyatso was a personal student of Paltrul Rinpoche and Orgyen Tenzin Norbu. He belonged to Gemang Monastery, a branch of Dzogchen Monastery, and studied at Dzogchen and Shechen monasteries. He wrote a very popular two-part commentary on Rigdzin Jikme Lingpa's Treasury of Precious Qualities, called Rays of Moonlight and Rays of Sunlight. Among his students were Changma Khenchen Thubten Chöpel and Khenchen Tsewang Rigdzin of Washul Mewa.

Primary Teachers

Primary Students

Primary Lineage

Publications

In Tibetan

  • yon tan rin po che mdzod kyi 'grel ba zla ba'i sgron me (for the sutra section), and nyi ma'i 'od zer (for the mantra section)

In English


Alternate Names & Spellings

  • Gemong Khenpo Yonga

Internal Links

External Links