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ལུང་རྟོགས་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མ།
lung rtogs bstan pa'i nyi ma

Short Biography[edit]

Nyoshul Khenchen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima(1829-1901), was born in the Iron Tiger year of the 14th Rabjyung, to Chosung Tadrin of the Nyoshul clan. Thought to be the incarnation of Shantarakshita, this great being stood out like the clear, white moon among the constellations of Paltrul Rinpoche’s students. A master of the ultimate lineage of realization, one endowed with the 'Nine Holy Qualities'; he was wise, benevolent, powerful, erudite, venerable, noble and so forth. From an early age Lungtok manifested the signs of someone naturally holy, demonstrating an inherent grasp of love, compassion and bodhicitta. He mastered these qualities by repeating the mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the exalted bodhisattva of compassion, and making it his personal daily spiritual practice.

At Dzogchen Monastery he took his monk vows from Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye, at which time he was given the name “Lungtok Tenpe Nyima” , and studied with a great number of masters. But it was the great Bodhisattva Dza Paltrul Rinpoche who was his foremost Root Teacher, becoming the Heart Son to both him and the 4th Dzogchen Rinpoche. To Lungtok, Paltrul Rinpoche was his crown-jewel, the great lord of his Buddha-family, the guru with whom he had been karmicly connection for many lifetimes. Paltrul Rinpoche inturn cared for Lungtok with great loving and affection, and for twenty-eight years Lungtok Tenpe Nyima acted as Paltrul’s attendant, inseparable from his master, it was said “If there was no Lungtok, then Paltrul was without his child”. Paltrul Rinpoche empowered Khenpo Lungtok as his regent in the ultimate sense, that of realization, bestowing upon him in their entirety the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the secret Nyingtik teachings of utter lucidity as well as all the written works of the Omniscient One Longchenpa and his spiritual heir, Jigme Lingpa.

Nyoshul Khen Lungtok practiced in intensive retreats for many years and following his guru’s instructions, remained in hermitages throughout his entire life. He taught countless fortunate students the entire range of the secret and profound Nyingtik teachings of utter lucidity freely after the age of 50, as he was instructed to do, thus keeping the purest of samayas with his Lord, Paltrul. He lived thus until the age of seventy-two, a protector of all the teachings and all beings, manifesting unparalleled spiritual activities, masterfully meeting the needs of individual students. It was from this holy guru that Vajradhara Ngagi Wangpo received the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the Dzogchen Nyingtik approach to utter lucidity.

His collected works amount to 9 volumes, totaling 451 individual text. Nyoshul Khen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima's immediate reincarnation was Shedrub Tenpe Nyima. He prophesied that he would have thirteen incarnations named Nyima, but it was Shedrub Tenpe Nyima who took up residence at his main seat.[BL]

Supplication of the Lama

ཆོས་བརྒྱད་མདུད་པ་རོ་སྙོམས་ངང་དུ་ཞིག །
Who freed the ties of the eight wordly concerns, in the state of equal taste,
བློས་བྱས་རི་མོ་ཀ་དག་དབྱིངས་སུ་ཡལ། །
Dissolving the mentally created images into the space of
primordial purity,
རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་གནས་ལུགས་མངོན་སུམ་གཟིགས། །
Beholding directly the natural state of Dzogchen,
ལུང་རྟོགས་བསྟན་པའི་ཉི་མར་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས།། །།
Lungtok Tenpay Nyima, to you I pray!

Main Teachers[edit]

Jamgon Mipham
Patrul Rinpoche
Khenchen Pema Dorje
Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Khenchen Thubten Gyaltsen Ozer
3rd Drime Zhingkyong Jigme Yonten Gonpo
4th Dzogchen Rinpoche Migyur Namkhe Dorje

Main Students[edit]

Main Lineages[edit]

Nyong Tri (Patrul's "Experiential instruction of Dzogchen Nyingtik")
Nyingma Kama
Nyingthig Yazhi
Longchen Nyingtik

Alternate Names & Spellings[edit]

Ngakchen
Gyaltsen Jangchub Dorje
Khenpo Lungtok Tenpe Nyima
Khenchen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima
Nyoshul Lungtok Tenpe Nyima (smyo shul lung rtogs bstan pa'i nyi ma)
Nyoshul Lama Lungtok Tenpe Nyima
Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Gyaltsen Palzangpo

Other Reference Sources[edit]

The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo
A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems. (the longchen nyingtik history by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje)
Masters of Meditation and Miracles. (the longchen nyingtik history by Tulku Thondup)
From the snga 'gyur rdzogs chen chos 'byung chen mo, smyo shul lung rtogs bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi rnam thar bsdus pa

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 ===Short Biography===
-'''Nyoshul Khenchen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima'''(1829-1901), was born to Chosung Tadrin of the  Nyoshul clan. He is thought to be the incarnation of [[Shantarakshita]]. He took his Gelong vows from [[Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye]], and studied with a great number of masters, but it was the great [[Bodhisattva]] Dza Patrul  whom was his Root Teacher. This great being stood out like the clear, white moon among the constellations of [[Patrul Rinpoche]]’s students. A master of the ultimate lineage of realization, one endowed with the nine qualities of someone holy; he was wise, benevolent, powerful, erudite, venerable, noble and so forth. From an early age Lungtok manifested the signs of someone naturally holy, demonstrating an inherent grasp of love, compassion and [[bodhicitta]]. He mastered these qualities by repeating the mantra of [[Avalokiteshvara]], the exalted [[bodhisattva]] of compassion, as his personal spiritual practice.
+'''Nyoshul Khenchen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima'''(1829-1901), was born in the Iron Tiger year of the 14th Rabjyung, to Chosung Tadrin of the  Nyoshul clan.  Thought to be the incarnation of [[Shantarakshita]], this great being stood out like the clear, white moon among the constellations of [[Paltrul Rinpoche]]’s students. A master of the ultimate lineage of realization, one endowed with the 'Nine Holy Qualities'; he was wise, benevolent, powerful, erudite, venerable, noble and so forth. From an early age Lungtok manifested the signs of someone naturally holy, demonstrating an inherent grasp of love, compassion and [[bodhicitta]]. He mastered these qualities by repeating the mantra of [[Avalokiteshvara]], the exalted [[bodhisattva]] of compassion, and making it his personal daily spiritual practice.
-To Lungtok, [[Patrul Rinpoche]] was his crown-jewel, the great  lord of his Buddha-family, the guru with whom he had shared a karmic connection for lifetimes. [[Patrul Rinpoche]] cared for Lungtok with loving affection and for twenty-eight years Lungtok Tenpai Nyima acted as Patrul’s attendant, inseparable from his master, it is said “If there was no Lungtok, then Patrul is without child”. [[Patrul Rinpoche]] empowered Lungtok as his regent in the ultimate sense, that of realization, bestowing upon him in their entirety the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the secret [[Nyingtik]] teachings of utter lucidity as well as all the written works of the Omniscient One [[Longchenpa]] and his spiritual heir, [[Jigme Lingpa]].
+At [[Dzogchen Monastery]] he took his monk vows from [[Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye]], at which time he was given the name “Lungtok Tenpe Nyima” , and studied with a great number of masters. But it was the great [[Bodhisattva]] Dza Paltrul Rinpoche who was his foremost Root Teacher, becoming the Heart Son to both him and the 4th Dzogchen Rinpoche.  To Lungtok, [[Paltrul Rinpoche]] was his crown-jewel, the great  lord of his Buddha-family, the guru with whom he had been karmicly connection for many lifetimes. [[Paltrul Rinpoche]] inturn cared for Lungtok with great loving and affection, and for twenty-eight years Lungtok Tenpe Nyima acted as Paltrul’s attendant, inseparable from his master, it was said “If there was no Lungtok, then Paltrul was without his child”. [[Paltrul Rinpoche]] empowered Khenpo Lungtok as his regent in the ultimate sense, that of realization, bestowing upon him in their entirety the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the secret Nyingtik teachings of utter lucidity as well as all the written works of the Omniscient One [[Longchenpa]] and his spiritual heir, [[Jigme Lingpa]].
-Lungtok carried out the requisite intensive retreats and following his guru’s instructions he taught countless fortunate students the entire range of the secret and profound [[Nyingtik]] teachings of utter lucidity. He lived thus until the age of seventy-two, a protector of all the teachings and all beings, manifesting unparalleled spiritual activities, masterfully meeting the needs of individual students. It was from this holy guru that [[Vajradhara]] [[Khenpo Ngakchung|Ngagi Wangpo]] received the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the Dzogchen approach to utter lucidity.
+Nyoshul Khen Lungtok practiced in  intensive retreats for many years and following his guru’s instructions, remained in hermitages throughout his entire life.  He taught countless fortunate students the entire range of the secret and profound [[Nyingtik]] teachings of utter lucidity freely after the age of 50, as he was  instructed to do, thus keeping the purest of samayas with his Lord, Paltrul. He lived thus until the age of seventy-two, a protector of all the teachings and all beings, manifesting unparalleled spiritual activities, masterfully meeting the needs of individual students. It was from this holy guru that [[Vajradhara]] [[Khenpo Ngakchung|Ngagi Wangpo]] received the tantras, explanatory commentaries and pith instructions of the Dzogchen  Nyingtik approach to utter lucidity.
-His collected works amount to 9 volumes, totaling 451 individual text. Nyoshul Khen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima's immediate reincarnation was [[Shedrub Tenpe Nyima]].
+His collected works amount to 9 volumes, totaling 451 individual text. Nyoshul Khen Lungtok Tenpe Nyima's immediate reincarnation was [[Shedrub Tenpe Nyima]].  He prophesied that he would have thirteen incarnations named Nyima, but it was [[Shedrub Tenpe Nyima]] who took up residence at his main seat.[BL]<br>
 *<br>
-'''''Supplication of the Lama'''''<br>
+:'''''Supplication of the Lama'''''<br>
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 Who freed the ties of the eight wordly concerns, in the state of equal taste,<br>
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 ===Other Reference Sources===
 *[http://www.dzogchen.org/library/bios/dzogchen-lineage.htm The Dzogchen Lineage of Nyoshul Khenpo]<br>
+*[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]. (the longchen nyingtik history by [[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche|Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje]])
+*[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]. (the longchen nyingtik history by [[Tulku Thondup]])<br>
+* From the [[snga 'gyur rdzogs chen chos 'byung chen mo]], [[smyo shul lung rtogs bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan gyi rnam thar bsdus pa]]
 ===Internal Links===
 *[[Longchen Nyingtik]]
 *[[Dzogchen Monastery]]
-*[[Nyoshul Monastery]]
+*[[Nyoshul Monastery]]<br>
 ===External Links===
 *[http://www.tbrc.org/kb/tbrc-detail.xq;jsessionid=0A504E43EC1357051BB7765CF327222E?RID=P5999 His TBRC link here]
-*[http://www.liaoxisi.com/en/02_lineage/17.htm Nyoshul Monastery's Web-site]
+*[http://www.liaoxisi.com/en/02_lineage/17.htm Nyoshul Monastery's Web-site]<br>
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