Jigme Ngotsar Gyatso

Getse Jigme Ngotsar
དགེ་རྩེའི་འཇིགས་མེད་ངོ་མཚར་
dge rtse'i 'jigs med ngo mtshar
འཇིགས་མེད་ངོ་མཚར་རྒྱ་མཚོ་
'jigs med ngo mtshar rgya mtsho

Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gyamtso

Short Biography

Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gyatso (b.1788 - d.1851), the enlightened yogi who founded the Kilung Monastery in the 18th century. Jigme Ngotsar is important in the Nyingma Longchen Nyingtik lineage. He was one of the renowned Jigme Namzhi, "The Four Jigmes” who were the principal disciples and “Heart Sons” of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa, a most revered Nyingma teacher of the last 600 years.

Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa instructed Jigme Ngotsar to establish a monastery in his homeland of Dzachuka, East Tibet. With the patronage of the King of Derge, Jigme Ngotsar, as the royal family’s chief spiritual advisor and lama, raised a great monastery. This included a main temple (still standing), a thriving monastic college with several hundred monks, a separate center for long-term retreat, and a nearby nunnery.

Main Teachers

• Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa
• Jigme Trinley Ozer
• Barla Tashi Gyamtso
• Gyalse Shenpen Thaye
• Jebon Pema Kundrol Namgyal
• Dzogchen Khenchen Pema Tashi
• Shechen Rabjam Rigdzin Paljor Gyatso
• Dzogchen Rinpoche Ngedon Tenzin Zangpo
• Minling Khenchen Orgyen Tendzin
• Peling Sungtrul Kunzang Tenpe Gyaltsen

Main Students

• Mingyur Namkhe Dorje
• Dza Paltrul Rinpoche
• Gyalse Shenpen Thaye
• Dola Jigme Kalzang
• Orgyen Chemchok Palgyi Dorje
• Mura Rinpoche Pema Dechen Zangpo
• Gampopa Orgyen Drodul Lingpa

Main Lineages

• Longchen Nyingtik
  
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Alternate Names

• Getse Lama Sonam Tenzin
• Dzachukha Jigme Ngotsar
• 1st Kilung Rinpoche
• 1st Dza Kilung Rinpoche

Other Reference Sources

• The Treasury of Lives Link[1]
• BIOGRAPHY OF GETSE LAMA JIGME NGOTSAR GYATSO [2]

Internal Links

• One of Jigme Lingpa's four primary students and lineage holders, known as "The Four Jigmes"

External Links

• TBRC Link[3]