Lha btsun nam mkha' 'jigs med

ལྷ་བཙུན་ནམ་མཁའ་འཇིགས་མེད་
Lhatsun Namkha Jikme (1597 - 1650) Tibetan date of birth: Year of the Female Fire Bird, 10^th sexagenary cycle. <br>

Himalayan Art Resources

 

Dilgo Khyentse's lha bstun bla sgrub revelation Courtesy of Tsering Art School

Lhatsun Namkha Jikme was an important conduit of the Dzogchen teachings who was considered to be the combined emanation of Vimalamitra and Longchenpa. He is credited with the "opening" of the hidden land of Sikkim and was instrumental in the establishment of the royal dynasty of this Himalayan kingdom. He was a student of two of the most influential treasure-revealers of his day, Jatsön Nyingpo and Dudul Dorje, though he is perhaps best known for his own pure vision cycle the Rtsa gsum rig 'dzin srog sgrub. The mountain smoke offering from this cycle has become extremely widespread, especially in the West due to its propagation by Dudjom Rinpoche and his students.

All Names

Main Wylie Name	lha btsun nam mkha' 'jigs med	ལྷ་བཙུན་ནམ་མཁའ་འཇིགས་མེད
Other Names

Relationships

Religious Affiliation	Nyingma
Is Emanation of	Vimalamitra Klong chen pa
Has Following Emanations	Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Teachers	'ja' tshon snying po Bdud 'dul rdo rje Gong ra lo chen gzhan phan rdo rje Rtse le sna tshogs rang grol
Students	Phrin las lhun grub Peling Sungtrul, 3rd

Links

BDRC	https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1691
Treasury of Lives	http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Lhatson-Namkha-Jigme/P1691
Himalayan Art Resources	http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=2517