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<noinclude>[[Jampal Shenyen]]</noinclude><br>
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<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[འཇམ་དཔལ་བཤེས་གཉེན།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[ཤྲཱི་སིངྷ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[['jam dpal bshes gnyen]]</noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[[shrI sing ha]]</noinclude>  
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===Short Biography===
===Short Biography===
'''Manjushrimitra, Jampal Shenyen''' An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage and the chief disciple of [[Garab Dorje]]. In his role as a master in the lineage of the [[Sadhana Section of Mahayoga]], he received the transmission of [[Yamantaka]] in the form of the [[Secret Wrathful Manjushri Tantra]] and other texts. Manjushrimitra was born in the [[Magadha]] district, to a Brahmin family to the West of Bodhigaya, India and was soon an adept in the general sciences and the conventional topics of Buddhism. After having become the most eminent among five hundred panditas, he received many teachings and empowerments from [[Garab Dorje]], [[Lalitavajra]], and other masters and reached the unified level of enlightenment, indivisible from [[Manjushri]]. Yamantaka appeared to him in person, conferred empowerment and transmitted the tantras and oral instructions. Among his chief recipients of this teaching were [[Hungkara]], [[Padmasambhava]], and [[Hanatela]].
Shri Singha was the chief disciple and successor of [[Manjushrimitra]] in the lineage of the Dzogchen teachings. He was born in the Chinese city of [[Shokyam]] in [[Khotan]] and studied at first with the Chinese masters [[Hatibhala]] and [[Bhelakirti]]. In his ''[[Ocean of Wondrous Sayings]]'', [[Guru Tashi Tobgyal]] adds that Shri Singha received a prophesy from [[Avalokiteshvara]] while traveling to [[Serling]], telling him to go to the [[Sosaling charnel ground]] in order to be sure of the ultimate attainment. After many years Shri Singha met [[Manjushrimitra]] in the charnel ground of Sosaling, and remained with him for twenty-five years. Having transmitted all the oral instructions, the great master Manjushrimitra dissolved his bodily form into a mass of light. When Shri Singha cried out in despair and uttered songs of deep yearning, Manjushrimitra appeared again and bestowed him a tiny casket of precious substance. The casket contained his master's final words, a vital instruction named [[Gomnyam Drugpa]], the [[Six Experiences of Meditation]]. Having received this transmission, Shri Singha reached ultimate confidence. In [[Bodhgaya]] he found the manuscripts of the tantras previously hidden by Manjushrimitra which he took to China where he classified the [[Instruction Section]] into four parts: the outer, inner, secret, and the innermost unexcelled sections. Among Shri Singha's disciples were four outstanding masters: [[Jnanasutra]], [[Vimalamitra]], [[Padmasambhava]] and the Tibetan translator [[Vairotsana]]. [RY]
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According to the [[Khandro Nyingthig]] tradition, it is also said that Shri Singha received teachings directly from Manjushrimitra's guru, the [[nirmanakaya]] buddha [[Garab Dorje]]. [[CJD]]
===Literary Works===
*[[Fill in the blanks]]<br>


During their seventy five years together, he received the entire Dzogchen transmission from Garab Dorje and after Garab Dorje's parinirvana, he divided the sixty-four hundred thousand Dzogchen verses into three series, the Mind, Space and the Secret Precepts; the latter was then divided into the Oral and the Explanatory sections. He hid the main text of the oral section in a rock to the east of Bodhigaya and sealed it with the sign of crossed diamond scepters. He then went to the Sosaling cremation ground to the west of Bodhgaya, where he taught his disciple Shri Singha, stayed there in meditation for nine hundred years.
===Main Teachers===
*[[Haribhala]]
*[[Bhelakirti]]
*[[Garap Dorje]]
*[[Manjushrimitra]]


He attained the body of light. His quintessential testament to Sri Singha was a jewel casket containing the "Six Meditation Experiences" (Gomnyam Drukpa). There seem to have been several masters with this name, but [[Guru Tashi Tobgyal]] in his ''[[Ocean of Wondrous Sayings]] to Delight the Learned Ones'' views them as being magical emanations of the same master.
===Main Students===
*[[Padmasambhava]]<br>
*[[Jnanasutra]]<br>
*[[Vimalamitra]]<br>
*[[Vairotsana]]


See also [[Sadhana Section]].[RY] (From the glossary to ''[[The Lotus-Born]]'', the biography of Padmasambhava.)
*<br>
<center>''Attaining the unsurpassable achievement,''<br></center>
<center>''A fountain of wishfulfilling teaching,''<br></center>
<center>''You showered mankind with your dharma:''<br></center>
<center>''Homage to Manjusrimitra.''<br></center>
[[Image:Jampal Shenyen.jpg|frame|]]
===Literary Works===
*[[rdo la gser zhun]]<br>
:<big>'''In English'''</big>
*Primordial Experience: An Introduction to rDzogs-chen Meditation
*"Illuminating Sunlight" in: Wellsprings of the Great Perfection. Rangjung Yeshe Publications
===Main Teachers===
*[[Garab Dorje]]
*[[Lalitavajra]]<br>
===Main Students===
*[[Shri Singha]]
*[[Hungkara]]
*[[Padmasambhava]]
*[[Hanatela]]
===Main Lineages===
===Main Lineages===
*[[Vima Nyingthig]]<br>
*[[Vima Nyingthig]]<br>
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===Alternate Names & Spellings===
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*Rigdzin Jampal Shenyen
*[[Śrī Siṃha]]<br>
*Jampel Shenyen
*[[Shri Simha]]<br>
*Jampalshenyen
*[[Sri Simha]]<br>
*Mañjuśrīmitra
 
*Manjusrimitra
===Song of Realization===
*Siddhigarbha
The general realization of the Mind Section, the spontaneous meditation song about the precious jewel, was sung in these words by Shri Singha in his meditation hut during a feast offering.
*Samvaragarbha
 
Hung<br>
However thought of, it defies imagination;<br>
However spoken of, it cannot be discerned;<br>
But from the basic space of wakeful vastness<br>
Shines forth a light that never need be sought.
 
In dharmata which thoughts can never fathom<br>
Remain unwavering and evenly composed.<br>
There is, I see, no other training.
 
The spear tip of my wakeful knowing<br>
Rents asunder my enemy, my thoughts.<br>
Ratna kosala a hoh
 
This was the nineteenth; the essential realization of the general Mind Section. ithi.<br>
(from [[Wellsprings of the Great Perfection]]), [[RY]]
 
===Other Reference Sources===
===Other Reference Sources===
*Jampal Shenyen. Skt: Manjushrimitra (the first). A great Indian pandita of the Dzogchen lineage who was the chief disciple of Garab Dorje and later the guru of Shri Singha and Guru Padmasambhava. He was one of the eight Vidyadharas of India. He passed away 830 years after the Buddha's nirvana. Lit Gentle Splendor Spiritual Friend. [RY]
*manjusrimitra, student of dga' rab rdo rje, teacher of shrisingha, author of books on Manjusrinamasamgiti, 2nd Manjusrimitra 125 years later who taught Padmasambhava [JV]
*Manjusrimitra [RY]
*Manjushri-mitra [I, [disciple of Garab Dorje, guru of Shri Singha, died 830 y after the buddha's nirvana, Nyingma vidyadhara connected w 1 of the 8 logos.] [IW]
*Manjushri-mitra [IW]
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*Dudjom Rinpoche (1991). ''[[The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism]]: Its Fundamentals and History''. Translated by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein. Boston: Wisdom Publications.
*Dudjom Rinpoche (1991). ''[[The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism]]: Its Fundamentals and History''. Translated by Gyurme Dorje and Matthew Kapstein. Boston: Wisdom Publications.
*Thondup, Tulku. ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]''. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.
*Thondup, Tulku. ''[[Masters of Meditation and Miracles]]''. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.
*Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorjé. ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]''. Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005.
*Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorjé. ''[[A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems]]''. Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005.
*The Great History of Garab Dorje, Manjushrimitra, Shrisingha...: by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and translated by Jim Valby
*[[Wellsprings of the Great Perfection]], Rangjung Yeshe Publications. ISBN 9627341576
 
===Internal Links===
===Internal Links===
*One of the [[Twenty-One Indian Panditas]] ([[rgya gar gyi mkhas pa nyi shu rtsa gcig]]) [RY]
*One of the [[Twenty-One Indian Panditas]] ([[rgya gar gyi mkhas pa nyi shu rtsa gcig]]) [RY]
*One of the [[Eight Vidyadharas]]
 
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*[http://www.dharmafellowship.org/biographies/historicalsaints/manjusrimitra.htm Biographies: Majusrimitra Incarnation of Divine Wisdom]
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Revision as of 16:18, 5 January 2009

alt Shri Singha

ཤྲཱི་སིངྷ།
shrI sing ha

Short Biography

Shri Singha was the chief disciple and successor of Manjushrimitra in the lineage of the Dzogchen teachings. He was born in the Chinese city of Shokyam in Khotan and studied at first with the Chinese masters Hatibhala and Bhelakirti. In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings, Guru Tashi Tobgyal adds that Shri Singha received a prophesy from Avalokiteshvara while traveling to Serling, telling him to go to the Sosaling charnel ground in order to be sure of the ultimate attainment. After many years Shri Singha met Manjushrimitra in the charnel ground of Sosaling, and remained with him for twenty-five years. Having transmitted all the oral instructions, the great master Manjushrimitra dissolved his bodily form into a mass of light. When Shri Singha cried out in despair and uttered songs of deep yearning, Manjushrimitra appeared again and bestowed him a tiny casket of precious substance. The casket contained his master's final words, a vital instruction named Gomnyam Drugpa, the Six Experiences of Meditation. Having received this transmission, Shri Singha reached ultimate confidence. In Bodhgaya he found the manuscripts of the tantras previously hidden by Manjushrimitra which he took to China where he classified the Instruction Section into four parts: the outer, inner, secret, and the innermost unexcelled sections. Among Shri Singha's disciples were four outstanding masters: Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava and the Tibetan translator Vairotsana. [RY]

According to the Khandro Nyingthig tradition, it is also said that Shri Singha received teachings directly from Manjushrimitra's guru, the nirmanakaya buddha Garab Dorje. CJD

Literary Works

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

Song of Realization

The general realization of the Mind Section, the spontaneous meditation song about the precious jewel, was sung in these words by Shri Singha in his meditation hut during a feast offering.

Hung
However thought of, it defies imagination;
However spoken of, it cannot be discerned;
But from the basic space of wakeful vastness
Shines forth a light that never need be sought.

In dharmata which thoughts can never fathom
Remain unwavering and evenly composed.
There is, I see, no other training.

The spear tip of my wakeful knowing
Rents asunder my enemy, my thoughts.
Ratna kosala a hoh

This was the nineteenth; the essential realization of the general Mind Section. ithi.
(from Wellsprings of the Great Perfection), RY

Other Reference Sources

Internal Links

External Links

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