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'''Name of teacher''' ([[name in wylie]])
Mountain or Sylvain Spirit ([[gnod sbyin]])
[[Image:yonten.jpg|frame|Dzogchen Khenchen Jigme Yonten Gonpo]]
*A class of spirits of Indian origin who assume both male (Skt. [[yakṣa]]) and female (Skt. [[yakṣinī]]) forms. Frequently depicted as holding choppers, cleavers, and swords, they are said to inhabit mountainous areas and sylvain groves, and if propitiated in the context of a means for attainment (Skt. [[sādhana]]), they may confer the common accomplishment of swift-footedness. The Tibetan equivalent snod sbyin literally means "granting harm". [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
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Great Khenpo Jigme Yonten Gonpo was one of the greatest Dzogchen masters in recent times, and was said to be the joint emanation of Jetsun Senge Wangshuk, Jigme Lingpa and Migyur Namkhe Dorje. He was commonly considered to be an incarnation of the primordial Buddha Samantrabhadra.


Born in 1899, Khenpo Jigme Yonten Gonpo studied with many great masters including HE Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche Tupten Choki Dorje, Great Khenpo of Jagong Shenpen Nangwa, Shadral Kunga Palden, and many more. He received teachings on sutra, tantra and the general sciences, but most importantly Khenpo received all the empowerments, guidance and personal instructions of the Heart Essence of the Great Perfection and became the most important realised lineage holder of his day.
[[Category:Astrology and Divination]]
 
From the throne of Shira Sing Scriptural College, he taught extensively on the sutras and tantras and in the latter part of his life became full time tutor to HE Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche Jigdral Jangchup Dorje. Through his brilliant personal instructions of the Great Perfection, many of his fortunate students from all over the land became spiritually mature and attained liberation.
 
During the great upheaval that swept through Tibet, he passed into peace leaving no physical remains, only a few months after the Sixth Dzogchen Rinpoche had died.
 
===Literary Works===
 
===Main Teachers===
*[[Khenpo Shenga]]<br>
 
===Main Students===
*Sixth [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]]
*[[Pema Kalsang]] Rinpoche
 
===Main Lineages===
*[[Nyingthig Yabzhi]]<br>
*[[Longchen Nyingthig]]
*[[Khandro Nyingthig]]
 
===Alternate Names===
*Khenpo Jigme Yonten Gonpo
*Dzogchen Khenchen kyabje Yongdzin Rinpoche
*Jigme Tadrin Yonten Gonpo
 
===Other Reference Sources===
 
===Internal Links===
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===External Links===
Download for the Sungbum in Tibetan PDF files [http://www.dzogchenmonastery.cn/html/downloads.html]
 
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingthig]]

Revision as of 08:35, 7 October 2006

Mountain or Sylvain Spirit (gnod sbyin)

  • A class of spirits of Indian origin who assume both male (Skt. yakṣa) and female (Skt. yakṣinī) forms. Frequently depicted as holding choppers, cleavers, and swords, they are said to inhabit mountainous areas and sylvain groves, and if propitiated in the context of a means for attainment (Skt. sādhana), they may confer the common accomplishment of swift-footedness. The Tibetan equivalent snod sbyin literally means "granting harm". GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)
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