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[[Image:Longchenpa.jpg|frame|right|Longchenpa (klong chen pa) (1308-1363)]]
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[རྙིང་མ]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[ཀློང་ཆེན་པ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
'''Nyingma''' School ([[rnying ma]])
<noinclude>[[klong chen pa]]</noinclude><br>
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===Short Biography===
The teachings brought to Tibet and translated mainly during the reign of [[King Trisong Deutsen]] and in the subsequent period up to [[Rinchen Sangpo]] in the ninth century, chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, [[Vimalamitra]], [[Shantarakshita]], and [[Vairotsana]]. The two subsequent main types of transmission are [[Kahma]] and [[Terma]]. Practices are based on both the [[Outer and Inner Tantras]] with emphasis on the practice of the [[Inner Tantras]] of [[Mahayoga]], [[Anu Yoga]] and [[Ati Yoga]].  
''Longchen Rabjam Drime Ozer''' (1308-1364), was the reincarnation of [[Princess Pemasal]], the daughter of [[King Trisong Deutsen]] and direct student of [[Guru Rinpoche]]. His birth in the Tra Valley of Southern Tibet was accompanied by miraculous events and auspicious omens. He began his Dharma training at the age of seven, when he received empowerments and teachings from his father, a tantric yogi. At twelve, he took novice monastic vows at [[Samye|Samye monastery]].
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===Lineages===
*[[The six main Nyingma monasteries]]
*[[Kama]]
*[[Terma]]
*[[Pure Vision]]


[[Longchenpa]] studied and practiced teachings from a variety of lineages and masters. He received and mastered so many teachings, in fact, that he became known as Samye Lungmangwa, the One of Samye with Many Transmissions. Though he is associated primarily with the [[Nyingma lineage]], he also studied many teachings of the [[Sarma]], or [[New Schools]], including the [[Kalachakratantra]], [[Chöd]], and the [[Path and Result]] teachings of the [[Sakya]] lineage. He shared a particularly close relationship with the third Karmapa, [[Rangjung Dorje]], with whom he studied under the Dzogchen master [[Rigdzin Kumaraja]].
===Teachings===
*[[Dzogchen]]
*[[Development Stage]]
*[[Completion Stage]]
*[[Bardo]]
*[[Nine Vehicles]]


Rigdzin Kumaraja was [[Longchenpa]]'s most important master. He lived with him for two years, practicing the Dzogchen teachings of the [[Heart Essence of Vimalamitra]] under extremely harsh conditions. Rigdzin Kumaraja eventually empowered [[Longchenpa]] as the lineage holder for these teachings. [[Longchenpa]] also reawakened a connection with the [[Heart Essence of the Dakinis]], the Dzogchen lineage of [[Guru Rinpoche]], and practiced these teachings for years in isolated mountain retreats.
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*[[Ancient Translation School]]
*[[Nyingmapa]]
*[[Ngagyur Nyingma]]


[[Longchenpa|Longchen Rabjam]]'s influence upon the [[Nyingma]] lineage is unparalleled. He united and compiled teachings concerning the two main Dzogchen Heart Essence lineages in a work entitled [[Four Volumes of the Heart Essence]], adding three commentaries of his own to the teachings of [[Guru Rinpoche]] and [[Vimalamitra]]. He also wrote the famed Seven Treasuries, texts that present various aspects of the view, meditation, and conduct of the Nyingma school's [[nine vehicles]].
===Reference===
See also [[Nyingma School of the Early Translations]]


[[Longchenpa]] passed away at the age of fifty-six. He left over two hundred and fifty treatises behind, many of which are still regarded as the most comprehensive and authoritative works yet written concerning the view and practice of the Great Perfection. His most important students include the [[3rd Karmapa]], Rangjung Dorjé, with whom he exchanged teachings, Özer Kocha, and his son, Tülku Trakpa Özer.
[[Category:Lineages & Teachings]]
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<center><noinclude><span class=TibUni16>འཛམ་གླིང་མཛེས་པའི་རྒྱན་དྲུག་མཆོག་གཉིས་དང༌། །</span></noinclude><br></center>
<center><noinclude><span class=TibUni16>ཐུགས་རྗེ་ལུང་རྟོགས་མཉམ་པའི་མཐུ་མངའ་ཡང༌། །</span></noinclude><br></center>
<center><noinclude><span class=TibUni16>ནགས་ཁྲོད་དམ་པར་སྦས་པའི་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་ཀྱིས། །</span></noinclude><br></center>
<center><noinclude><span class=TibUni16>འཁོར་འདས་ཆོས་སྐུར་རྫོགས་པའི་ཀློང་ཆེན་པ། །</span></noinclude><br></center>
<center><noinclude><span class=TibUni16>དྲི་མེད་འོད་ཟེར་ཞབས་ལ་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས།། །།</span></noinclude><br></center>
<center>The adornments of our world, the Six Ornaments and the Two Supreme Ones,<br></center>
<center>Though endowed with equal compassion, learning, and realization,<br></center>
<center>By practicing secretly in sacred forests,<br></center>
<center>Consummated samsara and nirvana in the Dharmakaya the 'Great Infinitude,'<br></center>
<center>Drimé Özer <small>''(Longchenpa)''</small>, at your lotus feet I pray!<br></center>
 
 
===Literary Works===
*See [[Writings of Longchenpa]]<br>
*TBRC: [http://www.tbrc.org/browse/persons/Writings1583.php list writings (in wylie romanization)]
===Main Teachers===
*[[Rigdzin Kumaradza]]<br>
===Main Students===
*[[Tulku Drakpa Ozer]]<br>
*[[Ozer Kocha]]<br>
*[[Rangjung Dorje]] ([[Jigme Lingpa]])<br>
 
===Main Lineages===
*[[Nyingthig Yabzhi]]
*[[Vima Nyingthig]]
*[[Khandro Nyingthig]]
*[[Nyingma Kama]]<br>
 
===Alternate Names===
*Tsultrim Lodro ([[tshul khrims blo gros]])
*Samye Lungmangwa ([[bsam yas lung mang ba]])
*Dorje Zhiji ([[rdo rje gzhi brjid]])
*[[Drimey Ozer]] [[dri med 'od zer]]
*[[Kunkhyen Longchenpa]] [[kun mkhyen klong chen pa]]
*[[Longchen Rabjam]] [[klong chen rab 'byams]]
*[[Longchen Rabjampa]] [[klong chen rab 'byams pa]]
*[[Longchen Rabjam Drime Ozer]] [[klong chen rab 'byams dri med 'od zer]]<br>
===Other Reference Sources===
*A more detailed account of his life and teachings is found in Buddha Mind by [[Tulku Thondup Rinpoche]] (Snow Lion Publications), 1989.
*[[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]]'s latest Dzogchen history has a long chapter on Longchenpa
===Internal Links===
*[[rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso]]
*[[Choying Dzo]] Wylie text
===External Links===
*[http://www.buddhistinformation.com/tibetan/longchenpa.htm Longchenpa's Great Chariot], by [[Ives Waldo]]
*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/id96.html Longchen Rabjam Series on Lotsawa House]
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[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
[[Category:Dzogchen Masters]]
[[Category:Nyingma Literature]]
[[Category:Longchen Nyingthig Masters]]

Revision as of 09:38, 7 July 2009

རྙིང་མ
Nyingma School (rnying ma)

The teachings brought to Tibet and translated mainly during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and in the subsequent period up to Rinchen Sangpo in the ninth century, chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Shantarakshita, and Vairotsana. The two subsequent main types of transmission are Kahma and Terma. Practices are based on both the Outer and Inner Tantras with emphasis on the practice of the Inner Tantras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga and Ati Yoga.

Lineages

Teachings

Alternate Names & Spellings

Reference

See also Nyingma School of the Early Translations

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