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[[Image:mipham-1.jpg|frame|Kunkhyen Jamyang Mipham Rinpoche]]
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[མི་ཕམ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[མི་ཕམ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[[mi pham]]</noinclude><br>
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<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[འཇམ་མགོན་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude><span class=TibUni16>[[འཇམ་མགོན་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།]]</span></noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[['jam mgon 'ju mi pham rnam rgyal]]</noinclude><br>
<noinclude>[['jam mgon 'ju mi pham rnam rgyal]]</noinclude><br>
===Short Biography===
:::''Repository of the four aspects of perfect intelligence,''
:::''Lord of the kingdom of dharma,''
:::''You were the greatest pandita of your generation:''
:::''Homage to Jamgon Mipham.''


'''Jamyang Mipham Namgyal Gyatso Rinpoche''' (1846-1912) ranks alongside [[Longchen Rabjam]] and [[Tsongkhapa]] as one of Tibet's most prolific and influential masters. His presentation of the [[Nyingma]] School's unique approach to the view and practice of Buddhism, and in particular the relationship between [[Madhyamaka]] and the [[Great Perfection]], has had an enormous impact on the past few generations of Tibetan Buddhist scholars and practitioners. Namdrolling Monastic College, currently the largest functioning [[Nyingma]] educational institution, includes twenty of his texts in its curriculum. By comparison, only five texts by [[Longchenpa]] are included and only one by [[Rongzom Mahapandita]].


Mipham's primary teachers were [[Patrul Rinpoche]] and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]], both incarnations of the tertön [[Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa]]. Khyentsé Rinpoche requested Mipham to preserve the [[Nyingma]] teachings through teaching, debate, and composition—a task in which he admirably succeeded. About his remarkable student, Khyentsé remarked: “In this time, there is no one else on earth more learned than Lama Mipham.”


He excelled not only in study and teaching, however, but in practice as well. The numerous retreats he completed were always accompanied by miraculous signs of accomplishment.


Mipham Rinpoche’s collected writings comprise twenty-seven volumes and cover a vast array of topics. Among his most influential writings are The [[Speech of Delight]]—a commentary on [[Shantarakshita]]'s [[Ornament of the Middle Way]], [[Gateway to Knowledge]]—which provides an overview of the Buddha’s teachings, and [[Beacon of Certainty]]—an elucidation of the view of the Great Perfection and its relationship to the Middle Way teachings.


===Short Biography===
Mipham’s most important students were [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]], the Fifth [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], Gemang Kyabgon, [[Khenpo Pema Dorje|Khenpo Padmavajra]], [[Gyaltrul Rinpoche|Palyul Gyaltrul]], Karma Yangtrul, [[Tai Situ Rinpoche|Palpung Situ Rinpoche]], Ling Jetrung, [[Adzom Drukpa]], Tokden [[Shakya Shri]], [[Jamyang Loter Wangpo|Ngor Ponlob]], and others. The great tulkus of [[Sechen Monastery]], [[Dzogchen Monastery]], [[Kathok Monastery]], [[Palyul Monastery]], [[Palpung Monastery]], [[Dege Gonchen]], [[Repkong]] and others of all lineages, [[Sakya]], [[Gelug]], [[Kagyu]], and [[Nyingma]], all became his disciples.
[[Mipham|Ju Mipham]] 91846-1912) ranks alongside [[Longchen Rabjam]] and [[Tsongkhapa]] as one of Tibet's most prolific and influential masters. His presentation of the [[Nyingma]] School's unique approach to the view and practice of Buddhism, and in particular the relationship between [[Madhyamaka]] and the [[Great Perfection]], has had an enormous impact on the past few generations of Tibetan Buddhist scholars and practitioners. Namdrolling Monastic College, currently the largest functioning [[Nyingma]] educational institution, includes twenty of his texts in its curriculum. By comparison, only five texts by Longchenpa are included and only one by [[Rongzom Mahapandita]].
 
[[Mipham]]'s primary teachers were [[Patrul Rinpoche]] and [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]], both incarnations of the tertön [[Jigme Lingpa]]. Khyentsé Rinpoche requested [[Mipham]] to preserve the [[Nyingma]] teachings through teaching, debate, and composition—a task in which he admirably succeeded. About his remarkable student, Khyentsé remarked: “In this time, there is no one else on earth more learned than lama [[Mipham]].”
 
He excelled not only in study and teaching, however, but in practice as well. The numerous retreats he completed were always accompanied by miraculous signs of accomplishment.
 
[[Mipham|Mipham Rinpoche]]’s collected writings comprise twenty-seven volumes and cover a vast array of topics. Among his most influential writings are The [[Speech of Delight]]—a commentary on [[Shantarakshita]]'s [[Ornament of the Middle Way]], [[Gateway to Knowledge]]—which provides an overview of the Buddha’s teachings, and [[Beacon of Certainty]]—an elucidation of the view of the Great Perfection and its relationship to the Middle Way teachings.
*Mipham’s most important students were [[Dodrupchen Rinpoche]], the Fifth [[Dzogchen Rinpoche]], Gemang Kyab Gon, Khenpo Padmavajra, Palyul Gyaltrul, Karma Yangtrul, Palpung Situ Rinpoche, Ling Jetrung, Adzom Drukpa, Tokden Shakya Shri, Ngor Ponlob, and others. The great tulkus of Sechen, Dzogchen, Katog, Palyul, Palpung, Dege Gonchen, Repkong and others of all lineages, Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, and Nyingma, all became his disciples.


[[Mipham|Mipham Rinpoche]] was also instrumental in training some of last century’s most important [[Nyingma]] teachers. His most prominent students include Khenpo Künpal, Katok Situ, Sechen Rabjam, Khenpo Pema Dorjé, and the tertön Lerab Lingpa.
Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche was also instrumental in training some of last century’s most important [[Nyingma]] teachers. His most prominent students include [[Khenpo Kunpal]], [[Kathok Situ Rinpoche|Katok Situ]], [[Sechen Rabjam Rinpoche]], [[Khenpo Pema Dorje]], and the tertön [[Lerab Lingpa]].<br>
<center>'''''Verses by Ju Mipham'''''</center><br>
<center>''Whenever there is focus or reference on something, that is poison to the view.''</center><br>
<center>''Whenever there is contrivance or effort, that is a fault of meditation.''</center><br>
<center>''Whenever there is some reification of adopting and rejecting, conduct is lost.''</center><br>
<center>''May we realize pure reality, free of pain.''</center><br>


===Literary Works===
===Literary Works===
See '''[[Writings of Mipham]]'''
See '''[[Writings of Mipham]]'''<br>
 
===Main Teachers===
===Main Teachers===
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]<br>
*[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]]
*[[Wangchen Gyerab Dorje]]
 
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]]<br>
===Main Students===
===Main Students===
*[[Khenpo Kunpal]]<br>
*[[Khenpo Kunpal]]<br>
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*[[Sechen Rabjam]]<br>
*[[Sechen Rabjam]]<br>
*[[Lerab Lingpa]]<br>
*[[Lerab Lingpa]]<br>
*[[Khenpo Shenga]]
*[[Troshul Khenpo Jampal Dorje]]


===Main Lineages===
===Main Lineages===
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===Alternate Names & Spellings===
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*Ju Mipham
*Lama Mipham Chokle Namgyel
*Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
*Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
*Mipham Jamyang Gyamtso
*Jampal Gyepe Dorje
*Mipham Gyamtso
*Mipham Gyamtso
*Jampal Dorje
*Lama Mipham
*Lama Mipham
*Jampal Gyepe Dorje
*Ju Mipham
*Jampal Dorje
*Jñanasara  
*Jñanasara  
*Mipham Jamyang Gyamtso
*Ajita
*Ajita


===Other Reference Sources===
===Other Reference Sources===
*[[Fill in the blanks]]<br>
*[http://www.dharmafellowship.org/biographies/historicalsaints/mipham-namgyal.htm Biographies: The Life of Mipham Jamyang Namgyal (1846–1912)]
 
*[http://www.google.com/books?id=-IfPeuDr8gwC&pg=PA19&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=ACfU3U0rpeDDpLoiWUgezWbaEPBoBHSPgg#PPA19,M1 The Life and Works of Mipham Rinpoche]
*[http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Mipham_Rinpoche_Timeline Mipham Rinpoche Timeline]
*Mipham's commentary on the Shambhala sections of the Kalachakra Tantra[http://www.mountaindev.com/d/shambhala.rtf]
*Mipham Rinpoche's The Sword of Knowledge with Khenchen Palden Sherab's commentary The Blazing Lights of the Sun and Moon[http://www.mountaindev.com/d/sral.pdf]
*"Molten Gold" The Pith Instruction on Looking Into the Mind; A Guide to the Mind entitled Liquid Gold Vomited from the Stomach of a Dog[http://www.turtlehill.org/miph.html]
*The Meaning Of The Vajra Seven Line Prayer To Guru Rinpoche[http://www.quietmountain.org/links/teachings/7_Line_Prayer_To_Guru_Rinpoche/7lnpryr.htm]
*Instruction on Attaining Inner Calm[http://www.turtlehill.org/calm.html]
*The Teaching of the Essential Point in Three Words[http://www.turtlehill.org/esse.html]
===Internal Links===
===Internal Links===
*[[The Buddha's 80 Minor Marks]] explained by [[Mipham|Mipham Rinpoche]]
*[[The Buddha's 80 Minor Marks]] explained by [[Mipham|Mipham Rinpoche]]
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*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mipham Mipham Yahoo group]
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mipham Mipham Yahoo group]
*[http://www.library.gov.bt/outlines/JuMipham.html Outline: Ju Mipham Sungbum / Mipham Karchag]
*[http://www.library.gov.bt/outlines/JuMipham.html Outline: Ju Mipham Sungbum / Mipham Karchag]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mipham Mipham Jamyang Gyatso at Wikipedia]
*[[http://www.bodhicittasangha.org/lang-en/teachings/important-texts Translations of Mipham text by Bodhicitta Sangha]


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Kunkhyen Jamyang Mipham Rinpoche

མི་ཕམ།
mi pham
Mipham Gyatso
མི་ཕམ་རྒྱ་མཚོ།
mi pham rgya mtsho
Mipham Namgyal
མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
mi pham rnam rgyal
Jamgon Mipham
འཇམ་མགོན་མི་ཕམ།
'jam mgon mi pham
Jamgon Ju Mipham Namgyal
འཇམ་མགོན་འཇུ་མི་ཕམ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
'jam mgon 'ju mi pham rnam rgyal

Short Biography

Repository of the four aspects of perfect intelligence,
Lord of the kingdom of dharma,
You were the greatest pandita of your generation:
Homage to Jamgon Mipham.

Jamyang Mipham Namgyal Gyatso Rinpoche (1846-1912) ranks alongside Longchen Rabjam and Tsongkhapa as one of Tibet's most prolific and influential masters. His presentation of the Nyingma School's unique approach to the view and practice of Buddhism, and in particular the relationship between Madhyamaka and the Great Perfection, has had an enormous impact on the past few generations of Tibetan Buddhist scholars and practitioners. Namdrolling Monastic College, currently the largest functioning Nyingma educational institution, includes twenty of his texts in its curriculum. By comparison, only five texts by Longchenpa are included and only one by Rongzom Mahapandita.

Mipham's primary teachers were Patrul Rinpoche and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, both incarnations of the tertön Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa. Khyentsé Rinpoche requested Mipham to preserve the Nyingma teachings through teaching, debate, and composition—a task in which he admirably succeeded. About his remarkable student, Khyentsé remarked: “In this time, there is no one else on earth more learned than Lama Mipham.”

He excelled not only in study and teaching, however, but in practice as well. The numerous retreats he completed were always accompanied by miraculous signs of accomplishment.

Mipham Rinpoche’s collected writings comprise twenty-seven volumes and cover a vast array of topics. Among his most influential writings are The Speech of Delight—a commentary on Shantarakshita's Ornament of the Middle Way, Gateway to Knowledge—which provides an overview of the Buddha’s teachings, and Beacon of Certainty—an elucidation of the view of the Great Perfection and its relationship to the Middle Way teachings.

Mipham’s most important students were Dodrupchen Rinpoche, the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Gemang Kyabgon, Khenpo Padmavajra, Palyul Gyaltrul, Karma Yangtrul, Palpung Situ Rinpoche, Ling Jetrung, Adzom Drukpa, Tokden Shakya Shri, Ngor Ponlob, and others. The great tulkus of Sechen Monastery, Dzogchen Monastery, Kathok Monastery, Palyul Monastery, Palpung Monastery, Dege Gonchen, Repkong and others of all lineages, Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, and Nyingma, all became his disciples.

Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche was also instrumental in training some of last century’s most important Nyingma teachers. His most prominent students include Khenpo Kunpal, Katok Situ, Sechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Khenpo Pema Dorje, and the tertön Lerab Lingpa.

Verses by Ju Mipham


Whenever there is focus or reference on something, that is poison to the view.


Whenever there is contrivance or effort, that is a fault of meditation.


Whenever there is some reification of adopting and rejecting, conduct is lost.


May we realize pure reality, free of pain.


Literary Works

See Writings of Mipham

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

  • Lama Mipham Chokle Namgyel
  • Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche
  • Mipham Jamyang Gyamtso
  • Jampal Gyepe Dorje
  • Mipham Gyamtso
  • Jampal Dorje
  • Lama Mipham
  • Ju Mipham
  • Jñanasara
  • Ajita

Other Reference Sources

Internal Links

External Links

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