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Jigme Lingpa
འཇིགས་མེད་གླིང་པ་
1729 – 1798
Jigme Lingpa was one of the most influential treasure revealers of the Nyingma tradition, best known for his Longchen Nyingtik treasury cycle. Active in in the eighteenth century in the Chonggye region, primarily at Pelri Monastery, and at the Chimpu cave complex above Samye Monastery, he received patronage from the king and queen of Derge, helping to promote Nyingma teachings in that kingdom and training many of the prominent Nyingma lamas from the Kham region, including the First Dodrubchen.



Other names

  • མཁྱེན་བརྩེ་འོད་ཟེར་ · other names (Tibetan)
  • mkhyen brtse 'od zer · other names (Wylie)

Affiliations & relations

  • Nyingma · religious affiliation
  • Vimalamitra · emanation of
  • Khri srong lde'u btsan · emanation of
  • rgyal sras lha rje · emanation of
  • Sangs rgyas bla ma · emanation of
  • chos rje gling pa · emanation of
  • thugs mchog rdo rje · teacher
  • dri med gling pa · teacher
  • Gnubs ban bstan 'dzin ye shes lhun grub · teacher
  • 'jigs med rgyal ba'i myu gu · student
  • Dodrupchen, 1st · student
  • kun bzang nges don dbang po · student
  • Dge rtse ma hA paN+Di ta tshe dbang mchog grub · student
  • Pad+ma chos 'byor rgya mtsho · student