(1823–1901). Thubten Chökyi Drakpa. Geluk scholar, disciple of Dza Patrul Rinpoche, commentator on Way of the Bodhisattva and Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva. +
One of the six main Nyingma monasteries. Founded in 1665 by Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab. The monastic seat of the successive Penor incarnations. Near Derge. +
In general, these are equivalent to offerings of the five sense pleasures (Tib. dod pa'i yon tan lnga, Skt. pancakamaguna), namely: (1) a mirror representing visual forms (Tib. gzugs, Skt. rupa); (2) a lute representing sounds (Tib. sgra, Skt. sapda), (3) a conch filled with perfume representing smells (Tib. dri, Skt. gandha); (4) fruits representing tastes (Tib. ro, Skt. rasa); and (5) silken cloths representing tangibles (Tib. reg bya, Skt. sparsa). By extension, this enumeration can also refer to the eight external offerings symbolized by the eight offering goddesses: (1) drinking water, (2) washing water, (3) flowers, (4) incense, (5)lamps, (6) perfume, (7) food, and (8) a conch. +
(1) Wisdom of the space of reality that is the natural purity of the aggregate of consciousness, free from delusion (chos dbyings kyi ye shes); (2) mirrorlike wisdom to which all the objects of the five senses appear spontaneously as in a mirror (me long gi ye shes); (3) wisdom of evenness that experiences the three types of feelings (good, bad, and indifferent) as of one taste (mnyam nyid kyi ye shes); (4) wisdom of discernment that accurately identifies names and forms (sor rtog pa'i ye shes); and (5) all-accomplishing wisdom that accomplishes enlightened activities and their purposes (bya ba grub pa'i ye shes). +
(1842–1924). A.k.a. Natsok Rangdrol. Famous Longchen Nyingtik master who founded Adzom Gar in 1886. Student of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamgön Mipam Rinpoche. +
Also called the eight major transgressions: (1) relying on a consort who has not matured through empowerment and samaya, (2) physically or verbally fighting during a feast-offering ceremony, (3) receiving the nectar of an unauthorized consort, (4) failing to reveal the Secret Mantra to a qualified recipient, (5) teaching something other than what has been requested by a faithful aspirant, (6) staying seven complete days with a shravaka, (7) proclaiming oneself to be a tantric adept when the yoga of primordial wisdom has not been realized, and (8) teaching unsuitable recipients. +
Two sections of the famous fourpart compilation of Dzogchen scriptures known as the Nyingtik Yabshi (snying thig ya bzhi): (1) Lama Yangtik (bla ma yang thig), which is Longchenpa 's two-volume collection of commentaries on Vimalamitra's Vima Nyingtik (bi ma snying thig); and (2) Khandro Yangtik (mkha' 'gro yang thig), which is Longchenpa 's two-volume collection of commentaries on Padmasambhava 's Khandro Nyingtik. Longchenpa also wrote two volumes of commentary that relate to both lineages, entitled Zabmo Yangtik (zab mo yang thig). +