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Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

1820 CE1892 CE · Modern · Dzongsar Monastery

1820–1892 CE

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892 CE) was, with Jamgön Kongtrül, a principal founder of the nonsectarian Rimé movement in 19th-century eastern Tibet, which gathered, preserved, and taught across the lineages of all the Tibetan schools. Born in the Dilgo region of Kham and trained broadly, he was renowned as a teacher, a 'treasure-revealer' (tertön), and a collector of endangered transmissions, and his Dzongsar monastery became a major center of the movement. He is a securely historical and well-documented figure whose influence carried into the modern Khyentse line of teachers.

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Dzongsar Monastery

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DOCUMENTED: based at Dzongsar in Kham, he became a central teacher of the nonsectarian movement and worked closely with Jamgön Kongtrül.

About Dzongsar Monastery

Dzongsar Monastery, in the Derge area of Kham (eastern Tibet, now in Sichuan, China), was the principal seat of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the nineteenth-century master who, together with Jamgön Kongtrül, was a leading figure of the non-sectarian (Rimé) movement. It became known for its great collection of Rimé teachings.

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