Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim

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Tsultrim Gyamtso

Wylie	Mkhan po tshul khrims rgya mtsho
English Phonetics	Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
Name Prefix	Khenpo

 

Alternate names

• Gyamtso, Tsultrim
• Tsultrim Gyamtsho
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
• Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
• Kenchen Tsultrim Gyamtso
• Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso

Dates

Birth:	1935

Tibetan calendar dates

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Kagyu - Nyingma

Students

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche · Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen · Karl Brunnhölzl · Elizabeth Callahan · Hookham, S.

Biographical Information

Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso is a noted scholar and teacher who was born in Eastern Tibet in 1935. After completing this early training, he spent five years wandering throughout Eastern and Central Tibet undertaking extensive solitary retreats in caves. When he reached Tsurphu Monastery, he received instruction from the head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, the 16th Karmapa, who later named him a khenpo, which is a title of scholastic mastery. In 1977 he came to the West to teach Tibetan language and Buddhism. Known for his highly engaging teaching style, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso has been traveling and teaching in the West ever since, placing an emphasis on the careful training of Westerners. Some of his students include Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Lama Shenpen Hookham, Karl Brunnhölzl, and Elizabeth Callahan. (Source Accessed July, 21 2020)

Visit his official site at ktgrinpoche.org

Links

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• Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim on the DRL
• Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim on the LIB
• Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim on the BNW

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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.