Rin chen dar rgyas

Rin chen dar rgyas on the DRL

Classical Tibetan Authors

རིན་ཆེན་དར་རྒྱས་

Wylie	rin chen dar rgyas
Romanized Sanskrit	Karmaratna
English Phonetics	Karmai Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
Sort Name	Rinchen Dargye

Other names

• ཀརྨའི་མཁན་ཆེན་

• karma'i mkhan chen

Dates

Birth:	1835

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender	Female
Element	Wood
Animal	Sheep
Rab Jyung	14

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Religious Affiliation

Nyingma; Kagyu

Teachers

'jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po · 'jam mgon kong sprul · Mchog gyur gling pa · Rje drung phrin las byams pa 'byung gnas

Biographical Information

Karma Rinchen Dargye, also known as Karmé Khenpo, was a nineteenth century master recognized at an early age as the reincarnation of master of the Kagyu lineage whose seat was at the monastery of Karma Monastery in Kham. He observed monastic discipline with greatest diligence. A close disciple of Chokgyur Lingpa himself, and he was one of the main lineage holders of Chokgyur Lingpa's termas. He wrote many commentaries which have been included in the Chokling Tersar collection, as well as his own collected works constitute four volumes. (source: Rigpa Wiki)

Links

BDRC Link (P2710)

https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P2710

Wiki Pages

• Rin chen dar rgyas on the DRL
• Rin chen dar rgyas on the LIB
• Rin chen dar rgyas on the RTZ

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.

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 disciples of the Buddha who aspire to attain individual liberation or nirvāṇa. The final goal of the Hearers is to become an arhat, a state in which one has totally eliminated the inner problems of attachment, hatred and ignorance, the main causes for rebirth in this cycle of existence. There are four stages of a śrāvaka path including eight phases.